Gregoire signs ban on BPA in baby bottles

Baby bottles and sports bottles sold in Washington state will soon have to be free of the chemical bisphenol A under a measure signed into law on Friday by Gov.

FDA issues warning for high doses of Zocor

Patients on the highest approved dose of the cholesterol-lowering drug Zocor may be at increased risk of muscle injury, U.S. regulators warned on Friday.

Employers, citing Mass. law, leery of health insurance rules and fines

Massachusetts has fined more than a thousand companies over $18 million for failing to offer medical insurance to their workers - a precursor of what some business owners fear could happen on a national scale if President Obama signs a sweeping health care overhaul.

Abbotsford company settles seizure suit

An egg processing company has settled a federal lawsuit accusing the company of firing a worker because she had an epileptic seizure.

Urban: Terminate Hyder for removing prison polygraph results

Luzerne County Commissioner Stephen A. Urban said Friday he wants to fire Sam Hyder, who was laid off as deputy prison warden in January, for taking confidential polygraph results out of the prison.

EEOC: Ex-Wis. company settles discrimination suit

A federal agency says a machine-parts maker formerly in Milwaukee has agreed to settle a sex-discrimination lawsuit for $35,000. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced the settlement Friday.

2 Enid 18-year-olds arrested on felony charges for throwing eggs at moving vehicles

Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson says construction and expansion of facilities could be hurt by an Environmental Protection Agency finding.

Nebraska joins challenge to EPA's restrictions

Nebraska has joined several other states in filing a challenge to the EPA's finding that greenhouse gases are great enough to threaten public health and should face restrictions.

EPA orders safety review at DuPont plant in Belle

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering DuPont to conduct a safety review at a West Virginia plant where a worker died following the release of phosgene gas in January.

Once skeptical, Congress warms to CFTC's Gensler

Gary Gensler, who once supported market deregulation blamed for the recent financial meltdown, has been winning over members of Congress who had been skeptical of his ability to rein in Wall Street as the top U.S. futures regulator.

Judge Waters Down 2003 Research Analyst Deal

More than six years after Wall Street banks split their research and investment banking operations in a landmark settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, that firewall is being scaled down.

The EB-5 Program, Securities Law, and EB-5 Visa Cases: Insight and...

With the current challenges in the U.S. economy, U.S. business interests are looking to EB-5 investors from outside the United States as a source of capital, and international investors are responding.