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Entries by Zach Carter from 04/2011

Big Business Dominating Tax Reform Talks

Posted 04.06.2011 | Politics
Read More: Geithner, Revenue Neutral, Wyden, Shared Sacrifice, Economy, Budget, Offshore Tax Havens, Obama, Corporate Tax Reform, Shutdown, Tax Shelters, Tax Reform, Corporate Taxes, Business Roundtable, Politics, Deficit, Corporations, Spending Cuts, Gregg, Wyden-Gregg, Third Way, Paul Ryan, Tax Havens, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- As Congress grinds closer to shutting down the federal government and the White House floats proposals to cut social services for workin...

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Obama's Oil Market Fraud Squad May Miss Wall Street Abuses

Posted 04.22.2011 | Business
Read More: Commodities Prices, Politics, Gas Prices, Chilton, Wall Street, Economy, Speculation, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Oil Prices, Task Force, Obama, Working Group, Cftc, Business News

WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, President Obama unveiled a new working group to combat any fraud or manipulation in the oil and energy markets that may be ...

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Swiped: Banks, Merchants And Why Washington Doesn't Work For You

Posted 04.28.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chuck Schumer, Video, Senate, Schumer, Dick Durbin, 112th Congress, Interchange, Swipe Fees, Jon Tester, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Charlie Chung runs Cups & Co., a coffee and sandwich shop in the basement of the Russell Senate Office Building. Known on Capitol Hill s...

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Bernie Sanders Demands Action From Obama On Wall Street Oil 'Gambling'

Posted 04.29.2011 | Politics
Read More: Gas Prices, Politics, Wall Street, Commodity Prices, Speculation, Oil, Regulation, Obama, Bernie Sanders, Business, Cftc, Politics News

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) demanded on Thursday that regulators impose limits on oil speculation to help lower the price of gas in a letter sent to P...

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Treasury Blocks Regulation Of Market That Sparked $5.4 Trillion Fed Bailout

Posted 04.29.2011 | Business
Read More: Politics, Geithner, Fx, Bailout, Wall Street, Fed, Financial Reform, Wall Street Reform, Federal Reserve, Banks, Regulation, Foreign Exchange, Forex, Fed Audit, Business News

The Treasury Department plans to exempt foreign exchange derivatives from new Wall Street reform regulations, a Treasury official said Friday, dismiss...

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