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Group Secretly Rating Obama Nominees Shrinks Number Of Women, Minorities For Judgeships

New York Times | Charlie Savage | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Judicial Vacancies, American Bar Association Vetting, American Bar Association, Aba, Obama Judicial Nominees, Harry Reid, Obama, Gloria Navarro, Judicial Nominees, Reid, Barack Obama, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The American Bar Association has secretly declared a significant number of President Obama's potential judicial nominees "not qualified,...

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American Bar Association Takes Aim At Lobbying Law Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: American Bar Association, Campaign Fundraising, Aba, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Lobbyist Disclosure Act, Lobbying Laws, Campaign Finance, Politics News

Under current law, lobbyists seeking consideration for their clients can sweeten the pot by throwing massive fundraisers for the members of Congress t...

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The August 2011 Indie Next List Preview

Bookselling This Week | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Indie Next List, Indiebound, John Hart, Aba, Iron House, Megan Abbott, Ernest Cline, Neil Abramson, Amor Towles, Kevin Wilson, Yannick Murphy, Indie Next List Preview, Books News

Here's a preview of the titles on the August Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement....

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The July 2011 Indie Next List Preview

Bookselling This Week | Posted 08.03.2011

Read More: Will Lavender, Indie Next List, The Last Werewolf, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Aba, Ann Napolitano, Alice LaPlante, S.J. Watson, Jenny Wingfield, Paul Doiron, Glen Duncan, Indie Novels, Beth McMullen, Books News

Here’s a preview of the titles on the July Indie Next List flier, on its way to ABA member stores in the IndieBound movement....

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Tibetan Monk Reportedly Sets Himself On Fire In China

AP | By GILLIAN WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China Tibet Crackdown, Dalai Lama, Kirti, Aba, Public-Security-Bureau, Tibet, International Campaign for Tibet, Tibetan Monks, Monastery, Communist Party, Beijing, Sichuan Province, China Tibet, China, Lhasa, World News

BEIJING -- A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds...

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Bank Lobby Splinters On CFPB Ahead Of Director Confirmation Deadline

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- A rift is emerging among bank lobbyists over the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as the deadline approaches for President Barac...

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'Stealth Bankers Bomb As Anti-Reform Crusaders'

washpost.bloomberg.com | Jonathan Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Banking Association, Fair-Market Values, Aba, Financial Accounting Standards Board, Mark to Market, Fasb, Business News

Last week Bloomberg News reported that the American Bankers Association had started a campaign to mobilize investors against an accounting-rule propos...

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eBooks: Google As Independent Bookstores' Ally?

The New York Times | Brad Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ereaders, American Booksellers Association, Google Editions, Google, Book Publishing, Powell's, Aba, Kindle, Keplers, Independent Bookstores, Barnes and Noble, Booksellers, Ipad, Amazon, Ebooks, Books News

Independent bookstores were battered first by discount chains like Barnes & Noble, then by superefficient Web retailers like Amazon.com. Now the ele...

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Autism Awareness -- Spring: Tis the Season for Autism Awareness

Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eustacia Cutler, Autism Awareness, Rpm, Hbo, 41-Things-to-Know-About-Autism, Spring, Jeremy Sicile-Kira, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Autism, Temple Grandin, Claire Danes, Asperger's Syndrome, Aba, Ot, Health, Healthy Living News

Spring is here and with Spring comes April, and with April comes Autism Awareness month, a mixed blessing as far as I'm concerned.

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Top Bank Regulator Changes Tune, Now Calls For Independent Consumer Agency

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Occ, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Comptroller of the Currency, John Dugan, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Consumer Protection, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, Wall Street Reform, Aba, Elizabeth Warren, The Financial Fix, Business News

This story has been updated After months of criticizing the Obama administration's proposal to create a consumer-focused agency dedicated to protecti...

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Bank Lobbyists Fought For Very Thing They're Now Trying To Kill, Says Elizabeth Warren

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Elizabeth Warren, American Bankers Association, Aba, Bank Lobby, Safety-and-Soundness, Consumer Protection, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Financial Reform, Regulatory Reform, The Financial Fix, Richard Shelby, Christopher Dodd, Business News

Bank lobbyists are fighting to derail a key element of consumer protection which they fought to preserve just four years ago, threatening to kill fina...

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Independent Bookstores Get A Boost: American Booksellers Association Membership Up Since Last Year

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: BookExpo America, Independent Bookstores, Book Publishing, American Booksellers Association, Books, Indie Bookstores, Aba, Bea, Books News

NEW YORK — On the eve of BookExpo America, the publishing industry's annual convention, independent booksellers are enjoying a pleasant surprise...

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State Dept Promises To Produce Legal Justification for Drone Attacks

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Targeted Killings, Law and Security, Afghanistan, Aba, Drones, Civilian Casualties, Stanley McChrystal, Home News

State Department Legal Adviser Harold Koh has promised to produce the Obama administration's legal justification for its increased use of drone strike...

