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LA Leads In Mortgage Fraud Cases

| Posted 03.09.2012

Read More: CA Mortgage Fraud, Subprime Mortgages, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, U.S. Treasury Department, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, Los Angeles News

This article comes to us courtesy of California Watch By Corey G. Johnson California continues to lead the nation in questionable home loans, wi...

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Chrysler, Fiat One Step Closer To Merging Into One Of The World's Leading Automakers

Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Automakers, Sergio Marchionne, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government, Video, Acquisition, Fiat SpA, Veba, Chrysler Group LLC, Merger, U.S. Treasury Department, Business News

MILAN/DETROIT, Jan 5 (Stephen Jewkes and Bernie Woodall) - Italy's Fiat SpA has raised its stake in Chrysler Group LLC by 5 percent to 58.5 percen...

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Mexican Fronts For Drug Cartels Thrive In Spite Of U.S. Awareness

AP | By MARK STEVENSON and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Drug Cartels, Money Laundering, Drug Profits, Mexico City, Attorney General, Sinaloa, Drug Traffickers, Numero Uno, U.S. Treasury Department, Business News

MEXICO CITY -- Business appeared slow on a recent night at the cavernous, marble-lobbied Numero Uno bar. Neatly uniformed waiters were on hand ready ...

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Japan Grabbed More U.S. Debt Prior To Earthquake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business News, US Treasury Department, Japan, Japan Holdings, Japan US Debt, IHS Global Insight, Business News

WASHINGTON -- Japan increased its holdings of U.S. government debt for an eighth straight month in January. But the second-largest holder of U.S. Trea...

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Tim Geithner's Gamble

Project Syndicate | Simon Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, James Kwak, Treasury Department, Timothy Geithner Treasury Secretary, Dodd-Frank, International Monetary Fund, Financial Derivatives, Too Big to Fail Banks, Too Big to Fail, Ireland, Basel III, Jamie Dimon, U.S. Treasury Secretary, U.S. Treasury Department, 13 Bankers, Iceland, Financial Stability Oversight Council, Swiss National Bank, New York Federal Reserve Bank, Dodd-Frank Bill, Ubs, Switzerland, Tim Geithner Treasury Secretary, Credit Suisse, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Mit-Sloan, Imf, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Simon Johnson, Financial Deregulation, Financial Regulation, Financial Reform, Business News

LOS ANGELES -- In a recent interview, United States Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner laid out his view of the nature of world economic growth and the r...

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The U.S. Government's (Many) Art Curators

Daniel Grant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art Curators, White House, House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, U.S. Treasury Department, Blair House, Arts News
Daniel Grant

Washington, D.C. may be renowned for its uncurated collection of gladhanders and ideologues, but the nation's capitol is less well-known as the home of numerous art, antiques and artifacts collections that aren't housed in museums.

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Green Energy Innovation: Building A National Commitment

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Energy Innovation Council, General Electric, High-Risk High-Reward Research, Kleiner Perkins, Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Bank of America, George F. Will, Clean Energy, Scialog, National Science Foundation, James Fallows, Arpa-E, John Holdren, Ursula Burns, Steven Chu, Electric Cars, Department of Energy, Nathan Lewis, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Lockheed Martin, Energy Secretary, Biosphere-2, American Association for the Advancement of Science, John Doerr, Bill Gates, U.S. Treasury Department, Caltech, Jeff Immelt, Nobel Prize, Xerox, The Atlantic, Green Products, Wind Turbines, China, Green News
James M. Gentile

Clean energy may well be the next economic revolution, and the United States can be at the forefront, if we take full advantage of our nation's streng...

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Quarterback Drew Brees Tackles Financial Illiteracy

Jason Alderman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Credit Score, Jump$Tart Coalition, Financial Education, U.S. Treasury Department, Financial Football, Financial Literacy, Education News
Jason Alderman

Drew Brees' list of accomplishments is long and impressive: New Orleans Saints quarterback. Super Bowl XLIV MVP. Devoted family man. And now, financial literacy champion.

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China's Currency Manipulation: Flipping off America

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency Manipulation, C. Fred Bergsten, Trade Deficit, Renminbi, Illegal Subsidies, International Monetary Fund, Obama, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Currency Undervaluation, China, U.S. Treasury Department, U.S. Commerce Department, Economic Policy Institute, Wen Jiabao, Obama Administration, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

Earlier this year, the Obama administration asked China nicely to allow its currency value to float up naturally on international markets. China said it would. And then it didn't.

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High-Schoolers Take the Financial Capability "Challenge"

Jason Alderman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Junior Achievement, Fdic, MyMoney.Gov, National Financial Capability Challenge, Financial Literacy, JumpStart Coalition, u.s. Department of Education, Financial Education, U.S. Treasury Department, Healthy Living News
Jason Alderman

Part of the solution is to strengthen our financial education programs so that today's youths are better equipped to manage their own finances and avoid the mistakes of their parents.

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Stop Government Funding of Coal

Bruce Nilles | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, US Treasury Department, Coal, Sierra Club, World Bank, Home News
Bruce Nilles

This post was co-written by Bruce Nilles and Mark Kresowik, Director and Corporate Accountability and Finance Representative, respectively, for the Si...

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Pay Czar Blocks Bank Of America Chief's Pay

AP | STEVENSON JACOBS and VINNEE TONG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank CEOs, Treasury Department, Executive Pay, Wall Street, Bank of America, US Treasury Department, Kenneth Lewis, Executive Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, Boa, Business News

NEW YORK — Capping a year in which he faced shareholder fury, regulatory scrutiny and was stripped of his chairman post, outgoing Bank of America Co...

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Behind Wall Street's Collapse

Walden Bello | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Merrill Lynch, Bailout, Wall Street, Rosa Luxemberg, Cdos, Wall Street Bailout, International Monetary Fund, Argentina, Reaganism, Collatorized Debt Obligations, International Financing Review, Klaus Schwab, Internet Bubble, Imf, Stock Market, Dean Baker, Great Depression, World Economic Forum, Financialization, Technology-Stock Bubble, Economic Bubble, Bankruptcy, Golden Age of Contemporary Capitalism, Brazil, Fannie Mae, U.S. Treasury Department, Recession, Financial Collapse, Freddie Mac, Subprime Mortgages, Ben Bernanke, Neoliberal Restructuring, China, Business News
Walden Bello

In a nutshell, the Wall Street meltdown is not only due to greed and to the lack of government regulation of a hyperactive sector.

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The Silence of the Shams

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US Treasury Department, Not for Profit, American Muslims, Civil Rights, Support of Terrorism, Charities, Politics News
William Fisher

OK, can we please forget the unforgettable Sarah Palin for five minutes and focus on one of the dozens of issues that obviously look like third rails ...

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