Financial Oversight

Jason Linkins

SEC 'Courageously Assails' Small Ratings Agency, Leaves Downturn Culprits Unmolested

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Eat the Press, Regulatory Capture, Credit Derivatives, Financial Oversight, Ratings Agencies, Financial Crisis, Sec, Egan-Jones, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Regulation, Business News

If you're like me, you may have noticed the curious way our Wall Street watchdogs tend to operate. For example, a comparison: Harry Markopolos can gif...

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Janell Ross

In Detroit, Democracy Takes Back Seat To Financial Rescue

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Detroit Financial Crisis, Washington D.C., Financial Control Board, New York, Detroit Consent Agreement, Financial Collapse, Financial Control, Detroit Financial Advisory Board, Financial Oversight, Municipal Bankruptcy, Detroit, Rick Snyder, Detroit Politics, Business News

With Detroit in apparent free fall, city officials voted this week to install a nine-member financial control board with the authority to approve the ...

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Taking on TARP

Dan Rather | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Video, Wall Street Bailout, Foreclosure Crisis, Unemployment, Financial Oversight, TARP Money, Financial Recovery, Neil Barofky, Big Bank Bailout, Obama TARP, Mortgage Defaults, Big Banks, Financial Regulation, Business News
Dan Rather

"You can't look at what happened in the run-up to 2008 and see how it's not going to repeat itself, given what we've done," says Neil Barofksy, who became TARP's Special Inspector General in December, 2008.

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Senate Panel Slams Goldman Sachs

Reuters | Kevin Drawbaugh | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Cdos, Dodd-Frank, Financial Reform, Standard and Poor's, Housing Crisis, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Tom Coburn, Financial Oversight, Wall Street, Senate-Permanent-Subcommittee-on-Investigations, Washington Mutual, Office of Thrift Supervision, Financial Crisis, Sec, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Securities and Exchange Commission, Carl Levin, US Office of Thrift Supervision, Moody's, Housing Bubble, Business News

April 14, 2011 12:38:56 AM By Kevin Drawbaugh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the most damning official U.S. report yet produced on Wall Street's ...

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For Good Financial Reform, We Need More Chum

Erica Payne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Financial Reform, Foia, Lloyd Blankfein, Sec, Chum, The Fed, Financial Reform Bill, Financial Oversight, Chris Dodd, Media News
Erica Payne

The SEC's suit against Goldman Sachs has finally prompted the media to turn its attention to financial reform. The waters have been chummed -- there hasn't been a story this tasty since Monica Lewinsky.

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AP: How The Financial Bill Will Improve Oversight

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Financial Oversight, Community Banks, Financial Reform, Office of Thrift Supervision, Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection Agency, American International Group, The Financial Fix, Business News

WASHINGTON — Three things we know about the financial crisis: Big banks made reckless bets. They hid their weaknesses. And their regulators fail...

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Turf War Over Financial Oversight Plays Into Hands Of Lobbyists

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Oversight, Economy, Financial Crisis, Financial Regulatory System, Geithner Bernanke, Turf War Financial Oversight, Geithner Bair, Financial Regulation, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration scrambled on Friday to defend major elements of its plan to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system i...

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Jeff Muskus

Nelson Blocks Fed Audit In Senate (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Nelson, Financial Oversight, Kay Hagan, Financial Crisis, Federal Reserve, Jim Demint, Accountability, Video, Politics News

Boding poorly for advocates of transparency for the Federal Reserve, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) shot down legislation to audit the Fed Wednesday afterno...

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