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Indies Choice Book Award Finalists Announced

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kate DiCamillo, Independent Bookstores, A.S. Byatt, Literary Prizes, Colm Toibin, Wolf Hall, BookExpo America, Michael Chabon, Stitches, Isabel Allende, Libba Bray, The Children's Book, Best Books, Books, Indies Choice Awards, Aba, Mary Karr, Books News

The ABA (American Booksellers Association) announced the finalists for the Indies Choice Book Awards on Monday, which are chosen by any and all indepe...

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American Bar Association Calls for Shorter Detention Terms for Immigrants

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Immigration Detention, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, American Bar Association, Detention Reform, Caribbean Detainees, Aba, Detention Policy Oversight, Cirasap, Home News

When a system is ineffective and no longer functions in the manner initially intended, there are two possible avenues to pursue - either piecemeal, pa...

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New League Proposes White-Only Pro Basketball

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Basketball, Tea Party, Racism, Racial Prejudice, AABA, Segregation, Politics News, Nba, Tea-Baggers, Racial Identity, Aba, Race, Racial Discrimination, Minor League Basketball, Sports News

Finally, Klansmen and Nazis have a league of their own. At least, this may be the only major fan-base for a new league, the "All-American Basketball...

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Banks Get Small Win On Accounting Standards

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aba, Fasb, Lynn Turner, Bankers, Facebook, Ed Perlmutter, Banks, Financial Crisis, Sec, Chamber of Commerce, Systemic Risk, Accounting, American Bankers Association, Business News

A House panel approved a provision Thursday that calls for a new oversight body dominated by bank regulators to advise on accounting rules for banks, ...

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"Showdown In Chicago": Monitor The Latest Via Twitter

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Protests, Showdown in Chicago, Aba, Ed Yingling, American Bankers Association, Business News

As we reported, the American Bankers Association annual convention in Chicago continue to draw significant protests. As the events proceed, we've been...

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The American Bankers Association's 15 Minutes of Fame in Chicago

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Banks, Too Big to Fail, Bailouts, Fdic, Richard Durbin, American Bankers Association, Chicago, Aba, Sheila Bair, Business News

Like termites, the American Bankers Association does most of its damage in the dark. But the ABA is getting a brief period in the limelight this week as a result of the Showdown in Chicago.

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Predators in the Book Biz

Bruce Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Amazon.com, Predatory Pricing, Stephen King, Wal-Mart, Vanderbilt, Sarah Palin, Publishing, Barnes & Noble, Price Wars, Book Publishing, Books, Aba, Amazon, Bestsellers, Books News

The pre-printed price, establishing the value of a book, is the temptress that has seduced the biggest merchants in the country to go for each other's jugular.

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Moneyed Interests Lining Up For Battle Over Accounting Standards

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity, Tohmatsu, Council of Institutional Investors, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness, Economy, Financial Services Roundtable, American Council for Capital Formation, Reform, National Association of Home Builders, Ernst and Young, Accf, Financial Executives International, Jim Turley, Center for Audit Quality, Commercial Mortgage Securities Association, Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, National Multi Housing Council, Paul Volcker, Real Estate, Accounting, American Bankers Association, Sec, Aba, Calpers, Fasb, Financial Reform, Investment Company Institute, Institute of Management Accountants, US SEC, National Apartment Association, Grant Thornton Llp, Ed Perlmutter, Kpmg, Recession, Barney Frank, House Financial Services Committee, Deloitte Touche, Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, Perlmutter, Real Estate Roundtable, Banks, Emails, Politics News

In the midst of what was supposed to be a Congressional push for increased financial regulation and accountability, a powerful coalition of moneyed in...

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Ed Yingling: Banking Industry's Top Defender Got It Wrong Over and Over Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aba, Financial Reform, Lobbyists, Cfpa, Credit Cards, Heather Booth, Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Edward L. Yingling, Ed-Yingling, Overdraft Fees, Financial Crisis, Banks, Bank Lobbying, Edward Yingling, Ed Yingling, Financial Regulation, American Bankers Association, Business News

As the American Bankers Association gathers for its annual convention in Chicago amid hundreds of protesters, and sets off to kill or at least defang ...

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Shock: American Bankers Association Comes Out Against Bank Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Reform, Accounting, Banks, Cfpa, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, American Bankers Association, Bank, Aba, Business News

The American Bankers Association is glad that the House Financial Services Committee made a number of changes to a financial reform package that it re...

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Showdown In Chicago: Sheila Bair Speaks To Protesters, Backs Consumer Protection Agency (VIDEO

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank Protests, Fdic, Showdown in Chicago, Aba, Seiu, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Afl-Cio, National People's Action, Slideshow, Sheila Bair, American Bankers Association, Video, Business News

ORIGINAL POST (Scroll down for a slideshow of today's protests): Before she appeared at the American Bankers Association annual convention today, Fe...

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My City Is Being Invaded by Banksters

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Banking Association, Aba, Bonus Outrage, Banksters, Wall St, Goldman Sachs, Aig, JPMorgan Chase, Wall Street Crisis, Showdown in Chicago, Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Chicago, Seui, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, American Bankers Association, Business News

In mere days, my city, Chicago will be overrun by the worst of the worst. The lowest of the low. Criminals who have affected more lives than any mug...

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