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Elizabeth Warren's New Model For Wall St.: 'If You Can't Explain It, You Can't Sell It'

bloomberg.com | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Congresisonal Oversight Panel, Coors Light, Elizabeth Warren, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Financial Reform, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Consumer Protection Agency, Harvard, Barack Obama, Thomas Cooley, House Financial Services Committee, Business News

Nov. 19 (Bloomberg) -- In Elizabeth Warren's world, credit card contracts would be so simple a teenager could read and understand them in four minutes...

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"Too Big To Fail" Legislation Is On The Way

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Goldman Saks, Congress, Economy, Bailouts, Obama, Too Big to Fail Bill, Legislation, Ben Bernanke, Aig, White House, Bailout, Federal Reserve, Lehman Brothers, Bofa, Treasury, Gop, Consumer Protection Agency, Financial Crisis, Paul Volcker, Wall Street, Citigroup, Bank of America, Derivatives, Ben Bernanke Federal Reserve, Democrats, Recession, Barney Frank, House, House Financial Services Committee, Senate, Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Banks, Bonuses, Too Big to Fail, Executive Pay, Politics News

A senior administration official said on Sunday that after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials, Representative Barney Frank, th...

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AP: Obama's New Consumer Agency Is Far From A Sure Deal

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Protection Agency, Consumers, Business, Consumer Protection, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON — Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders trea...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama Administration Praises Consumer Protection Bill, Deflects Criticism Of Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cfpa, Treasury Department, Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection Agency, Timothy Geithner, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, President Obama, Michael Barr, Business News

The Obama administration on Friday strongly praised a House committee's vote to create a new federal consumer financial protection agency, despite the...

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Why We Need Robust Consumer Financial Protection

Hilary O. Shelton | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Barney Frank, Consumer Protection Agency, Hilary Shelton, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Consumer Protection, Credit Card Industry, Naacp, House Financial Services Committee, Business News
Hilary O. Shelton

Our current system of consumer protection fails to protect Americans from basic exploitation and abuses that can cost individuals and families hundreds of thousands of dollars, and even their homes.

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Summers Takes On Consumer Protection Foes

Financial Times | Krishna Guha | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Larry Summers, Consumer Protection Agency, Lobbying, Consumer Protection, Lobbyists, Business News

Larry Summers, the top White House economic adviser, on Friday accused financial lobby groups of using "death panel" type scare tactics to try to bloc...

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Business Groups Step Up Campaign To Block Obama's Consumer Agency

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Christine Spolar | Posted 11.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Reform, Mortgages, Consumer Agency, Federal Reserve, Consumer Protection Agency, Banks, Reform, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Business News

A new federal consumer protection agency is emerging as the centerpiece of the Obama administration's financial reforms, prompting banking companies a...

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Consumer Protection Redux: The Lessons of History

Lawrence B. Glickman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

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Lawrence B. Glickman

There is currently new ideological space for liberal politics, including a renewed call for consumer protection after a thirty year hiatus. But this is no time for complacency.

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Barney Frank Backs Consumer Protection Agency

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 08.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Financial Reform, Consumer Protection Agency, Financial Crisis, Obama Financial Reform, Consumer Protection, Barney Frank, Business News

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee is throwing his weight behind President Barack Obama's plan to create a gove...

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Obama's Consumer Agency: Banks Fight To Protect Fees

bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin | Posted 07.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Consumer Protection Agency, Obama Financial Reform, Bank Lobby, Bank Fees, Business News

June 25 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. banks are fighting the Obama administration plan to create a consumer agency for financial services as they seek to protec...

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Julie Satow

Battle Brewing On Capitol Hill Over Obama's Proposed Consumer Protection Agency

HuffingtonPost.com | Julie Satow | Posted 07.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Obama Speech, The Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Obama Regulatory Overhaul, New Consumer Protection Agency, Consumer Protection Agency, New Consumer Agency, Cfpa Obama, Business News

Consumer groups welcomed President Barack Obama's proposal to create a Consumer Financial Protection Agency as part of his sweeping overhaul of financ...

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