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Reform reading: Fed reveals details about $3 trillion in emergency loans

By Julie Vorman

A roundup of news and commentary to help consumers monitor the transparency and accountability of the Dodd-Frank financial reform law....

TARP helped stabilize financial institutions, but future success questioned

By Laurel Adams

The government’s Troubled Asset Relief Program, established to stabilize weak financial institutions, faces challenges in getting repayments

Excerpts from this story referencing "Emergency Economic Stabilization Act":

"… ard. GAO said Treasury did not do this in seven cases.FAST FACT: Under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the GAO must update Congress on the performance of TARP every 60 …"

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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Reform, watched

Want to give an economist a fit? Insist that supply is “better” than demand. Or, as we recently discovered, ask for a quick take on the new

FDIC wants bank execs to wait three years for entire bonus

By Julie Vorman

If the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp’s new executive pay proposal is adopted, top U.S. bankers will have to wait at least three years to co

Treasury Dept. scolded for rejecting anti-fraud measures in bank capital program

By David Heath and Julie Vorman

A senior House Republican scolded the Treasury Department on Wednesday for rejecting recommendations from a government watchdog to prevent f
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Daily financial reform roundup

By Julie Vorman

Daily news highlights for consumers following the U.S. financial reform law....

August 6, 2010

By Julie Vorman

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT: What lessons did the U.S. government learn from its unprecedented 2008-09 intervention in the financial markets?...

Big banks can fund mortgage aid programs If government won't, says Democrat

By Julie Vorman

As budget-conscious House Republicans try to kill a $1 billion program to help unemployed Americans avoid foreclosure, Democrat Barney Frank

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

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