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By Andrew Zajac |
March 16, 2013
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission lacks authority over futures contracts, a U.S. appeals court ruled.
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By Shobhana Chandra, Bloomberg |
March 4, 2013
Americans are finding it easier to borrow from banks, supporting consumer spending and business investment and helping fuel employment just as U.S. government budget cuts start to take hold.
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By Tom Schoenberg and Brian Wingfield |
February 7, 2013
A former natural-gas trader at Amaranth Advisors LLC, with support from the CFTC, asked a federal appeals court to overturn a $30 million fine over alleged market manipulation.
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By Richard Rubin, Roxana Tiron and James Rowley, Bloomberg |
January 2, 2013
The U.S. House passed a bill undoing income tax increases for more than 99 percent of households, giving a victory to President Barack Obama even as Republicans vowed to fight him in coming week.
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By Sara Forden |
December 27, 2012
The Chamber of Commerce intends to appeal a judge’s decision to uphold a rule requiring mutual funds invested in commodities to register with the CFTC.
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By Alex Kowalski and Lorraine Woellert, Bloomberg |
December 27, 2012
Fewer Americans than forecast filed claims for unemployment insurance last week as state offices rushed to tally the data in a holiday-shortened period.
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By Tony C. Dreibus, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
Lumber futures rose to a six-year high, extending a rally that is the biggest of any commodity in 2012, on mounting signs of tighter supplies as U.S. home construction rebounds.
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By Cecile Daurat, Bloomberg |
December 17, 2012
Sprint Nextel Corp. won over Clearwire Corp.’s board after raising its bid to take over the smaller carrier to $2.97 a share in a transaction now valued at $2.2 billion.
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By Tom Schoenberg |
December 12, 2012
The CFTC defeated a federal court challenge to a rule requiring mutual funds with commodities investments to register with the agency.
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By Tom Schoenberg and Silla Brush |
November 29, 2012
CME Group Inc. dropped a lawsuit challenging the CFTC's new rules on trade-data reporting after the agency backed away.
