Government Policy and Law

The U.S.Justice Department is performing an antitrust review of banks and their trade associations, looking at their statements and actions related to possible increases in consumer fees for using debit cards, Bloomberg reported.

“Please be …

Five red-light cameras, a fixed speed camera on Interstate 235 and a mobile speed camera unit that changes locations throughout the community issued more than 5,700 citations during October, according to a monthly report released …

U.S. stocks had dropped more than 2 percent by early afternoon, as mounting concern about heavy debt loads both domestically and abroad increased uncertainty in an already troubled and volatile market, Reuters reported.

A U.S. …

Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan warned today that the global economy is in a grim state, and the visiting U.S. commerce secretary said China would spend $1.7 trillion on strategic sectors as Beijing seeks to …

During its annual convention, the Iowa Association for Justice (IAJ) installed new executive officers and board of governors members.

 Tom Staack, of Dutton, Braun, Staack & Hellman in Waterloo, became IAJ’s 39th president; Pressley Henningsen, …

France and Germany, Europe’s two central powers, clashed today over whether the European Central Bank (ECB) should intervene to halt the euro zone’s accelerating debt crisis as modest bond purchases failed to stop the rout, …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an overhaul of the European Union, advocating closer political ties and tighter budget rules, in her most explicit prescription for ending the debt crisis, Bloomberg reported.

Speaking to her …