Broker Regulation

A government watchdog has expanded an ethics probe of the National Labor Relations Board after finding that more inside information was leaked to a former adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday.

New York City is teetering on the verge of interfering with the free market and alienating employers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg warned Wednesday as he railed against legislation being pushed by the City Council that would boost wages offered by some companies that receive city benefits.

According to a new report from The Kaiser Family Foundation, preliminary estimates project that insurers will have to return $1.3 billion to customers this year, including $426 million in the individual market, $377 million in the small group market, and $541 million in the large group market.

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in an attempt to recover losses from participants in the Parrot Cellular Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

For many HIV-positive Americans, and those who advocate on their behalf, these are days of anxious waiting as the Supreme Court ponders President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Republicans controlling the House are opting for the politically safe route as they follow up their tightfisted, tea party-driven budget with less controversial steps to cut spending.