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

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

Funding already flowing to new consumer agency, Fed chief says

By Julie Vorman

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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Madoff lesson: More investor protections needed

By Julie Vorman

Bernard Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme holds many painful lessons for regulators and investors. Among them: It’s time for the Securitie

Webcast tonight on protection for small investors

By Julie Vorman

If you’re a nervous investor with a shrunken retirement account, a congressionally-created investor protection entity is holding a special w

New consumer agency won't survive if it focuses only on making rules

By David Heath

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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Major developer faces foreclosure or bankruptcy

By Dusty Smith and Joe Eaton

The largest private landowner in Loudoun County, Virginia, Greenvest LC — the focus of a series of bruising development battles — has defaul

Considering the differences between two billion-dollar bailouts

By Kat Aaron

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

Subprime loans may have sunk BankUnited FSB

By Laura Cheek

On May 21, BankUnited FSB became the 34th federally insured institution to be taken over by regulators this year. The takeover will put anot

One year later: A meltdown retrospective

By Kat Aaron

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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