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...Moreover, the specter of insolvency might be looming for some institutions. That calls for a plan to treat zombie banks, one that does not involve more taxpayer money again. This is why it is imperative that Congress proceeds to pass new insolvency-regime legislation to allow for orderly receivership of complex financial institutions...
...With Republicans unanimously opposing the climate change bill in the first House committee to consider it, the haggling is taking place among Democrats. On one side are those trying to pass landmark global warming legislation, and on the other, those seeking concessions in it to ease tough pollution standards on their districts and local industries. The first deal was struck Monday: up to $4,500 as an inducement to trade in gas-guzzlers for new, fuel-efficient vehicles that will emit smaller quantities of warming gases into the atmosphere. (See pictures of the fragile planet...
...ally, more likely to support broader legislation. But the clunker proposal's passage is no indication that the broader bill will have an easy time of it. A rare win-win for industry and the environment, it didn't require any of the the trade-offs being discussed to pass the "cap and trade" measure at the center of the House global warming bill. Introduced April 1, the measure would require all sources of warming gases - produced by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas - to cap their emissions at 20% of 2005 levels by 2020. If they exceed...
...judge, and I do not pass judgment over judicial cases." - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, when asked if he would consider commuting Saberi's sentence as a gesture of goodwill to the U.S., adding, "I think Mr. Obama, as a sign of change and also to encourage friendship, should allow laws to be processed fairly and allow the judiciary to carry out its duties." (BBC, April...
...Before the law was introduced, it was merely illegal to pass multiple surnames on to a child. Legislators worried that, should a child later marry someone who also had a long surname - and if their children did the same and so on - the result would be endless name chains, which could cause intolerable administrative difficulties for German officials. In 1993, the ban was extended to couples who wanted to combine their names into a three- or four-pronged surname - but this is the first time that that ban has been upheld by the Constitutional Court...