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Changes in law aim to protect kids' online data
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aiming to prevent companies from exploiting online information about children under 13, the Obama administration on Wednesday imposed sweeping changes in regulations designed to protect a young generation with easy access to the...
Tags: Apple iTunes, Video Supplies and Services, Online Advertising, Marketing, Science and Technology
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Tesoro wins antitrust OK to buy California BP refinery
ReutersWASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Refiner Tesoro Corp. has received formal approval from antitrust regulators in Washington and Sacramento on Friday to buy BP Plc's refinery and other assets in southern California for more than $2 billion. Tesoro will not...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, Kamala D. Harris, Manufacturing and Engineering, Petroleum Industry
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California approves Tesoro's buy of BP refinery
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp has received formal approval from California's attorney general to buy a BP Plc refinery for more than $2 billion. Attorney General Kamala Harris said her office and the California Energy Commission...Tags: Corporate Crime, Kamala D. Harris, BP Plc, Anti Trust Crime
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Tesoro wins US antitrust approval to buy California BP refinery
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp. has received formal antitrust approval to buy a BP refinery in southern California without conditions. The Federal Trade Commission, which assessed the deal to ensure that it complied with U.S....Tags: Corporate Crime, BP Plc, Anti Trust Crime, Antitrust Issues
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EXCLUSIVE-US approval of Tesoro BP refinery buy could come soon
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - Federal antitrust regulators are prepared to approve U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp.'s proposed deal to buy a BP refinery in southern California, three sources told Reuters. The Federal Trade Commission, which assessed the...Tags: Corporate Crime, BP Plc, Anti Trust Crime, Antitrust Issues
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Exclusive - U.S. approval of Tesoro BP refinery buy could come soon
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal antitrust regulators are prepared to approve U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp.'s proposed deal to buy a BP refinery in southern California, three sources told Reuters. The Federal Trade Commission, which assessed the deal to ensure...Tags: Corporate Crime, BP Plc, Anti Trust Crime, Chevron Corportion, Antitrust Issues
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Exclusive: U.S. approval of BP refinery sale to Tesoro seen imminent
ReutersHOUSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Independent western U.S. refiner Tesoro Corp may take ownership of BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day (bpd) refinery in Carson, California, as early as June 1, sources familiar with the transaction said on Thursday. Other...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Corporate Crime, Kamala D. Harris, BP Plc, Anti Trust Crime
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EU probes oil majors on price manipulation
ReutersLONDON/OSLO (Reuters) - European authorities have raided offices of oil majors Shell, BP and Statoil in an investigation of suspected manipulation of oil prices, one of the biggest cross-border actions since the Libor rigging scandal. Authorities have...Tags: Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Economy, Business and Finance, International Organizations, Commodity Markets, Petroleum Industry
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Watch out for unauthorized charges on cellphone bills
Take a line-by-line look at your cellphone bill — all dozen or so pages. See a $9.99 charge for horoscopes, flirting tips or some such thing that you didn't request? If so, you've been crammed. Once only a big problem with landline telephones,...
Tags: Telecommunication Service, Consumers, Justice System, Horoscopes, Lawyers
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GE gets U.S. antitrust approval to buy oil pump maker Lufkin
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - General Electric Co has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy oilfield pump maker Lufkin Industries Inc, a $2.98 billion deal that will allow GE to sharply increase its presence in the fast-growing market to extract oil and...Tags: General Electric Company, Energy Resources, Corporate Crime, Anti Trust Crime, NBCUniversal
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INSIGHT-Flexing antitrust muscle, China is a new merger hurdle
ReutersBy Michael Martina BEIJING, May 3 (Reuters) - China's new-found clout in regulating global mergers is causing headaches for companies seeking high-stakes deals that need Beijing's approval. Where corporate lawyers and advisers were once primarily...Tags: Glencore International AG, Beijing (China), Justice System, Lawyers, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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McManus: Obama's war on red tape
Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn't know about: Ever struggle with those accordion-style rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a "vapor recovery nozzle" — was...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Ronald Reagan, Downstream Oil and Gas Activities
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