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Cate Long | Posted 12.14.2009 | Politics

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Cate Long

Recently several Republican representatives, including Scott Garrett, have questioned whether derivatives helped create the financial crisis. Did derivatives cause the financial crisis? You bet.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Derivatives Bill Amended To Let Big Banks Keep Some Contracts Secret

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

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The House Agriculture Committee approved legislation Wednesday beefing up regulation of the kind of opaque derivatives many blame for causing the fina...

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Michael Hirsh: Barney Frank's Derivatives Bill "Too Hard To Understand"

Newsweek | Michael Hirsh | Posted 10.16.2009 | Business

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Thanks to weeks of intense pressure from Wall Street banks and their customers in corporate America, the bill that was approved on Thursday by Rep. Ba...

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Derivatives Lobby Hooks Up With New Dems To Water Down Reform Bill

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

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Bloomberg News reports Friday morning that the derivatives lobby has put a bug in the ear of the New Democrat Coalition. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sach...

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