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Customers close accounts to protest Wall Street, abusive lending practices
Angry at Wall Street over the financial crisis and consumer credit practices seen as predatory, some consumers have opted to close their acc
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Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign
By
Julie Vorman
June 28, 2011
No unemployment worries for bank lobbyists in Washington, where business is booming
By
Shirley Gao
July 28, 2011
From Bank of America, two different stories about tracking bailout funds
By
Ben Protess
August 25, 2009
U.S. stock market plunge followed Financial Stability Oversight Council warning
By
Michael Hudson
August 4, 2011
SEC watchdog investigates “revolving door” policy
Washington white collar defense lawyers are buzzing about an investigation launched by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s internal wat
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"Help wanted" to influence Dodd-Frank law
By
Julie Vorman
October 26, 2010
SEC too lenient with secrecy requests, says watchdog
By
Julie Vorman
October 1, 2010
SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe
By
John Solomon
May 11, 2010
Revolving door between SEC, law firms spins at dizzying speed
Funding already flowing to new consumer agency, Fed chief says
By
Julie Vorman
September 29, 2010
Trust a central banker to focus on the money. The Federal Reserve has already set up the operating accounts and initial funding for the new
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Credit rater says new consumer agency is much-needed "medicine" for banks
By
Shirley Gao
July 26, 2011
Live from the cash room: Your risk regulators in action
By
Julie Vorman
October 1, 2010
Stock market plunge shows need for tough oversight of financial system, reformers say
By
Michael Hudson
August 4, 2011
Reform reading: Senator asks Fed for details of loans to rich investors, tax haven funds
By
Julie Vorman
December 7, 2010
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Madoff lesson: More investor protections needed
By
Julie Vorman
September 23, 2010
Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme holds many painful lessons for regulators and investors. Among them: It’s time for the Securitie
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Webcast tonight on protection for small investors
By
Julie Vorman
September 14, 2010
Small investors to get bigger megaphone at SEC
By
Jeremy Borden
October 12, 2010
SEC extracts fines, but not confessions
No unemployment worries for bank lobbyists in Washington, where business is booming
By
Shirley Gao
July 28, 2011
Webcast tonight on protection for small investors
By
Julie Vorman
September 14, 2010
If you’re a nervous investor with a shrunken retirement account, a congressionally-created investor protection entity is holding a special w
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Madoff lesson: More investor protections needed
By
Julie Vorman
September 23, 2010
SEC extracts fines, but not confessions
Small investors to get bigger megaphone at SEC
By
Jeremy Borden
October 12, 2010
SEC watchdog: Becoming political appointee would jeopardize White House probe
By
John Solomon
May 11, 2010
New consumer agency won't survive if it focuses only on making rules
By
David Heath
December 2, 2010
With Republicans angling to strip power from the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Elizabeth Warren said the agency won’t succeed in
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Consumer safety agency plans crowdsourced database
By
Laurel Adams
August 24, 2010
Newsmaker interview: Warren says Congress should hold car dealers to same rules as other lenders
Reform reading: Death by delay?
By
Shirley Gao
June 7, 2011
FACT CHECK: Crossroads GPS twists facts in Senate ads
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FactCheck.Org
December 13, 2011
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Major developer faces foreclosure or bankruptcy
By
Dusty Smith
and
Joe Eaton
August 20, 2009
The largest private landowner in Loudoun County, Virginia, Greenvest LC — the focus of a series of bruising development battles — has defaul
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Obama won't sign notary bill that might speed home foreclosures
By
Michael Hudson
October 7, 2010
Loan servicers should notify neighborhoods when abandoning a foreclosure, report says
By
Laurel Adams
November 16, 2010
As housing crisis festers, mortgage servicers spend $8 million on political contributions
By
Michael Hudson
and
Aaron Mehta
August 5, 2011
Big banks can fund mortgage aid programs If government won't, says Democrat
By
Julie Vorman
March 11, 2011
Considering the differences between two billion-dollar bailouts
By
Kat Aaron
December 12, 2008
The auto industry bailout has stalled in the Senate, putting the fate of Detroit’s Big Three and their employees in the hands of the White H
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Credit rater says new consumer agency is much-needed "medicine" for banks
By
Shirley Gao
July 26, 2011
Democrats demand ouster of regulator for not being tough enough with banks
By
Shirley Gao
June 24, 2011
Reform reading: Bailout paradox in Nov. 2 election
FACT CHECK: Crossroads GPS twists facts in Senate ads
By
FactCheck.Org
December 13, 2011
Subprime loans may have sunk BankUnited FSB
By
Laura Cheek
June 4, 2009
On May 21, BankUnited FSB became the 34th federally insured institution to be taken over by regulators this year. The takeover will put anot
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Credit rater says new consumer agency is much-needed "medicine" for banks
By
Shirley Gao
July 26, 2011
You broke it? You fix it.
By
John Dunbar
August 26, 2009
In details of Dodd bill, some loopholes and unanswered questions
By
Keith Epstein
,
Ben Protess
and
David Heath
March 16, 2010
Meltdown 101
By
John Dunbar
May 6, 2009
One year later: A meltdown retrospective
By
Kat Aaron
September 14, 2009
Today marks a year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the biggest bankruptcy in U.S. history. As President Obama delivers a major speech
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Auto dealers should be happy
By
Bill Buzenberg
July 16, 2010
WaMu bank executives aware of rampant fraud
By
David Heath
April 12, 2010
Commentary: The mega-banks behind the meltdown
By
Bill Buzenberg
May 6, 2009
GOP candidates in foreclosure capital say government not the solution to crisis
By
Michael Hudson
October 18, 2011
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