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U.S. court allows release of bench transcripts in AT&T merger fight

An appeals court that is hearing the U.S. Justice Department’s fight with AT&T (T.N) over its merger with Time Warner agreed on Friday to allow the release of transcripts of bench conferences that the public was unable to listen in on during the trial in a lower court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in an order on Friday that the government would be allowed to release transcripts of the conversations that generally occurred between Judge Richard Leon, who tried the case, and one or more lawyers from the Justice Department, AT&T and Time Warner. …read more […]

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Wells Fargo faces tax credit probes, new problems with mortgage borrowers

Wells Fargo & Co is facing government probes into its use of low-income housing tax credits, and has also set aside $8 million to compensate borrowers who were incorrectly denied mortgage modifications under a federal assistance program, the bank said in a regulatory filing on Friday.

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