Treasury’s inability to raise debt limit could cause problems

By Laurel Adams

The debt limit, which is the ceiling on Treasury’s ability to pay obligations already incurred, could be reached as early as April....

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Skyrocketing deficit

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FACT CHECK: Does the United States "look a lot like Greece?"

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FACT CHECK: Twists and turns on the U.S. debt ceiling

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FACT CHECK: Did Perry double Texas budget?

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Need financial advice? Feds have 50 different financial literacy programs

By Laurel Adams

GAO counts more than 50 financial literacy programs across 20 agency, creating confusion and duplication

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Race car driver Scott Tucker drew an elaborate facade around his payday loan businesses

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Wells Fargo to pay $175M in lending settlement

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Payday lenders agree to stop 'deceptive and illegal' practices

By David Heath

One year later: A meltdown retrospective

By Kat Aaron

Investigative Reporting Workshop launches BankTracker

By Josh Israel

Want to know what kind of financial shape your local bank is in? The answer may well be in BankTracker, a project that has just been launche

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Bank regulators could use 'war games' as crisis prevention training

By Julie Vorman

TARP helped stabilize financial institutions, but future success questioned

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

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Newsmaker interview: Bailout watchdog warns of "doomsday cycle"

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Farm credit regulator won't disclose enforcement actions against its banks

By Joe Eaton

As Congress negotiates a final version of financial reform, one group of lenders has already won a blanket carve out from increased bank reg

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Buyer beware

By David Heath

In details of Dodd bill, some loopholes and unanswered questions

By Keith Epstein, Ben Protess and David Heath

Mortgage companies and the new regulatory regime

By Kat Aaron

The roots of the financial crisis: Who is to blame?

By John Dunbar and David Donald

Auto dealers spend big to stay out of financial reform

By Joe Eaton

As Congress developed sweeping changes to police financial markets, U.S. automobile dealers responded with a strong lobby push to protect th

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With 6 car dealers in Congress, industry revs up horsepower on Capitol Hill

By Kimberly Leonard

Auto dealers maneuver for exemption in financial reform bill

By Michael Hudson

Borrower Nightmares: Soldiers battle car dealers over inflated prices, loan terms

By Michael Hudson

How Wall Street can still win

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Five lobbyists for each member of Congress on financial reforms

By M.B. Pell and Joe Eaton

Businesses, trade groups and other interests hired more than five lobbyists for each member of Congress to influence financial regulatory re

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Breaking the law

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Lobbying laws in the states

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States outpace Congress in upgrading lobbying laws

By Leah Rush and David Jimenez

Under pressure

By Robert Morlino

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In Volcker Rule debate, all sides get say -- but what will the regulators hear?

By Jeremy Borden

In the Dodd-Frank law's sprawling package of financial reforms, the Volcker rule stands out as one of few measures with the potential to tak

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Senior Treasury Dept. official is latest financial regulator to resign

By Julie Vorman

WaMu, other banks motivated by greed, financial crisis probe concludes

By David Heath

Reform reading: CFTC chief says "my thinking has evolved" on derivatives regulation

By Shirley Gao

SEC allows investment banks to go unregulated

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New systemic risk regulatory council sets goals

By Jeremy Borden

Reform watchers expecting a “Showdown in the Cash Room” between the primary U.S. financial regulators didn’t see anything resembling a regul

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Financial reform this week: How to handle a Too Big To Fail bank near collapse

By Julie Vorman

FDIC proposes big bank, brokerage liquidation procedure

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Financial Reform — Week of April 25

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Credit rater says new consumer agency is much-needed "medicine" for banks

By Shirley Gao

Car dealers take victory lap, but will face tougher FTC

By Michael Hudson

Car dealers are close to winning their battle to avoid oversight by a new federal consumer financial protection bureau but elation over the

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After decade of inaction, FTC holds meeting on auto financing concerns

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Why won’t FTC name suspected scammers?

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FTC examines car sales, financing abuses targeting U.S. troops

By Michael Hudson

Disclosure-o-meter for Dodd-Frank law

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Auto dealers maneuver for exemption in financial reform bill

By Michael Hudson

In Arizona, Hector Maldonado says he ran into trouble with his bosses because he objected to what he claims was his employer’s habit of faki

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With 6 car dealers in Congress, industry revs up horsepower on Capitol Hill

By Kimberly Leonard

Borrower Nightmares: Soldiers battle car dealers over inflated prices, loan terms

By Michael Hudson

Auto dealers spend big to stay out of financial reform

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Buyer beware

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