http://www.mail.com/subjects/1330-government-business-finance.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1330-government-business-finance.html http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2108160-barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations.html VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong. After a four-month inv... Fri, 24 May 2013 18:32:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2108160-barrick-fined-16m-pascua-lama-violations.html 2013-05-24T18:32:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2107442-obama-sexual-assault-threatens-trust-military.html ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no place in the greatest military on earth." The commander in chief congratulated the 1,047 midshipmen graduating... Fri, 24 May 2013 18:16:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2107442-obama-sexual-assault-threatens-trust-military.html 2013-05-24T18:16:54Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107866-china-switzerland-to-seal-free-trade-deal.html GENEVA (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to seal a free trade pact with the Alpine nation — the first comprehensive agreement his country has reached with a major western economy. Li met with Swiss officials in Zurich on Friday to conclude three years of negotiations. In an op-ed published Thursday by Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitun... Fri, 24 May 2013 15:50:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107866-china-switzerland-to-seal-free-trade-deal.html 2013-05-24T15:50:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107782-slovenia-adopts-debt-cap-to-stave-crisis.html LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's parliament on Friday adopted a cap on public spending to try to convince foreign investors that the small eurozone country will not need an international bailout. The 78-8 vote in the assembly means Slovenia's constitution will be changed to require that the government budget be balanced — that is, it will not be allo... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107782-slovenia-adopts-debt-cap-to-stave-crisis.html 2013-05-24T14:36:06Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107934-china-us-regulators-access-to-audit-records.html WASHINGTON (AP) — China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. stock exchanges, a step forward in a long-running dispute. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a watchdog agency for the accounting industry, announced the agreement with China on Friday. The Securities and Exchang... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:35:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107934-china-us-regulators-access-to-audit-records.html 2013-05-24T14:35:29Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107756-us-durable-goods-orders-rise-33-percent-april.html WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. The gains suggest economic growth may be holding steady this spring. Orders for durable goods, items expected to last at least three years, rose 3.3 percent last month from March, the Commerce Departmen... Fri, 24 May 2013 13:26:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107756-us-durable-goods-orders-rise-33-percent-april.html 2013-05-24T13:26:13Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107410-unions-angry-health-care-overhaul.html WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Barack Obama pushed his health care overhaul plan through Congress, he counted labor unions among his strongest supporters. But some unions leaders have grown frustrated and angry about what they say are unexpected consequences of the new law — problems that they say could jeopardize the health benefits offered to millions... Fri, 24 May 2013 13:14:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107410-unions-angry-health-care-overhaul.html 2013-05-24T13:14:58Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107550-france-wont-force-companies-to-cap-executive-pay.html PARIS (AP) — The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy. Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici announced Friday that the government no longer plans to push for a law to cap executive salaries in the private sector. Instead, Moscovici told reporter... Fri, 24 May 2013 12:53:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107550-france-wont-force-companies-to-cap-executive-pay.html 2013-05-24T12:53:15Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107666-top-swiss-negotiator-tax-disputes-steps.html GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland's top negotiator in talks to resolve disputes over tax evasion with Europe and the U.S. is stepping down. The Finance Ministry said Friday that Michael Ambuehl will leave his post at the end of August and go into academia. The move comes at a crucial time for Switzerland, which is trying to reach a deal with the U.S. to save Swis... Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2107666-top-swiss-negotiator-tax-disputes-steps.html 2013-05-24T11:46:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107226-japans-pm-abe-defends-policies-markets-settle.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's top leaders are defending the economic strategies championed by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, though the central bank chief acknowledged a need for better communication with financial markets, a day after Tokyo shares suffered their worst loss since the 2011 tsunami disaster. Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda acknowledged Friday the nee... Fri, 24 May 2013 06:51:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2107226-japans-pm-abe-defends-policies-markets-settle.html 2013-05-24T06:51:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104528-asia-stock-markets-edge-up-big-sell-off.html BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets staged a mild recovery Friday, a day after being routed by unexpectedly weak Chinese manufacturing and fears the Federal Reserve will start withdrawing its monetary stimulus. Japan's Nikkei 225 index, which plummeted more than 7 percent Thursday, bounced back a sizeable 2.8 percent to 14,892.57. South Korea's Kospi gaine... Fri, 24 May 2013 02:57:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104528-asia-stock-markets-edge-up-big-sell-off.html 2013-05-24T02:57:39Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2106964-maine-governor-moves-office-tv-dispute.html AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine's governor, who has gained attention in the past for telling the NAACP to "kiss my butt" and comparing the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo, has moved out of his office at the State House and says he'll work out of the governor's mansion because of a dispute over a television screen. Republican Gov. Paul LePage has tempo... Fri, 24 May 2013 01:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2106964-maine-governor-moves-office-tv-dispute.html 2013-05-24T01:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104726-hobby-lobby-tests-birth-control-coverage-mandate.html DENVER (AP) — In the most prominent challenge of its kind, Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. asked a federal appeals court Thursday for an exemption from part of the federal health care law that requires it to offer employees health coverage that includes access to the morning-after pill. The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts chain argued that businesses — not ju... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:23:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2104726-hobby-lobby-tests-birth-control-coverage-mandate.html 2013-05-23T23:23:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104680-irs-replaces-official-tea-party-controversy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups. A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner was placed on administrative leave, acc... Thu, 23 May 2013 23:18:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104680-irs-replaces-official-tea-party-controversy.html 2013-05-23T23:18:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106634-tea-party-vs-guard-gop-senate-rift.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party. Tactics for dealing with the government's budget and debt became the latest qua... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:51:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2106634-tea-party-vs-guard-gop-senate-rift.html 2013-05-23T22:51:16Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106652-senate-votes-to-cut-crop-insurance-aid-wealthy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost almost $100 billion a year and includes generous subsidies for the nation's biggest crops. Supporter... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:07:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106652-senate-votes-to-cut-crop-insurance-aid-wealthy.html 2013-05-23T22:07:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2105342-stocks-edge-lower-investors-reassess-fed-fears.html NEW YORK (AP) — Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower. U.S. markets plummeted immediately after the opening bell Thursday following a global slump prompted partly by an unexpected slowdown in Chinese manufacturing. Concern that the Federal Reserve might ease back on its economic stimul... Thu, 23 May 2013 22:04:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2105342-stocks-edge-lower-investors-reassess-fed-fears.html 2013-05-23T22:04:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104670-house-backs-variable-rate-student-loans.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Dismissing a veto threat from President Barack Obama, lawmakers in the House passed legislation that links student loan rates to the ups and downs of the financial markets in a vote largely along party lines. The Republican-backed bill would allow students to dodge a scheduled rate hike for students with new subsidized Stafford loans nex... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:53:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104670-house-backs-variable-rate-student-loans.html 2013-05-23T21:53:33Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2105148-ecbs-draghi-imperative-to-set-up-bank-body.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks in order to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind it once and for all. In the text of a speech to be delivered in London Thursday, Draghi said the new age... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:40:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2105148-ecbs-draghi-imperative-to-set-up-bank-body.html 2013-05-23T21:40:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106132-nasa-head-views-progress-asteroid-lasso-mission.html PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Surrounded by engineers, NASA chief Charles Bolden inspected a prototype spacecraft engine that could power an audacious mission to lasso an asteroid and tow it closer to Earth for astronauts to explore. Bolden checked on the progress Thursday a month after the Obama administration unveiled its 2014 budget that proposes $105 millio... