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InternetNews March 10, 2006 Roy Mark	For Whom the Bells Toll AT&T and BellSouth plans to merge are drawing little antitrust interest on Capitol Hill.
The Motley Fool March 10, 2006 Rich Duprey	Dubai Port Deal Dies With Dishonor Congressional concerns kill the deal of a capable port operator, highlighting the fact that politicians are holding a double standard when it comes to Arab companies.
BusinessWeek March 20, 2006 Javers & Woellert	It's Hard Out Here For A Lobbyist Do Sin Industry lobbyists lose sleep at night?
BusinessWeek March 20, 2006	Legal Tangle At The Fountain Of Youth There has been new light shed on allegations that Pharmacia Corp. improperly promoted its drug Genotropin to doctors who intended to use it as an anti-aging treatment. The U.S. Justice Dept. is continuing its investigation.
InternetNews March 9, 2006 Roy Mark	Phone Data Privacy Bill Heats Up in Senate Momentum for a telephone data privacy bill began building in the U.S. Senate Wednesday, with Sen. George Allen introducing legislation to outlaw the acquiring, selling or soliciting of someone else's phone records without their express consent.
Registered Rep. March 9, 2006 Halah Touryalai	NYSE Reg. And NASD: Merger `Em?; A Senate Committee Opens Hearings on SROs Are federal securities laws crafted in the 1930s still effective 70 years on? And, more important, is a privately owned, for-profit NYSE Group able to "self-regulate" itself without being mired in conflicts? And, as registered reps, should you care?
ifeminists March 8, 2006 Carey Roberts	Family Make-Over Ponzi Scheme Remember how the Great Society evicted fathers from their homes? That's what the M.O.M. Squad has in mind for the rest of us. It's our families that need to be shored up, and our children who desperately need their fathers.
InternetNews March 8, 2006 Roy Mark	Second Phone Data Privacy Bill Approved Targeting both telephone data brokers and telecoms, a House panel today approved legislation that bans the sale, lease or rental of confidential telephone records.
National Real Estate Investor March 1, 2006 Matt Hudgins	Louisiana Purchase Stuck in Maelstrom A plan to bail out property owners in flood-ravaged sections of Louisiana has drawn fire from the White House, but the bill's proponents continue to seek congressional approval.
InternetNews March 7, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Continue Spam Porno Crackdown A New Hampshire woman is facing up to 15 years in prison for violating the CAN SPAM Act after taking a Monday guilty plea to sending bulk pornographic spam e-mails.
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