Cftc Derivatives

In Wake Of MF Global Bankruptcy, Regulator Orders Review Of All Futures Firms

AP | Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators have ordered a review of all U.S. futures trading firms after hundreds of millions of dollars in client funds went mi...

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Marcus Baram

One Year After Dodd-Frank, More Rules Get Delayed Or Weakened

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.14.2011

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One year after the passage of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul, key regulators keep delaying or watering down new rules and regulations. On Tuesd...

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Speculators Drive Pain at the Gas Pump

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.15.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The standard reasons for the relentless oil price leap is war in Libya, unrest in the Middle East, political instability in Nigeria and Venezuela, and the perennial jitter that global oil supplies are fast running out. But these are all wrong.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Derivatives Reform Weakened By Two Little-Noticed Amendments

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Two little-noticed amendments inserted Wednesday into legislation seeking to strengthen regulation of derivatives will allow private industry to conti...

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A Systemic Risk Regulator and a Compensation Tsar? Larry Summers and Ben Bernanke Must Be Kidding

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Paul

With the announcement of record Wall Street bonus pools and rising credit card fees, it is time to sit back and see where we go from here.

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CFTC, Toothless Regulator Looks To Take A Bite Out Of Derivatives

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Ben Protess | Posted 05.25.2011

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When President Obama unveiled his regulatory overhaul plan last week, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, dodged a bullet. Lacking...

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