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Pennsylvania Lawmakers Ignore Calls for Severance Tax

The Pennsylvania House on Tuesday and the Senate on Wednesday separately voted in lame duck sessions to override Gov. Ed Rendell’s veto of an education bill. However, the severance tax on gas drillers that Rendell and some lawmakers had sought for more than two years was never considered.

November 18, 2010

CFTC Broadens Authorities on Manipulation, Disruptive Trading

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) last Tuesday voted out proposed rules that would expand its anti-manipulation authority to include fraudulent activity and bar disruptive trading of jurisdictional transactions.

November 1, 2010

CFTC Broadens Authorities on Manipulation, Disruptive Trading

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Tuesday voted out proposed rules that would expand its anti-manipulation authority to include fraudulent activity and bar disruptive trading of jurisdictional transactions.

October 27, 2010

Senate, House Panels Lift Spill Liability Caps

Senate and House committees voted out legislation last week that would remove the existing cap on a producer’s liability for economic damages from oil spills on the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

July 5, 2010

Senate Panel Votes to Remove Cap on Oil Spill Liabilities

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted Wednesday to remove the cap on a producer’s liability for economic damages from oil spills on the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

July 1, 2010

OTC Derivatives Reform Heads to Senate Floor

The Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday voted out amended legislation that would bring regulation for the first time to the $600 trillion opaque over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market (see Daily GPI, April 21).

April 22, 2010

OTC Derivatives Reform Heads to Senate Floor

The Senate Agriculture Committee Wednesday voted out amended legislation that would bring regulation for the first time to the $600 trillion opaque over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market (see Daily GPI, April 21).

April 22, 2010

SEC Seeks to Force Large Traders to Report

U.S. securities trading could become more transparent and harder to manipulate if the U.S. government has its way. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 5-0 last week to issue a proposal to establish a large trader reporting system, and separately proposed to put in place two investor protection measures in options markets that currently exist in stock markets.

April 19, 2010

SEC Seeks to Force Large Traders to Report

U.S. securities trading could become more transparent and harder to manipulate if the U.S. government has its way. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 5-0 Wednesday to issue a proposal to establish a large trader reporting system, and separately proposed to put in place two investor protection measures in options markets that currently exist in stock markets.

April 15, 2010

SEC Seeks to Force Large Traders to Report

U.S. securities trading could become more transparent and harder to manipulate if the U.S. government has its way. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 5-0 Wednesday to issue a proposal to establish a large trader reporting system, and separately proposed to put in place two investor protection measures in options markets that currently exist in stock markets.

April 15, 2010
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