Federal Regulation
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Small Revenue Uptick From Same-Sex Marriages, CBO Estimates
By Steven BrostoffByWashingtonLegalization of same-sex marriages would have only a small impact on federal tax revenues, according to the Congressional Budget Office.Revenues would be slightly higher, CBO ...
June 28, 2004
Living without an Uptick Rule on Short Sales: A Pilot Program SetWASHINGTON (HedgeWorld.com)--The Securities and Exchange Commission changed its rules on short selling at its meeting June 23, adopting with some modifications Regulation SHO, as proposed...
June 25, 2004
IRS Proposal Could Help Foreign InsurersThe Internal Revenue Service has proposed a regulation that could cut foreign insurers' U.S. income taxes.[@@]The proposed regulation would let foreign insurers that do ...
June 25, 2004
IRS Releases Model HSA AgreementsNU Online News Service, June 25, 2004, 6:35 p.m. EDTThe Internal Revenue Service has issued drafts of model agreements for companies that want to ...
June 17, 2004
New Regulations For A Changing IndustryNew Regulations For A Changing IndustryByThose of you who came into the business 25 or 30 years ago might feel like you need to be ...
June 17, 2004
European, U.S. Regulators Outline Collaboration PlansIn a nod to growing interrelationships between global securities markets, officials at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Committee of European Securities Regulators said June 4 that they would work more closely together.
June 16, 2004
Administration Withdraws Proposed Cash-Balance RuleNU Online News Service, June 16, 2004, 8:04 p.m. EDT -- The Bush administration has decided against trying to use regulations to control conversions ...
June 16, 2004
Fiserv Updates Administration SoftwareNU Online News Service, June 16, 2004, 5:07 p.m. EDT -- Fiserv Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has added new equity-indexed annuity features, long term ...