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...with the 2000 bill, he claimed, was establish that interest-rate and currency swaps - two relatively uncontroversial forms of over-the-counter derivatives - couldn't be regulated as futures by the CFTC. At the time, credit-default swaps weren't on the radar, and the bill didn't prevent the Securities and Exchange Commission or bank regulators from stepping in with new rules...
...halt to all federal regulations not yet finalized until the new team could review them. For the environment, that meant Obama was able to save the gray wolf from being removed from the Endangered Species Act and block a pair of new air-quality rules, including one that would prevent the regulation of greenhouse-gas emissions from oil refineries. (Read "High Hopes for Obama's Green Dream Team...
...cameras. He observed the anniversary of Roe v. Wade by issuing a statement reaffirming his support for a woman's right to choose but also appealing - as he did throughout the presidential campaign - for common-ground approaches to abortion policy: "We are united in our determination to prevent unintended pregnancies, reduce the need for abortion, and support women and families in the choices they make." (Read "The Grass-Roots Abortion...
...Legal experts doubt that Israelis could be hauled before the International Court of Justice in the Hague, because Israel, like the U.S., is not party to the treaty that created it, and also because the U.S. and European governments would likely prevent such a course of action. What worries authorities in Jerusalem is that many European countries are signatories to a Geneva Convention that allows their courts to arrest and prosecute individuals accused of committing war crimes in other countries. Such legal options, Israel fears, may be used to bring politically motivated charges against its citizens. The daily Yedioth Ahronoth...
...while 35-hour order reigns, Zenevre and others note that the array of complicated schemes using tax-free extra time will need restructuring once the bad times are over. Some employees argue that the 35-hour limit may need to be legally lengthened to prevent bosses from forcing extra hours on them they don't want...