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Shahien Nasiripour

Banks Get Small Win On Accounting Standards

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Aba, Fasb, Lynn Turner, Bankers, Facebook, Ed Perlmutter, Banks, Financial Crisis, Sec, Chamber of Commerce, Systemic Risk, Accounting, American Bankers Association, Business News

A House panel approved a provision Thursday that calls for a new oversight body dominated by bank regulators to advise on accounting rules for banks, ...

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Shahien Nasiripour

New Bill Would Keep Public In The Dark About Threats To Financial System

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Tbtf, Financial Reform, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, Financial Crisis, Mel Watt, Systemic Risk Regulator, Financial Stability, Systemic Risk, Gregory Meeks, Financial Regulation, Business News

Members of Congress and the general public may not be told of "potential emerging threats to the stability of the financial system," thanks to a Thurs...

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Shahien Nasiripour

New "Too Big To Fail" Bill Gives Feds Power To Freeze Derivatives Contracts

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Fdic, Derivatives, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, Aig, Credit Default Swaps, Michael Krimminger, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Tbtf, Lehman Brothers, Isda, Financial Crisis, Systemic Risk Regulator, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy, Systemic Risk, Business News

The "Too Big To Fail" legislation currently being debated by a House committee has been widely criticized as toothless. But one provision gives the fe...

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"Too Big To Fail" Bill Unveiled By Treasury Department, House Dems

The Huffington Post | Ryan MCCarthy | Posted 11.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Treasury Department, Financial Superfund, Barney Frank, Federal Reserve, Too Big Too Fail, Systemic Risk, House Financial Services Committee, Fiscal Policy, Business News

The Treasury Department and the House Financial Services Committee chairman Barney Frank (D - Mass.) last night unveiled a sweeping new bill that atte...

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Regulating Systemic Risk and Banker Compensation Will Not Fix What Is Broken on Wall Street

David Paul | Posted 10.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Wall Street Crisis, Phibro, Lehman Brothers, Aig Bonuses, Andrew Hall, Salomon Brothers, Bear Stearns, Systemic Risk, Wall Street Bonuses, Citigroup, Gutfreund, Aig, Credit Default Swaps, Business News
David Paul

The incentives to make big bets and take big risks has survived, but without the accountability. Today, the US Treasury and the Fed are trying to hold the pieces together. But why?

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An Open Letter to Paul Krugman

David K. Levine | Posted 11.18.2009 | Business

Read More: Collateral Cycles, Fiscal Stimulus, Financial Crisis, Panics, Paul Krugman, Systemic Risk, Bank Bailout, Too Big to Fail, Economic Theory, Bubbles, Credit Cycles, Business News
David K. Levine

Crises have been ubiquitous throughout history. While we can't forecast them we do know how to learn from them. And we certainly have a good idea what not to do in response.

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Returning to the Scene of the Crime

Andrew Reinbach | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

Read More: Securitization, Bond Market, Wall Street, Investment Bankers, Financial System, Larry Summers, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Timothy Geithner, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Systemic Risk, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Financial Regulation, Business News
Andrew Reinbach

We can expect a new wave of mortgage-backed bond defaults to hit the headlines any day now.

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Stop the Financial Services "Super Czar" (Updated)

Don McNay | Posted 04.20.2009 | Business

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Don McNay

There has been talk about appointing a new "Systemic Risk Regulator." This "Super Czar" would oversee all of the financial services industry. We had a "Super Czar" last year. His name was Henry Paulson.

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