FirstEnergy Corp. surged the most in more than five months after the Ohio utility reached an agreement with federal prosecutors over a corruption case involving a $1 billion state bailout for nuclear power plants.

Notably absent in President Joe Biden‘s sweeping mandate for a dozen agencies to write more than 70 regulations to crack down on monopolistic practices in agriculture, technology, pharmaceuticals, and other industries is a leader of his own regulations office to shepherd it all.

The mortgage industry is pushing Congress for a carve-out from part of the Biden administration’s corporate tax plan, cautioning that a tax hike on the biggest lenders would trickle down to borrowers in the form of higher mortgage rates and fees.

A top agenda item for the newly confirmed NLRB general counsel will be dealing with legal challenges to the agency’s work based on President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day firing of its Trump-era top lawyer, board watchers said.

A U.S. safety regulator’s decision last week to sue Amazon.com Inc. could bring clarity to a question that has long befuddled courts and state legislatures nationwide: Who is responsible when a product bought from the world’s largest online retailer hurts or kills someone?

Video game giant Activision Blizzard Inc., maker of games including World of Warcraft and Diablo, fosters a “frat boy” culture in which female employees are subjected to constant sexual harassment, unequal pay, and retaliation, according to a lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing.