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Barney Frank Disagrees With Obama On Fund, May Face Fight With Some Financial Firms

bloomberg.com | Alison Vekshin | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Treasury Department, Shareholders, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Barney Frank, Bloomberg Television, Aig, Obama Administration, Regulate Financial Firms, Financial Services Roundtable, Goldman Sachs, U.S. House Financial Services Committee, Financial Firms, Consumer Financial Protection Agency, Timothy Geithner, Sheila Bair, Political Capital With Al Hunt, Scott Talbott, Politics News

Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Barney Frank, chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, reversed course on paying to unwind failed financial fi...

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Bankruptcy Judges & DOJ Rip Mortgage Companies

ProPublica | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Bank of America, JP Morgan, Loan Modifications, Bankruptcy, Countrywide, Wells Fargo, Ocwen, Hsbc, Justice Department, Financial Services Roundtable, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Business News
ProPublica

Judges have found that major mortgages servicers regularly mess up basic accounting, improperly credit payments and charge unwarranted fees.

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Why Are Bankers Still Being Treated As Beltway Royalty?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Credit Card Bill, American Banking Association, Mortgage Bankers Association, Chrysler Bankruptcy, Chrysler Banks, Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights, Chrysler, Bankers, Credit Card Rates, Credit Cards, Financial Services Roundtable, Cramdown, Senate Cramdowns, Dick Durbin, Carolyn Maloney, Transparency, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

How do the same banks that have repeatedly come to Washington over the last eight months asking for billions to rescue them from their catastrophic mistakes, somehow still "own the place"?

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Insurers Lining Up for that Bailout Pie

Deborah Senn | Posted 12.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Deregulation, Treasury, Aig, Prudential, Bailout, Financial Services Roundtable, Insurance, The Hartford, Metlife, Financial Crisis, Insurance Bailout, Business News
Deborah Senn

The insurers, having heard that Hank Paulson at Treasury is writing huge checks to bailout troubled banks, are pushing for government to help them get over their financial problems too.

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