Missing information, loopholes and weak oversight hamper efforts to uncover financial conflicts by researchers who test experimental drugs before companies seek government approval, an internal watchdog finds. ...more

January 12, 2009

FEDERAL REGULATION McCAIN: Typically an opponent of government regulations, he has promised tougher ones for the financial industry in response to the current crisis. Though he has not been specific, McCain has said he would reduce the number of federal agencies overseeing banks, thrift institutions and markets to make accountability clearer while imposing tougher capital and disclosure requirements. ...more

November 2, 2008

When Sen. John McCain is in Washington, he lives in a luxury high-rise condominium in Arlington, Va., owned by his wife, Cindy Hensley McCain. ...more

August 23, 2008

Families paying full price for school lunches in Hillsborough County will pay 50 cents more for each meal, a sign that the escalating costs of food nationwide have crept inside the schoolhouse door. ...more

May 21, 2008

Senior Democrats on Capitol Hill want to ban excessive credit card fees. Bank regulators are on the verge of forcing companies to give more notice before raising interest rates. And New York's attorney general, whose investigations transformed the student loan industry, now has his eye on conflicts of interest in the credit card sector. ...more

December 2, 2007