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Des Moines
'Zombie' deer disease is in 24 states and thousands of infected deer are eaten each year, expert warns
desmoinesregister.com - Ryan W. Miller
CLOSE CWD is an always-fatal disease that leaves their brains full of holes. What is this always-fatal condition and how do people fight its spread? An …
Liberal View
Trump plans to spend the next year making everything we do -- from eating to driving to working -- more dangerous: report
rawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris
According to acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump intends to spend the next year deregulating as much as possible. From …
The Globe and Mail
Regulation
Vegan food producer ordered to drop the word ‘cheese’ from its marketing
The Globe and Mail - Alexandra Gill
Blue Heron, a small vegan cheese shop in Vancouver, has been told by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that it must stop using the word “cheese” to market its products. In an e-mail sent on Jan. 21,
Independent Mediaadded this to IOL Business
Morgan Stanley
Lloyds Bank hires Morgan Stanley banker Chalmers as CFO
iol.co.za
INTERNATIONAL - Britain’s biggest mortgage lender Lloyds Banking Group has hired senior Morgan Stanley banker William Chalmers as its new chief …
EPA
Mulvaney told Trump officials their 'highest priority' will be deregulation: Axios
thehill.com - Chris Mills Rodrigo
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney recently told top Trump administration officials during a meeting that their "highest priority" would …
Information Security
7 Tips for Communicating with the Board
darkreading.com - www.darkreading.com
The key? Rather than getting bogged down in the technical details, focus on how a security program is addressing business risk. 2 of 8 1. Use Metrics …
Washington State
Gun rights advocates want to divide Washington and create 51st state
ajc.com - Essex Porter
They rallied Friday in the state Capitol rotunda, upset about the age limits and safety rules for guns passed by voters in Initiative 1639. Nick, who …
Business Insider
U.S. Politics
Two words in Facebook's latest regulatory filing shows how worried the company is about what it's doing to people
Business Insider - Alexei Oreskovic
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has talked a lot about making sure that users' time on his social network is "time well spent." After a year of headlines blasting Facebook for negatively affecting everything
Goal
Regulation
Seven-man Pro Piacenza thrashed 20-0 in Serie C farce
Goal - Robert O'Connor
The Italian third tier's bottom side have seen their first-team squad walk out over unpaid wages and kicked off against Cuneo with only seven players An Italian Serie C match descended into farce on Sunday
New York Postadded this to Metro
Selling
Bodega owners rally for right to sell marijuana when its legalized
New York Post - By Cedar Attanasio and Stephanie Pagones
They want in on this budding industry. New York City bodega owners rallied in The Bronx on Sunday morning to urge state politicians to allow them to …
The Jerusalem Post / Jpost.comadded this to The World from Israel
World News
Students at Oxford call for provision that would prohibit kosher meat
jpost.com - BEN SALES/JTA
KOSHER INSPECTOR Aaron Wulkan examines meat to ensure that the food is stored and prepared according to Jewish regulations and customs in a Bat Yam …
The Washington Times
NRC
Ex-Idaho transportation worker files lawsuit over firing
The Washington Times - Associated Press
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A former Idaho Transportation Department employee alleges in a lawsuit that he was fired after notifying a federal agency about …
The Wall Street Journal.
