Fatality Claims of the Trucking Industry Contradicted by the FMCSA
12/14/2011 Administrator Anne Ferro of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or FMCSA in a statement said that an initial 2010 report on fatal truck crashes revealed truck crash fatalities rose to almost 4,000 people. In 2009, truck crashes resulted in the deaths of 3,380 people while 74,000 others suffered various types of injuries. […]
CFTC sued by Wall St. Over Crackdown on Commodity Trading
12/14/2011 Top trade groups in Wall Street on Friday launched another major legal assault on the largest overhaul in decades of U.S. financial regulations, suing to stop new regulations on commodity speculation. In the lawsuit, which had already been expected given the fierce oppositions from large investment banks and traders, the trade groups said […]