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Financial Regulations

Sam Stein

White House Official Feels 'Nervousness' About Dodd's Regulatory Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Chris Dodd Financial Regulation, Nervousness Goolsbee, Austan Goolsbee, Dodd Regulatory Reform, Regulatory Reform, Financial Regulations, Transparency, Politics News

(Updated with response from Dodd's office; see below.) One of the president's top economic advisers expressed concerns Friday that financial regulat...

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Jason Linkins

Bloomberg Reports Derivatives Regulatory Legislation Contains Large Loopholes

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Credit Derivatives, Regulatory Reform, Derivatives, Financial Regulations, Derivatives Reform, Barney Frank, Business News

Hey kids! Were you holding out hope that someone might do something to robustly regulate the derivatives market that wrought such wrack and ruin to th...

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Should Wall Street Pay Reparations?

Les Leopold | Posted 09.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Unemployment, Morgan Stanley, General Motors, Wall Street, Economy, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Auto Industry, Financial Regulations, Business News
Les Leopold

When institutions, and the individuals who run them, harm the great mass of society and profit wildly along the way, they should make restitution for the harm they have caused.

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Buyer Beware: Bankers Selling Administration on Watered-Down Financial Regulation

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Regulation, Wall Street, Financial Regulations, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Business News
Louise Marie Roth

It seems good that taxpayers aren't bankrolling the Wall Street giants anymore, but now they aren't accountable either. The only way to make them accountable is to regulate them effectively.

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Obama: I'm Ready For A Fight Over New Consumer Protections (VIDEO)

Huffingtion Post/AP | Posted 07.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Video, Consumer Protections, Financial Overhaul, Obama Weekly Address, Barack Obama, Financial Regulations, Politics News

AP: WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Saturday that current financial rules exploit consumers and he put critics of his proposed overhaul...

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Clinton Labor Secretary: Obama's Wall Street Plan "Does Not Measure Up"

Salon | Robert Reich | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Wall Street, Wall Street, Financial Overhaul, Financial Regulations, Obama Economy, Barack Obama, Politics News

The plan doesn't stop bankers from making huge, risky bets with other people's money. It does increase capital requirements and oversight, but it does...

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Financial Regulatory Overhaul Is Detailed

Washington Post | Binyamin Appelbaum and David Cho | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Financial Overhaul, Regulatory Overhaul, Federal Role, Federal Reserve, Financial Regulatory Overhaul, Financial Regulations, Politics News

The Obama administration last night detailed a series of proposals that would involve the government much more deeply in the private markets, from hel...

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Obama Plans Sweeping Overhaul Of Nation's Financial Regulations

New York Times | STEPHEN LABATON | Posted 02.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Economy, 100 Days, President Obama, Nation's Financial Regulatory System, Obama Plans Financial Regulations Overhaul, Financial Regulations, Politics News

The Obama administration plans to move quickly to tighten the nation's financial regulatory system. Officials say they will make wide-ranging change...

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