Maryland’s high court receives a grade of C — but just barely — when it comes to financial disclosures filed by the states’ top judges, according to a nationwide report.

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Journalists are in the business of telling the news, not hiding it. But there are times — very few times, despite conspiracy-and-bias claims fueled by a media-criticism cottage industry — when news organizations do decide to hold the news that ...

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WASHINGTON — The government’s consumer-finance watchdog is weighing an overhaul of the fees consumers pay to obtain mortgages. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Wednesday that it might ban origination fees that vary with the size of the loan, known ...

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WASHINGTON — A government watchdog has expanded an ethics probe of the National Labor Relations Board after finding that more inside information was leaked to a former adviser to Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, a Democratic lawmaker said Thursday. Maryland ...

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WASHINGTON — The General Services Administration’s internal watchdog said Wednesday that employees are heeding his call to report wrongdoing, and messages on his hotline have triggered new investigations beyond an $823,000 Las Vegas conference and junkets to resorts. “I don’t ...

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s consumer financial watchdog agency is backing off a plan to limit big upfront fees on credit cards. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau acknowledged Thursday that its proposal would increase costs for cardholders and allow banks ...

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WASHINGTON — Mortgage giant Fannie Mae knew about allegations of improper foreclosure practices by law firms in 2003 but did not act to stop them, a government watchdog says. Similar allegations are the subject of a probe by state attorneys ...

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A new federal agency tasked with regulating the nation’s consumer financial industry — including everything from debt collection practices to mandatory arbitration clauses in consumer contracts — launched last week. And its future couldn’t be more unclear. The Consumer Financial ...

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MILAN — Google Italy was released Monday from an antitrust investigation in Italy after the company made a pair of commitments to address competitive concerns. Italy’s antitrust watchdog announced it found no infractions as it closed the case brought in ...

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