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Visa, Mastercard ask U.S. court to declare card fees are lawful
ReutersBy Jessica Dye NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, opening another front in an eight-year battle over credit card fees paid by retailers, on Friday asked a federal judge to declare that the fees do not violate antitrust law. The...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Walmart, Politics, Interior Policy, Target
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Target, Macy's among retailers suing Visa, MasterCard over swipe fees
ReutersMacy's Inc., Target Corp. and 15 other U.S. retailers sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Thursday over fees to process credit card transactions. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, came before a May 28 deadline for the millions...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Interior Policy, JC Penney Company Inc., Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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The Front Burner: Breed-specific regulation: Not new and not working
We all want to live safely, including with dogs. With that purpose in mind, we should adopt policies that have succeeded, and avoid ones that failed. Breed-specific regulation did not originate with pit bulls. Long Branch, N.J., banned the Spitz in...Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Pets, Health Organizations, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Humane Society of the United States
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Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees
Reuters(Reuters) - A group of U.S. retailers, including Macy's Inc. and Target Corp. , sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions. The...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Politics, Interior Policy, Target, JC Penney Company Inc.
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LeBron, Heat survive opener against Pacers 103-102 in OT
South Florida Sun SentinelPaul George seemingly had stolen the night. First with a 3-pointer with seven-tenths of a second left in regulation to force overtime. Then with three free throws with 2.2 seconds left in overtime after he was fouled on a 3-point attempt,...Tags: Indiana Pacers, Paul George, San Antonio Spurs, Miami Heat, Lance Stephenson
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New L.A. law on medical marijuana shops faces hazy future
Los Angeles voters took regulation of the city's medical marijuana shops into their own hands Tuesday, embracing a ballot measure to sharply reduce the number of dispensaries in the city. But as in all things related to pot policy, the future of the new...
Tags: Lawyers, Voting, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Justice System, Politics
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IRS foul-up shows how bad laws breed good scandals
Much to my surprise, I find myself sympathizing with the Internal Revenue Service. Tenderness toward that agency isn't my default position. I'm a British expat living in the United States, with retirement savings locked up in Britain and other cross-...
Tags: U.S. Elections, Politics, Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Elections
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Penguins' mood difficult to assess after Game 3 loss
OTTAWA -- Understand this, right up front: Defenseman Brooks Orpik didn't lose any sleep over the Penguins' 2-1 double-overtime loss to Ottawa in Game 3 Sunday night of their second-round playoff series. Not even over the way the Senators pushed the game...Tags: Erik Karlsson, Pittsburgh Penguins, Chris Kunitz, Brooks Orpik, Daniel Alfredsson
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Ghana hopes to shield economy from African oil curse
Reuters* Economists cite risks of fiscal laxity, Dutch disease * Nigeria saw agricultural sector ravaged, corruption soar * Ghana wants to increase investment in cocoa sector * Ghana has strong democratic institutions, oil wealth funds By Matthew Mpoke...Tags: National Government, Politics, Africa, Marketing, Nigeria
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia aims to "internationalize" bourse
Reuters* Stock exchange expects two foreign listings next year * Says four local companies could offer shares by year-end * Calls for better regulations in Colombia capital markets By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 20 (Reuters) - Colombia aims...Tags: Finance, Emerging Market, Central Bank, Colombia, Credit and Debt
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Council debates banning drones from Evanston's skies
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a drone! And it's hovering outside my bedroom window! That's the nightmare scenario behind a proposal to ban unmanned aerial vehicles in Evanston. Conceived by local activists in the North Shore...
Tags: Elizabeth Tisdahl, Crime, Law and Justice, Illinois General Assembly, Daniel Biss, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia)
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Alan Frisher: Fight to change alimony law will continue
Florida's alimony laws were written back in the day — when women had little economic power, divorce was uncommon, and cohabiting was scandalous. Those days are long gone, but the old-fashioned alimony laws — favoring permanent alimony payments...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Executive Branch, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice
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