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Shahien Nasiripour

Systemic Risk Panel Would Lack Independence; Treasury Secretary Would Call The Shots

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Crisis, White House, Treasury Department, Financial Reform, Barney Frank, Keith Ellison, Barack Obama, Consumer Federation of America, Tim Geithner, Timothy Geithner, Systemic Risk Regulator, Systemic Risk, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulation, Business News

If the White House and congressional leaders get their way, the vaunted new oversight council charged with overseeing systemic risk in the financial m...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Administration Helps House Democrat Gut Post-Enron Reforms

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Scott Garrett, Arthur Levitt, Barney Frank, Obama Administration, Carolyn Maloney, John Adler, Paul Kanjorski, Consumer Federation of America, Rahm Emanuel, Mary Schapiro, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Financial Crisis, Investor-Protections, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News

With the White House's blessing, a House panel voted Tuesday to water down a key post-Enron measure designed to protect investors. In a voice vote, m...

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Prepaid Debit Cards Hide Enormous Fees

nytimes.com | ANDREW MARTIN | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Prepaid Debit Cards, Mastercard, Micash, Visa, Consumer Federation of America, Green Dot, Business News

For many people who do not have bank accounts, or cannot get a credit card, the appeal is irresistible, making the reloadable cards among the consumer...

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Peaceful Revolution: Can Congress Stop the Growing Numbers of Homeless Kids?

Donna Norton | Posted 04.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Congress, Bankruptcy, Homelessness, Children, Economic Crisis, Kids, Homeless, African Americans, Consumer Federation of America, Recession, A Peaceful Revolution, Living News
Donna Norton

Our children are our nation's future. One out of fifty children are already homeless, missing critical years of education, healthy development, and community support.

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A Teachable Moment on Energy Policy: Demand-Side Policy Beats Drilling by More than 20 to 1

Mark Cooper | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Gas, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Oil Drilling, Fuel Efficiency, Oil, Nhtsa, Conservation, Energy Policy, Green News
Mark Cooper

While the administration is busy beating up Congress for not acting to solve the energy crisis -- it is the administration that has dropped the ball.

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More US Oil Drilling: A Boom for Big Oil, A Bust for Consumers

Mark Cooper | Posted 09.13.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil Profits, Oil Prices, Domestic Drilling, Oil, Gasoline Prices, Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, Green News
Mark Cooper

More domestic drilling means more product for oil companies to sell at the high world market price. The consumer doesn't see a cent, while oil companies rake in even more cash.

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