regulators

Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts (AP)

Ytop stories  Fri, 11/21/2008 - 11:38pm

AP - Federal regulators on Friday shut down two big thrifts based in Southern California, saying they fell victim to the acute distress in the housing market in that state.



 

Facebook removes Italian neo-Nazi pages

CNET Tech blog  Sat, 11/15/2008 - 12:51pm

Social-networking company pulls several pages following complaints from European regulators that the pages promoted violence against gypsies.



 

Budweiser takeover gets clearance

BBC Finance  Fri, 11/14/2008 - 4:09pm

Stella Artois brewer Inbev gets approval from regulators to take over Budweiser maker Anheuser Busch in a $52bn deal.l



 

Regulators shut banks in Texas, California (AP)

Ytop stories  Sat, 11/08/2008 - 12:29am

AP - Regulators shut down Houston-based Franklin Bank and Security Pacific Bank in Los Angeles on Friday, bringing the number of failures of federally insured banks this year to 19.



 

Google abandons deal with Yahoo

BBC Finance  Wed, 11/05/2008 - 9:34am

Google announces it is ending its plan for an advertising partnership with Yahoo to avoid a battle with regulators.



 

Mission accomplished: Google’s ad deal with Yahoo has already ...

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Fri, 10/31/2008 - 6:12am

Google and Yahoo are reportedly close to walking away from their search ad deal after meetings with the Department of Justice.

According to the Wall Street Journal: The two companies met Thursday with the Justice Department, part of a series of meetings to address the concerns of regulators.



 

Greenberg fights for a sweeter AIG deal

CNN Money  Thu, 10/30/2008 - 7:32pm

The battered shareholders of AIG refuse to go quietly into the gentle night, lobbying both regulators and the company to amend last month's multi-billion dollar rescue package.



 

Russia blocks Google’s ad company acquisition

ZDNET - Between the Lines  Thu, 10/23/2008 - 2:43pm

Google’s $140 million acquisition of online ad firm ZAO Begun has been blocked by regulators in Russia, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.

Google told the WSJ that it was “disappointed” with the decision by the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service and that it’s reviewing the decision.



 

New foreclosure plan on tap

CNN Money  Thu, 10/23/2008 - 9:23am

One of the country's top banking regulators said Thursday that the government is working on a plan to do more to help troubled homeowners.