What’s In The News: March 16, 2012

This is what’s in the news for Friday March 16, 2012. The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. and EU regulators are investigating Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) for bypassing privacy settings of millions of users of Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) Safari browser, sources say. The Wall Street Journal also reports the Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans to expand day-to-day monitoring of the commodities and futures markets, targeting high-speed trading firms. Reuters reports The explosive Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) resignation letter has increased pressure on U.S. regulators to quickly put in place a tough version of the Volcker rule. Bloomberg reports highly indebted Italy paid $3.4B to Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) in January to unwind derivative contracts from the 1990s that backfired, sources say. Finally, Bloomberg also reports a Supreme Court ruling on whether the U.S. health care law is constitutional won’t stop market forces transforming how Americans get their medical care, says Cigna (CI) CEO David Cordani,

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