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More mortgage fraud reporting?

By Kat Aaron

July 16, 2009

Nonbank mortgage lenders would have to file reports of suspected fraud for the first time, under a new proposal issued Wednesday by the Fina

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"… s, including requirements to file SARs.“As primary providers of mortgage finance who generally deal directly with consumers, these lenders and originators …"

You broke it? You fix it.

By John Dunbar

August 26, 2009

Firms that fed off the subprime lending frenzy that devastated the banking system are lining up to collect more than $21 billion in taxpayer

Treasury Department holding back on details of mortgage modification program

Just how effective is the Obama Administration’s effort to help homeowners stave off foreclosure? It’s hard to know, in part because detaile

Reform reading: Bailout paradox in Nov. 2 election

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

A good time to be a white-collar criminal?

By Nick Schwellenbach

December 18, 2008

The Securities and Exchange Commission has said that it failed to pursue a variety of allegations about Bernard Madoff’s alleged Ponzi schem

Invested in health care

By Brendan L. Smith

December 21, 2010

Three U.S. District judges presiding over legal challenges to the landmark federal health care law have held financial investments in the he

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"… ion to dismiss the suit.Other legal experts aren’t convinced Kessler’s finances pose an ethical dilemma, in part because she doesn’t have a direct inve …"

Analysis — N.C. consumer advocates seeing red over bait and switch by one of the blues

By Wendell Potter

February 22, 2011

Consumer advocates in North Carolina thought they had a deal with Blue Cross on a health insurance exchange, but now they are having doubts.

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"… ance industry funneled $86 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to help finance an advertising and PR campaign opposing reform ideas the industry didn&rsq …"