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Americans for Financial Reform

God to Goldman Sachs: You're Not Doing 'God's Work,' Joins Call for Protest at DC Headquarters

Art Levine | Posted 11.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Nomi Prins, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Banks, Obama, Dylan Ratigan, Too Big to Fail, Americans for Financial Reform, Public Citizen, Federal Reserve, Chris Dodd, Business News
Art Levine

Sources close to God reported Thursday that the Supreme Being was angered at recent comments by Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein that's he's just a banker "doing God's work."

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Barney Frank Reconsiders Derivatives Rules: "There May Be A Problem Here"

boston.com | Michael Kranish | Posted 11.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Derivatives Measure, Senator Maria Cantwell, Derivatives Rules, Americans for Financial Reform, Commodities Futures Trading Commission, Derivatives Reform, Barney Frank, Derivatives Trading, Gary Gensler, Securities and Exchange Commission, Heather Booth, House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank Legislation, Business News

WASHINGTON -- House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank, under fire from some fellow Democrats and consumer groups for carving out what...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Ed Yingling: Banking Industry's Top Defender Got It Wrong Over and Over Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Aba, Financial Reform, Lobbyists, Cfpa, Credit Cards, Heather Booth, Americans for Financial Reform, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Edward L. Yingling, Ed-Yingling, Overdraft Fees, Financial Crisis, Banks, Bank Lobbying, Edward Yingling, Ed Yingling, Financial Regulation, American Bankers Association, Business News

As the American Bankers Association gathers for its annual convention in Chicago amid hundreds of protesters, and sets off to kill or at least defang ...

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Financial Reform Round 1: Obama, Progressives vs. Wall St., Centrist Dems

Art Levine | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Americans for Financial Reform, Obama, Chamber of Commerce, Public Citizen, Barney Frank, Financial Reform, Politics News
Art Levine

The financial industry has already found willing Democrats and Republicans on that key House financial committee willing to help water down key elements of financial reform proposals.

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Too Big to Fail: Breaking Up These Big Boys Is an Essential Battle for Our Time

Mike Lux | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: 2009 Financial Crisis, Americans for Financial Reform, 2009 Obama Administration, Banking Regulation, Business News
Mike Lux

With the possible exception of the health care fight, there is no more important battle for the future of our economy and democracy than breaking up these too-big-to-fail financial institutions.

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