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:39:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106132-nasa-head-views-progress-asteroid-lasso-mission.html 2013-05-23T21:39:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A website partially funded by the oil and gas industry could be a "constructive" tool for federal regulators as they consider requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations, Senate Energy Committee Chairman Ron Wyden said Thursday. Wyden, D-Ore., stopped short of endorsing the website, FracFocus.org, but... Thu, 23 May 2013 21:21:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2106154-wyden-fracfocus-constructive-tool-drilling.html 2013-05-23T21:21:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2106454-mary-j-blige-faces-34m-federal-tax-lien-nj.html HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Mary J. Blige and her husband have been hit with a $3.4 million tax lien in New Jersey. Court documents show the Internal Revenue Service filed a notice of a lien on the nine-time Grammy Award winner Feb. 7. That was two days before the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul was honored at a pre-Grammy party in Los Angeles. Blig... Thu, 23 May 2013 20:54:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2106454-mary-j-blige-faces-34m-federal-tax-lien-nj.html 2013-05-23T20:54:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2105232-us-rate-30-year-mortgages-rises-to-359-pct.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Average rates on fixed mortgages rose for the third straight week, hitting their highest levels since mid-March. Still, mortgage rates remained close to historic lows, a trend that should help sustain the housing recovery. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 3.59 percent this w... Thu, 23 May 2013 17:49:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2105232-us-rate-30-year-mortgages-rises-to-359-pct.html 2013-05-23T17:49:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105228-eu-performs-abrupt-u-turn-olive-oil-regulation.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind. Last week, the European Commission, the EU's executive branch, said that restaurants should only be allowed to serve oil to customers in non-refillable bottles with proper content labeling. The refillable bottles are a stapl... Thu, 23 May 2013 14:08:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105228-eu-performs-abrupt-u-turn-olive-oil-regulation.html 2013-05-23T14:08:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2105044-applications-us-unemployment-aid-fall-to-340k.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell 23,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 340,000, a level consistent with solid job growth. The less volatile four-week average ticked down just 500 to 339,500, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's close to the five-year low of 338,000 reached during the first week of... Thu, 23 May 2013 13:37:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2105044-applications-us-unemployment-aid-fall-to-340k.html 2013-05-23T13:37:30Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104574-japan-gyrations-underline-economys-vulnerability.html TOKYO (AP) — Japan's financial markets gyrated wildly Thursday, underscoring the vulnerability of its economy to a loss of investor confidence as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attempts shock monetary easing to end two decades of stagnation. Interest rates, or yields, on 10-year Japanese government bonds briefly topped 1 percent for the first time in a year on... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:27:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2104574-japan-gyrations-underline-economys-vulnerability.html 2013-05-23T11:27:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102266-broke-laws-irs-official-then-takes-5th.html WASHINGTON (AP) — At the center of a political storm, an Internal Revenue Service supervisor whose agents targeted conservative groups swore Wednesday she did nothing wrong, broke no laws and never lied to Congress. Then she refused to answer lawmakers' further questions, citing her Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate herself. In one of the most elec... Wed, 22 May 2013 23:25:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2102266-broke-laws-irs-official-then-takes-5th.html 2013-05-22T23:25:52Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2102836-stocks-fall-news-fed-weighed-cutting-stimulus.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday, pushing stock prices up in the morning then sending them down in the afternoon. Prices surged on congressional testimony by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke early in the day that suggested the central bank would not slow its massive economic stimulus program any time soon. Then minu... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:08:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2102836-stocks-fall-news-fed-weighed-cutting-stimulus.html 2013-05-22T22:08:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103236-senate-rejects-bid-to-food-stamps.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Wednesday rejected a Republican bid to turn the federal food stamp program over to the states. Known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, the food stamp program is administered by the Agriculture Department and federal dollars are unlimited as long as recipients qualify. The program cost $78 billion la... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103236-senate-rejects-bid-to-food-stamps.html 2013-05-22T21:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103672-obama-threatens-veto-house-student-loan-plan.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday threatened to veto legislation by House Republicans that would avert a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1 but allow them to vary with the markets going forward. The White House issued the warning a day before the full House was scheduled to vote on the bill. Leaders from both parties exp... Wed, 22 May 2013 21:27:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2103672-obama-threatens-veto-house-student-loan-plan.html 2013-05-22T21:27:02Z