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	<title><![CDATA[Freud, the Consumer Finance Protection Agency and Madoff]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-randel/freud-the-consumer-financ_b_224733.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The Obama Administration has just submitted to Congress a 150-page proposal for the establishment of a Consumer Finance Protection Agency. As expected, banks and financial companies of all types are in strong opposition. </p>

<p>The intent of this agency is to centralize the oversight and regulation of financial products offered to consumers - mortgages and credit cards being the big two. As one who has studied both of these products for many years, I should have a strong feeling about whether...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Business]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-07-02T13:15:00-04:00</date_published>
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