UPDATE 2-EU eases rules for some foreign clearing houses in nod to U.S. <!-- no image --> <div>A new European Union law requiring closer scrutiny of foreign clearing houses used by customers from the bloc has been simplified after the United States threatened retaliation.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=len4-xHdwWA:qP-F6iCpR-c:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=len4-xHdwWA:qP-F6iCpR-c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=len4-xHdwWA:qP-F6iCpR-c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=len4-xHdwWA:qP-F6iCpR-c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=len4-xHdwWA:qP-F6iCpR-c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/len4-xHdwWA" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters