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Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, who is accused of running a massive $7-billion Ponzi scheme, is incompetent to stand trial and must go to a rehabilitation center for addiction to pain medication, a U.S. judge in Houston has ruled. The following are key facts about the disgraced business magnate and a timeline of his legal battle:

Goldman Sachs allegedly received $2.9 billion in bailout money from American International Group, which in turn received it from the Federal government as part of the 2008 bailout package.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday said there was no possibility of providing India access to corporate emails on BlackBerry devices.

U.S. lawmakers plan to reintroduce China currency legislation that was overwhelmingly approved last year by the House of Representative but failed to become law, congressional aides said on Wednesday.

Rise in accidents stemming from pedestrian distraction has prompted renewed call for iPod bill. New York State Senator Carl Kruger has re-introduced legislation making it illegal to use an iPod, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street.

MTV executives have ordered changes in a new hit drama called 'Skins' because of fears that some explicit scenes could violate child pornography laws by featuring the sex- and drug-fueled exploits of misfit teenagers.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating dealings between former Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill and a former top aide who now works at Goldman Sachs .

Search giant Google said it will award $100 million worth of equity to Eric Schmidt, who will step down as the company's chief executive in April to make way for co-founder Larry Page.

Securities regulators on Friday called for a new uniform fiduciary standard for broker-dealers and investment advisers that would require them to put retail customers ahead of their own financial interests.

Verizon has fired the first salvo against net neutrality, appealing the Federal Communications Commission rules in the courts.

Verizon Communications took the Federal Communications Commission to court on Thursday over its new Internet traffic rules, arguing the regulator had overstepped its authority.

U.S. regulators adopted new rules Thursday that seek to give investors better information before they decide to invest in asset-backed securities, a market that's still struggling to recover from the financial crisis.

For U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro, the choice of a Goldman Sachs Group insider as her new top funds regulator could be a double-edged sword.

A pension fund wants shareholders to vote for a written succession plan for Apple.

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve, which meets next week, is unlikely to curtail its plan to buy $600 billion of Treasury securities by June despite the stronger tone of the incoming economic data, research firm Capital Economics said in a note on Wednesday.

A new Executive Order by US President Barack Obama has laid down regulatory measures on Tuesday to promote the country's economic growth and foster job creation while protecting the health and well-being of Americans throughout effective regulations.

An increasing number of U.S. companies in China say the enforcement of intellectual property rights has deteriorated in the last year and that the regulatory environment is the biggest hurdle to doing business there, a survey showed on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will reshuffle his cabinet on Wednesday in a mid-term effort to refresh a coalition government snared by corruption scandals and year-high food inflation as it faces key state elections.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), the federal agency, which oversees U.S. offshore drilling, has allowed Shell Offshore Inc. and 12 other oil and gas companies to resume deepwater drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico without the need to submit revised exploration or development plans for supplemental National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) reviews.

The new council of U.S. regulators will face a major test on Tuesday when it unveils recommendations on how to enforce one of the most recognizable if inscrutable aspects of the six-month-old Wall Street reform law: the Volcker rule.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said it has given India the means to access its Messenger service and reiterated that no changes could be made to allow monitoring of secure corporate emails.