Broker Regulation

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ordering AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines Co., to reinstate a former pilot who was fired after reporting multiple mechanical problems.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announces that government contractor JacintoPort International LLC is planning to settle allegations of discriminatory hiring that affected 48 African-American and 21 Caucasian job applicants who were rejected for longshoreman positions at the company's cargo facility in Houston.

HealthSpring Inc. shareholders have approved the insurer's planned acquisition by larger managed care provider Cigna Corp., moving the two companies closer to completing the deal.

The federal deficit was lower in the first quarter of the 2012 budget year than the same period last year. Yet, the imbalance remains high by historical standards and should keep lawmakers debating tax increases and spending cuts through Election Day.

A bill that would force all accident victims to go to emergency rooms instead of their family doctor even for minor injuries has cleared a Florida House subcommittee.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says proposed increases in health insurance premiums for customers in five states have been deemed "unreasonable" by the agency.