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Apple sees sharp increase in U.S. national security requests

 Apple Inc has received more than four times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first half of this year versus a year ago, 

U.S. government seeks to intervene in Apple's EU tax appeal: source

 The U.S. government has sought to intervene in Apple's (AAPL.O) appeal against an EU order to pay back up to 13 billion euros ($14.8 billion) in Irish taxes, 

Uber to pay $20 million to settle U.S. claims it misled drivers

 Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc has agreed to pay $20 million to settle claims by the U.S. government that it exaggerated prospective earnings in seeking to recruit drivers and downplayed the costs of buying or leasing a car,

U.S. to help fund technology to eliminate Zika in blood supply

The U.S. government said on Monday it has agreed to help fund two pathogen reduction technologies to help reduce the risk of Zika virus and other infections from being transmitted through the blood supply. 

U.S. offshore regulator to unveil tougher environmental safeguards

The U.S. government agency created after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill plans in coming weeks to unveil tougher financial requirements for offshore oil producers aimed at protecting taxpayers from the risk of cleaning up abandoned oil rigs,

Snowden agrees to asylum in Venezuela: Russian lawmaker

 U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has agreed to seek political asylum in Venezuela, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday.