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The plan to close off Europe to managers or funds outside the E.U. that aren't subjected to equivalent regulation - a provision that would kick in three years after the rest of the legislation, giving jurisdictions and managers time to adapt - promises the most significant change. The E.U.'s approach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Hedge Funds Face Harsher Regulation? | 7/8/2009 | See Source »

1 | Washington Voting Rights Act Stays Alive In a highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling, the 1965 Voting Rights Act survived a legal challenge that many analysts expected to topple the landmark civil rights law. The court's 8-to-1 decision sidestepped the core constitutional issues in question, keeping intact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

Proposition 13 further altered California politics by requiring a two-thirds majority for tax increases either at the state or local level. This requirement along with a constitutional provision requiring a two-thirds majority to pass a budget - the result of a proposition passed in 1933 - means it is far...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How California's Fiscal Woes Began: A Crisis 30 Years in the Making | 7/1/2009 | See Source »

If public-health advocates, and now the Senate, get their way, when you look at a menu from a chain restaurant, those calorie counts will be staring you down. "Order me if you dare," the mighty Quesadilla Burger from Applebee's (1,440 calories) may entreat. Spurred by the passage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Food: Would You Like 1,000 Calories with That? | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

In the end, the industry backed the Senate's on-the-menu provision in an effort to pre-empt a patchwork of state and local statutes (13 have passed, and 30 or so more have been introduced). Such legislation would prevent a municipality from requiring both calories and, say, saturated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Food: Would You Like 1,000 Calories with That? | 6/29/2009 | See Source »

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