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The European Union said Tuesday it wants to allow investors to sue credit rating agencies for compensation if they break EU regulations "intentionally or with gross negligence."

July 28 -- Bloomberg reporter Alexander Ragir talks about Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's effort to stem political corruption and the potential impact on the country's battle against inflation.

A nationwide crackdown is coming for people fraudulently drawing unemployment payments — a $17 billion benefits swindle last year alone.

Authorities suspect insider trading at some expert network firms, which match investors like hedge funds with outside experts.

The proposal would require Wall Street firms to disclose bonus figures to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which could then ban any "excessive" awards.

The Consumer Products Safety Commission has begun a regulatory crackdown on an extensive line of products.

As Egypt continues to enforce the Internet blackout we reported earlier, questions have arisen about the role of a U.S. firm in the crackdown that is occurring nationally, not just on the Internet but on protesters and dissidents.

Spam around the world dropped by an estimated one-fifth after Russia’s pursuit of a suspected spam kingpin.

By closing the steel mills, cement works and other energy-intensive factories, the government said it hoped to improve energy efficiency.

U.S. authorities have charged 1,215 people in hundreds of mortgage fraud cases that resulted in estimated losses of $2.3 billion, top Obama administration officials said on Thursday, unveiling a crackdown after the housing market collapse.