Donald Trump
Democrats Ready to Challenge Trump’s Emergency Declaration
The Wall Street Journal. - Michelle Hackman
California plans to sue the administration, in concert with other states, over the president’s use of emergency powers to fund a border wall WASHINGTON—Democrats on Sunday signaled they are gearing up
Miami Heraldadded this to Business
Hemp
Kansas taking further steps to start industrial hemp crop
miamiherald.com - The Associated Press
The deadline is approaching for applications to grow the state's new industrial hemp research crop. The Kansas Department of Agriculture will take …
The Guardianadded this to Business
Regulation
Chemicals companies shift to EU regulation in no-deal survival plan
The Guardian - Jasper Jolly
The threat of a no-deal Brexit has prompted more than 50 chemicals companies to move regulatory approvals from the UK to the EU. The companies, which have operations in the UK, have applied to use European
Daily News and Analysisadded this to News
Insider Trading
Insider trading at Apple: Objectivity under Cloud
DNA India - Anurag K Agarwal
Last week Apple's former lawyer, Gene Levoff, was accused of insider trading by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ironically, Levoff was …
Regulation
Global Regulatory Update, Feb. 17-23, 2019
aviationweek.com - Feb 17, 2019 MRO Network
THIS CONTENT REQUIRES SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS You must have an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) account or subscribe to this Market Briefing to …
Kevin Beachusadded this to Climate Change & alternative power
Electric Vehicles
Four Advantages Of Manufacturing EVs Over ICE Vehicles
insideevs.com - BY
Here are four distinct advantages that manufacturing EV has over manufacturing ICE vehicles. Three motors 30 power configurations The first great …
Daily Mirroradded this to Daily Mirror
Regulation
Brexit: Just 13% of 12,000 EU regulations have been transferred to British law
mirror.co.uk - Mikey Smith
Britain faces having "large gaps" in the law with just 40 days to go until Brexit Britain faces having “large gaps” in the law after Brexit after a …
Energy Companies
Electricity bill crackdown on 'unacceptable' late fees
9news.com.au - By Nick Pearson
Electricity companies will no longer be allowed to charge exorbitant late fees under a crackdown from the federal government. Energy Minister Angus …
Profit
DBS Q4 net profit rises 10% to S$1.32b
businesstimes.com.sg - Vivienne Tay
DBS Group Holdings reported a 10 per cent increase in net profit after one-off items to S$1.32 billion for the fourth quarter, up from S$1.19 billion …
News (China)
Rural financial institutions expanding in China - Xinhua
xinhuanet.com - www.xinhuanet.com
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- China saw fast expansion of rural financial institutions last year as the country channels more financial resources to …
Reuters Indiaadded this to World
Bangladesh
Bangladesh slum fire kills at least eight
Reuters India - by Nazimuddin Shyamol from Chittagong
CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A fire gutted more than 200 slum houses in the Bangladeshi port of Chittagong on Sunday, killing at least eight people and injuring more than 50, police and fire fighters
CJBadded this to #China general news
China
China's ICBC wins approval to set up wealth management unit
investing.com
BEIJING (Reuters) - Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the country's biggest-listed lender by assets, has won approval to set up a …
Markets Insideradded this to Markets Insider
San Diego, CA
REVA Announces Trading Halt
Business Insider - PRESS RELEASE GlobeNewswire
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX: RVA) (“REVA” or the “Company”) said today that on 18 February 2019 (AEDT), the Australian Securities Exchange issued a market announcement
The Guardian
World News
Return of wolves to Germany pits farmers against environmentalists
The Guardian - Emily Schultheis in Berlin
More than a century ago, wolves were hunted to extinction in Germany. These days, they’re back – and their presence is a source of political strife. Wolf attacks on livestock increased drastically in according
The New York Times
Opinion
Regulating Payday Loans
The New York Times
To the Editor: Re “Mr. Trump’s Payback for Payday Lenders” (editorial, Feb. 13): Like many well-intentioned regulatory measures, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s regulations for payday lenders
Asia
China to crack down on abuses by local ‘bad loan’ banks | Financial Times
ft.com - Gabriel Wildau
China is planning new rules to prevent abuses by the country’s “bad loan” banks, such as disguised corporate lending or enabling commercial banks to …
News 12added this to News 12 New Jersey
New Jersey
Reports: NJ lawmakers hope to vote on recreational marijuana this month
news12.com
Legalized marijuana in New Jersey may be happening sooner rather than later.
Regulation
'Chemicals of Concern' list still wrapped in OMB red tape
publicintegrity.org - Ronnie Greene
Introduction For anyone anxious about toxic chemicals in the environment, Sunday marked a dubious milestone. It has been three years since the …