House Financial Services

MF Global To S&P Before Collapse: We've 'Never Been Stronger'

Reuters | Posted 03.31.2012

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* S&P says MF Global touted capital, liquidity strength * One week after email to S&P, MF Global failed * House lawmaker...

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S&P Analysts Believe U.S. Will Not Default

MarketWatch | Robert Schroeder | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: White House, House Financial Services, Ratings Agency, Debt Ceiling, Default, Deven Sharma, Deficit Reduction, Washington DC, Credit Rating, S&P, US Default, Business News

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Analysts for Standard & Poor's don't believe the U.S. will default on its obligations, the rating agency's president, Deve...

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Ryan Grim

Peter Roberson, Bank Lobbyist Turned House Staffer, Is Heading Back To K Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: K Street, House Financial Services, Financial Services Committee, Revolving Door, Intercontinental Exchange, Lobbyist, Bma, Peter Roberson, Politics News

When the House worked on financial regulatory reform legislation last year, 16 of the Financial Services Committee staffers -- 12 of them Democrats --...

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Ryan Grim

Madoff Investigator Wants To Broaden Scope Of Inquiry

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: H. David Kotz, Madoff Investigation, House Financial Services, Bernard Madoff, Spencer Bachus, Sec, Madoff Scandal, Bernie Madoff, Barney Frank, Politics News

The investigation into federal regulators' complicity in -- or failure to detect -- the Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme could get a lot bigger, the lead i...

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