Tarp Oversight

Hollywood Agrees, Consumers Need Protection

Tamara Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Warren warns that unless a consumer protection agency with real "teeth" is formed, Americans and small businesses will continue to be brought to their knees.

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TARP Watchdog To Deliver Harsh Testimony On Treasury's Lack Of Transparency

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) is set to deliver much anticipated testimony on Tuesday b...

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US Could Lose $2B In TARP, Warns Oversight Panel

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government could lose out on more than $2 billion if federal officials continue to undervalue part of the financial bailout package, a government ...

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Elizabeth Warren: TARP Repayment, More Stress Tests and a Fall off the Pedestal

Jill Schlesinger | Posted 05.25.2011

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This morning, Ms. Warren fell off the pedestal on which I had placed her.

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Message Delivered: Timothy Geithner Answers Questions from Huffington Post Readers

Richard H. Neiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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On measuring progress, your questions made it even clearer to me that Treasury has to do a better job communicating the success, or failure, of its efforts.

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Elizabeth Warren To Geithner: "People Are Angry"

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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In her opening statement at Tuesday's Congressional Oversight Panel hearing on the Trouble Asset Relief Program, COP chairwoman Elizabeth Warren told ...

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Geithner Testimony On TARP Funds (LIVE VIDEO)

AP/MSNBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Only $109.6 billion in resources remain in the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund. But Treasury Department officials said Tuesday they e...

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Bailout Watchdog Warns Of Lack Of Oversight, Potential For Fraud

New York Times | EDMUND L. ANDREWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Treasury Department's most ambitious plans to rescue troubled banks -- partnerships between the government and private investors, ba...

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TARP Watchdog Finally Gets Expanded Authority

Project On Government Oversight | Posted 05.25.2011

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After months of waiting, Neil Barofsky, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), will finally be given the resou...

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Freedom Watch Is Back: Right-Wing Group Sues For TARP Details

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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A conservative legal group is suing the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to reveal exactly how the first $350 billion of the financial serv...

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Not for Nothing: Reforming TARP Compensation

Nancy Lublin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maybe we can learn from the not-for-profit sector. I believe companies who take funds from TARP should adopt the executive compensation policies of the charitable world.

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Panel Steps Up Criticism of Treasury Over TARP

wsj.com | MICHAEL R. CRITTENDEN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury has failed to reveal its strategy for stabilizing the financial system, not answered questions asked by a government w...

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Now Where'd I Put That $700 Billion?

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Government officials overseeing a $700 billion bailout have acknowledged difficulties tracking the money and assessing the program'...

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