ANALYSIS: Health insurance companies are on a stock buyback binge

By Wendell Potter

ANALYSIS: Health insurance companies buying back billions of dollars of their own stock

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As they lobby for a tax holiday, some big multinational players say they've got plenty of cash on hand

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Analysis — Health insurance corporate profits spiked despite dire predictions of health care reform wreckage

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ANALYSIS: Insurance exchanges tilted toward health insurers, not consumers

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ANALYSIS: Blue Cross, Blue Shield get richer by borrowing playbook of corporate insurers

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Reform reading: TBTF banks lacking wind-down plan could be forced to restructure

By Julie Vorman

Lack of global pact also makes it hard to wind down big, complex banks

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Report: Hundreds of former SEC employees representing clients before agency

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Daily Disclosure: Hedge fund honcho seeks to oust New York congressman

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SEC Urged to Force Companies to Disclose Sudan Ties

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Finance industry makes up nearly half of pro-Romney super PAC’s donations

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Democrats demand ouster of regulator for not being tough enough with banks

By Shirley Gao

Democrats demand ouster of regulator who doesn't see need for higher capital requirements

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

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FDIC Chief got Bank of America loans while working on its rescue

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Considering the differences between two billion-dollar bailouts

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Subprime loans may have sunk BankUnited FSB

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Five federal programs lead list of improper grant payments

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As federal spending on grants to state and local governments rises, so does fraud

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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: There are budget phantoms in the room

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DOD has a hand out on April 17

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Financial reform this week: Will Fed bow to banks' demand to keep swipe fees high?

By Julie Vorman

Fed to set swipe fee limit

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Banks squeeze bigger debit fee out of Fed

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FDIC proposes big bank, brokerage liquidation procedure

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ABA says debit card cap for big banks would also hurt small ones

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ANALYSIS: Nonprofit insurers accustomed to double-digit rate hikes fight California plan

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Analysis: California bill faces tough fight

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ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

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Analysis – Insurers’ cynical calculations on the cost of doing business

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ANALYSIS: Blue Cross, Blue Shield get richer by borrowing playbook of corporate insurers

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OPINION: Real-world health insurance math doesn't add up

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Inside the shell: Drugs, arms and tax scams

By Gerard Ryle

The man behind shell companies linked to arms deals, drug lords and tax fraud.

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Secret documents expose offshore’s global impact

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Bankers, consumer groups clash over IRS plan to crack down on foreign tax cheats

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U.S. companies hiding revenue offshore

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Gimme shelter (from taxes)

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Banks squeeze bigger debit fee out of Fed

By Amy Biegelsen

Fed sets 21-cent cap on debit processing, higher than initial plan

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How much does it really cost to process debit card purchases?

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ABA says debit card cap for big banks would also hurt small ones

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MasterCard, Visa settle antitrust case with DOJ; AmEx fights on

Bankers take debit fee duel to friendly territory in House

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Mortgage servicing standards at the top of consumer agency's agenda

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New consumer agency sets mortgage servicing standards as a top priority

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Raging against the foreclosure machine

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

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Ginnie Mae's troubling endorsements

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Predatory lending: A decade of warnings

By Kat Aaron

ANALYSIS: Insurance exchanges tilted toward health insurers, not consumers

By Wendell Potter

Appointments to boards governing insurance exchanges raise doubts about just who's being protected

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ANALYSIS: Putting our premiums into medical care, not profits

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ANALYSIS: The profit in keeping you ignorant

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ANALYSIS: Holding insurers accountable

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ANALYSIS: Blue Shield of California's refund is peanuts compared to its profits

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