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Entries by Zach Carter from 03/2012

Scott O'Malia, Commodity Futures Commissioner, Seeks To Upend Wall Street Reform (Updated)

Posted 03.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Conflicts of Interest, Conflict of Interest, Video, Dodd-Frank, Wall Street, Office of Management and Budget, Wall Street Reform, Regulation, Dennis Kelleher, Regulators, Scott O'malia, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Omb, Cftc, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a signal that partisan squabbling in the nation's capital may be reaching new levels of rancor, a key Republican regulator is pursuin...

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Swipe Fee Fallout Has Small Banks Relishing Rare Advantage Over Wall Street

Posted 03.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Durbin, Dodd-Frank, Community Banks, Icba, Wall Street Reform, Repeal, Federal Reserve, Debit Card, Video, Wall Street, Fed, Banks, Swipe Fees, Swiped, Debit Cards, Tester, Politics News

Last year's wild legislative melee over debit card swipe fees featured a curious contradiction: Although big Wall Street banks stood to lose the most ...

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Corporate CEOs Embrace Tax Hike Plans Rejected By Paul Ryan

Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics
Read More: Taxes, Social Security, Tax Increase, Budget, Corporate Tax Reform, Corporate Taxes, Tax Hikes, Bowles-Simpson, Business Roundtable, Deficit, Video, Alice Rivlin, Pete Domenici, Simpson-Bowles, Ceos, Alan Simpson, Corporate Tax Loopholes, Tax Hike, Raising Taxes, Paul Ryan, Tax Increases, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- A powerful coalition of corporate executives on Wednesday praised a deficit reduction plan that has long been maligned by GOP leaders fo...

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The Huffington Post Super Tuesday Video Stream, Featuring Seamus Romney [VIDEO]

Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics
Read More: Animal Cruelty, Dogs Against Romney, Primary, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Election, Romney, 2012, Video, Republican Primary, Super Tuesday, Gop, November Elections, Hplive, Seamus Romney, Dogs, Seamus, Livestream, Politics News

HuffPost ran a nearly six-hour live video stream covering the Republican Super Tuesday presidential primaries, and the results were . . . fun! Armed w...

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Lynn Szymoniak, Foreclosure Activist, Says $18 Million Doesn't Make Up For Homeowners' Harms

Posted 03.20.2012 | Business
Read More: Foreclosures, Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Settlement, Housing, Szymoniak, Lynn Szymoniak, Economy, Jobs, Foreclosure Fraud, Housing Crisis, Foreclosure Settlement, Video, Mortgage, Wall Street, 60 Minutes, Financial Crisis, Banks, Foreclosure, Business News

The last four years have not been easy for Lynn Szymoniak. Since early 2008, she has waged a seemingly endless series of legal battles against some of...

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Oil Prices Spike Exacerbated By Wall Street Speculation, Federal Reserve Study Finds

Posted 03.20.2012 | Business
Read More: Gas Prices, Video, Gas, Wall Street, Central Bank, Fed, Economy, Speculation, Oil, St. Louis Fed, Oil Prices, Federal Reserve, Jobs, St. Louis Federal Reserve, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Two economists at the St. Louis Federal Reserve have published findings that indicate that Wall Street speculation is responsible for 15...

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'We'll Fight This To The Death': The Vicious Capitol Hill Battle Between Banks and Credit Unions

Posted 03.22.2012 | Politics
Read More: Corruption, Congress, Small Business, Icba, Community Banks, Lobbying, Economy, Bank Transfer Day, Barney Frank, Move Your Money, Jobs, Cuna, Small Banks, Politics, Video, Tbtf, Wall Street, Banks, Spencer Bachus, Credit Unions, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In early February, Alabama Republican Spencer Bachus called for a meeting between two of the most quietly influential interest groups in...

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Sen. Jim DeMint's Republican Power Play Snags Boeing

Posted 03.24.2012 | Politics
Read More: Superpac, Super Pac, Marco Rubio, Midterm Election, Superpacs, Demint, Jim Demint, Super PACs, 2010 Election, Export-Import Bank, Christine O'donnell, Sen. Jim DeMint, 2012, Corporate Welfare, Primaries, Republican Primary, 2012 Election, Midterms, Club for Growth, Sharron Angle, Chris Chocola, Ex-Im Bank, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) on Tuesday led a conservative Senate bloc opposing a government loan program on the grounds that it functioned ...

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