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US FAA to close 149 federal contract Air Traffic Control towers
2013-03-25 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to close one third of air traffic control (ATC) towers located at smaller airports from 7 April 2013, as part of its sequestration implementation plan.
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Analysis: Obama's climate agenda may face setbacks in federal court
2013-03-24 13:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's plan to use federal agencies, and the Environmental Protection Agency in particular, to drive his second-term climate change agenda might be in peril if he cannot fill vacant seats on the federal court that has jurisdiction over major national regulations, legal experts say. Obama is the first full-term president in more than a half century not to have appointed a single judge to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The court, considered...
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New Federal Bureau Looks at Auto Dealership Lending Practices
2013-03-23 18:12:00| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Auto dealers may not be aware of a new federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, initiated under the Obama administration. As recently as last week, a federal consumer regulator from the Bureau issued a bulletin saying that some lenders offering auto loans through auto dealerships are charging minorities above-market interest rates and has warned that it will crack down on a profit-sharing practice between dealers and lending companies. The CFPB would force auto lenders "into changing the way they compensate dealers without any indication that the bureau has examined the effect this change could have on the cost of credit for consumers," the National Automobile Dealers Association and National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers said in a statement. The new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reportedly taking a close look at auto lenders and potential discriminatory practices that could occur between dealerships and their lenders which would adversely affect consumers. [Read more]The Article New Federal Bureau Looks at Auto Dealership Lending Practices appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Federal budget helps manufacturing, associations say
2013-03-22 21:18:00| Canadian Plastics Headlines
The release of a cautious new federal budget has drawn praise from some of Canadas manufacturing associations.
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Anti-drone revolt prompts push for new federal, state laws
2013-03-22 20:20:59| CNET News.com
Concerns about privacy, facial recognition, cell phone tracking, and infrared surveillance have dealt a setback to law enforcement's growing enthusiasm for aerial drones. [Read more]
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