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A set of regulations contained in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law is having unintended consequences in war-torn central Africa, lawmakers and witnesses said during a hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Details of an antitrust lawsuit settlement allowing for Budweiser’s brewer to acquire the maker of Corona were made public Tuesday.

The government's trade inspector is adopting new procedural rules to reduce unnecessary burdens.

The U.S. International Trade Commission, the federal agency that investigates trade policy and directs action to crack down on unfair trade practices, is adopting new regulations to govern the discovery, or evidence-gathering, phase of investigations.

The agency's new rule, scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, will limit access to some electronically stored information that would bear an unnecessary cost. 

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The administration is working with the Pakistani government and companies to keep chemicals from being used to make bombs.

The American Beverage Institute said lowering the limit for drivers to 0.05 would “criminalize perfectly responsible behavior.”

New SEC chief Mary Jo White is approaching a crucial decision on whether to require publicly traded corporations to disclose their campaign spending to shareholders.

The Obama administration’s historic overhaul of Cold War-era export controls should go even further to lighten the burden on companies who sell there wares overseas, a coalition of business groups said.

The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness, a group of 18 trade associations, said a massive regulatory undertaking now under way “should not be the final step” toward loosening the flow of items deemed sensitive under outdated rules.

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A group of senators introduced legislation Thursday that would bar rental car companies from renting recalled cars to consumers, warning the practice risks their customers' lives.

“The small number of burden-reducing actions pale in comparison to the fast-growing thicket of red tape,” Rep. Sam Graves said. Read more...

Sen. Rockefeller wrote to executives of three major cruise lines asking about their standards and the industry's role in the economy.