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House Scales Back Proposed Rules For Wall Street : NPRHouse Democrats head into the final stretch on a long-awaited Wall Street regulation bill with two crucial and contentious votes looming before they can declare victory on one of President Obama's legislative priorities. The sweeping regulatory overhaul aims to address the myriad conditions ...
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Fed Needs To 'Start Giving A Red Hot Damn About The American Public,' Says Sen. WhitehouseTwo days before Ben Bernanke's confirmation hearing, most Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee are withholding judgment, waiting to hear directly from the chairman of the Federal Reserve. Given the depth of the ongoing economic crisis, the hearing promises to be a lively one, as senators ...
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The Fed may crack down further on big Wall Street bonuses - Nov. 5, 2009Is the Fed about to hit the brakes on the Wall Street gravy train? A year after they survived the financial meltdown with considerable taxpayer help, Goldman Sachs (GS, Fortune 500) and Morgan Stanley (MS, Fortune 500) stand to spend $35 billion combined this year on employee compensation. The ...
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly: Financial Sector Regulation | CommonDreams.orgThere are major gaps and shortcomings in the Obama administration's financial regulatory proposals, formally released today, and the proposals alone leave the financial sector vulnerable to future crisis. Still, it's nice to be able to say that the proposal does contain meaningful reforms. Wheth...
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Iran Updates (VIDEO): Live-Blogging The Uprising1:56 AM ET -- Gruesome details from the Tehran University attacks emerge. The Wall Street Journal continues its stellar coverage: At the same time, Iran's Interior Ministry ordered a probe into an attack late Sunday night on Tehran University students in a dormitory reported to have left ...
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FedEx sees short-term hard times, worst may be over | U.S. | ReutersPackage delivery giant and U.S. economic bellwether FedEx Corp said the next two quarters will be "extremely difficult" as the recession and higher fuel prices bite into its bottom line, but said the pace of economic decline appears to be slowing. "There are signs that the worst of the ...
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Administration to issue new Wall Street pay curbs - Yahoo! NewsThe Obama administration will give a new Treasury official power to reject executive pay packages at firms that receive government assistance and wants legislation that would seek to tame compensation across the corporate world, an administration official said Wednesday. President Barack Obama ...
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SEC Charges Ex-Countrywide CEO With Fraud : NPRThe government is charging Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp., and two other company executives with civil fraud. The Securities and Exchange Commission's case also accuses Mozilo of illegal insider trading, an agency spokesman said Thursday. ...
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What to do when the Bailout Fails - David SchweickartDear President Obama, We have never met, although we are neighbors of sorts. I live a couple of blocks from your Hyde Park home. We vote at the same polling place, Beulah Shoesmith Elementary School. My daughter Karen has met you. She took two classes from you when she was in law school at the ...
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Credit Card Reforms Up For Senate Vote - CBS NewsUnable to stop the tide of foreclosures and job losses, lawmakers are hoping to give voters at least some breathing room in the economic downturn by banning arbitrary credit card rate hikes and excessive fees. Legislation that would impose new restrictions on the industry was expected to pass ...
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