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Shahien Nasiripour

Divisions Emerge Among Republicans Over Elizabeth Warren

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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This story was updated at 11:45 p.m. ET to include mention of a Boston Globe op-ed. A growing divide has emerged among Republicans over the possible ...

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Neil Barofsky, TARP Watchdog: Criminal Charges Could Be Coming For New York Fed In AIG Scandal

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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The government-appointed watchdog for the government's $700 billion bailout program says that the New York Federal Reserve could be hit with criminal ...

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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, Neil Brofsky, To Launch Investigation Into Fed's Secrecy On AIG Bailout

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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Elizabeth Warren: Obama Is Pushing Back Against Wall Street (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Financial reform advocate Elizabeth Warren appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Thurday to discuss President Obama's new proposals to rein in banks. W...

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Report: Treasury Misled Public On Bailouts

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The credibility of the government's $700 billion financial rescue program was damaged by claims a year ago that all of the initial bank...

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TARP Fraud Probes Have Tripled Since April, Says Watchdog

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

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The watchdog charged with policing the massive government bailout says that he's conducting 65 investigations of possible fraud in the program, more t...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Bailout Watchdog: Shutting Down TARP To Be Tricky, Government Does Not Have Plan To Address 'Too Big To Fail'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Of all the problems that plague TARP -- including its lack of transparency and disclosure, shifting goalposts, and an unclear purpose -- there's one t...

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Neil Barofsky, TARP Watchdog: Bailout Will 'Almost Certainly' Result In Loss For Taxpayers

bloomberg.com | Robert Schmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Neil Barofsky, the federal watchdog for the $700 billion financial industry bailout, said the program will "almost certainly" r...

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Goldman Sachs Responds To The New York Times

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janet Tavakoli

Did Goldman Sachs dissemble and equivocate in its responses to the New York Times?

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Elizabeth Warren: "Until We Have A Credible Liquidation Threat, We Don't Have Capitalism In America" (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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TARP watchog Elizabeth Warren has been critical of how the bank bailouts have been handled, but in an interview with MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Monday morn...

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Treasury Retreats From Standoff With TARP Watchdog

The Wall Street Journal | EVAN PEREZ and DEBORAH SOLOMON | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Treasury Department backed away from a standoff over the independence of the special government watchdog appointed to scrutinize how last year's $...

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TARP Watchdog Raids 2 Banks

CNN | Jennifer Liberto | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federal agents in Florida on Monday raided two banks that last week scuttled a deal that would have qualified one of them for federal bailout funds. ...

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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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TARP Watchdog: US Needs New Agency To Protect Consumers From Banks' "Tricks And Traps"

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - The outspoken head of a U.S. Congressional watchdog panel will strongly urge lawmakers on Wednesday to set up a new government agency to ...

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Elizabeth Warren's Relationship With The Treasury Is "Rocky"

Time | Sheelah Kolhatkar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Don't let my politeness fool you," says Elizabeth Warren. The Harvard Law professor and head of the congressional panel monitoring the bank bailout ha...

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TARP Watchdog: Stress Tests Relied On Too Rosy A Scenario

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A government test of whether 19 major banks could survive a further downturn in the economy may have relied on too rosy a scenario ...

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Bailout Corruption: Feds Open 20 Criminal Probes Into Fraud, Insider Trading

Los Angeles Times | Ralph Vartabedian and Tom Hamburger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Washington and Los Angeles -- In the first major disclosure of corruption in the $750-billion financial bailout program, federal invest...

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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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