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• Former California banker banned from securities industry for life.

  - 2004-11-23

  By John Boudreau, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 23--Former Silicon Valley technology banker Frank Quattrone, convicted on criminal charges of obstructing justice, has been barred from the securities industry for life by regulators for allegedly refusing to...

  Tags: California, E-mail, FINANCE, Government, Investment, IPO, NASD, Regulations, San Jose Mercury News, Strategy

• Report says U.S. lags in speedy Internet.

  - 2004-10-27

  By John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--Free-market federal policies have led to high prices that have slowed the spread of high-speed Internet service in the United States, according to a report Tuesday by the Consumer...

  Tags: broadband, FCC, Government, INTERNET, NETWORKING, phone, San Jose Mercury News, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S.

• Marshals shut down Santa Cruz, Calif., pirate radio station.

  - 2004-09-30

  By David L. Beck, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 30--Guns drawn, agents of the U.S. Marshals Service served a warrant on a tiny Santa Cruz pirate radio station early Wednesday, rousting and frisking the pajama-clad residents of...

  Tags: agent, California, FCC, Government, MARKETING, radio, San Jose Mercury News

• California lawmakers pass bill to grant immigrants access to driver licenses.

  - 2004-08-28

  San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 28--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Rushing to wrap up the legislative session on a final marathon day, lawmakers approved a measure that would allow up to 2 million undocumented immigrants to apply for California...

  Tags: California, Government, Governor, immigrant, Insurance, San Jose Mercury News, U.S. Senate

• California budget stalemate continues over local funding.

  - 2004-07-15

  By Ann E. Marimow, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 15--SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The state budget stalemate continued Wednesday, with impatient legislators and local government leaders sparring over the funding issue that has kept them from a new...

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• U.S. Supreme Court blocks law targeting online pornography.

  - 2004-06-30

  By Jim Puzzanghera, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 30--WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a federal law that would use criminal penalties to shield minors from online pornography, ruling that the 1998 statute probably violates...

  Tags: Government, INTERNET, minor, Regulations, San Jose Mercury News, software, U.S. Congress

• Federal Phone Ruling Called Negative for Consumers.

  - 2004-06-11

  By John Woolfolk, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 11--Consumer advocates said Thursday the Bush administration decision against defending rules forcing regional Bells to sell access to their local phone networks at discounts will mean gradually rising rates...

  Tags: FCC, Government, INTERNET, phone, regulator, San Jose Mercury News

• Lawmakers Urge Suspension of Airline Passenger Screening System.

  - 2004-02-14

  By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 14--A bipartisan group of 22 members of Congress on Friday urged the suspension of a controversial airline passenger screening system, in light of a study that concluded the government...

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• Business-Travel Group Seeks Scrutiny of Proposed Air-Passenger Screening.

  - 2004-02-03

  By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 3--A national business-travel group that includes a half-dozen Bay Area firms appealed to Congress on Monday to hold hearings on a controversial airline-passenger screening program that the federal ...

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• Privacy Group to File Complaint on Sharing of Traveler Data.

  - 2004-01-19

  By Robin Evans, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 19--A public interest group that has fought privacy-threatening projects by Microsoft, Intel and Double Click believes its case against government efforts to obtain airline passenger records could have...

  Tags: Government, Northwest Airlines Corp., San Jose Mercury News, SECURITY