News bites: Federal regulators probe Ford's stalling problem

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into 724,000 Ford Escape, Fusion and Mercury models after hundreds of reports of stalling, The Detroit News reports.

Days after their meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration, Boeing officials will meet with Japanese regulators about their proposed solution to battery problems that led to the grounding of the firm's 787 Dreamliner, according to Dow Jones News Wires.

State and federal regulators in Colorado plan to hold a public meeting about meat inspection practices, The Associated Press reports. Inspectors from the Food Safety and Inspection Service are among the federal workers facing furloughs if sequester cuts take effect this week.

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The federal Office of Advocacy's chief denied accusations that the office works to block federal regulations at the bidding of big business.

The Security and Exchange Commission moved to increase protections against blips in high frequency trading.

The Obama administration targeted weapons of mass destruction in Syria, Iran and North Korea.

Iran's oil profits plummeted by 20 percent, according to the Government Accountability Office.

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