Ben Protess

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Federal red tape traps disabled borrowers with student loan debt

By Sasha Chavkin, Cezary Podkul, Jeannette Neumann and Ben Protess

Dodd’s departure could endanger potential consumer agency

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

How Wall Street can still win

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Details of deals between banks and colleges spur reaction

By Ben Protess

Follow-up: Baltimore lawmakers seek overhaul of tax lien sale

By Fred Schulte, Lagan Sebert and Ben Protess

As student credit card debt rises, banks quietly reward schools

By Ben Protess and Jeannette Neumann

The other foreclosure menace

By Fred Schulte, Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Yielding to Wall Street, raters 'drink the Kool-Aid'

By Ben Protess

Even with U.S. oversight, AIG keeps secrets

By Ben Protess

Facing crackdown, credit raters bring on heavy hitters

By Ben Protess

Why Fannie and Freddie continue to cost taxpayers billions

By Ben Protess

In details of Dodd bill, some loopholes and unanswered questions

By Keith Epstein, Ben Protess and David Heath

Another Wall Street bonus tax falters in Congress

By Ben Protess

Consumer complaints soar on mortgage 'rescue' schemes

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

What's still hidden in AIG's files?

By Ben Protess

Barney Frank vs. the credit raters

By Ben Protess

Courts examine credit raters' 'intimate' relationship with bankers

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Federal regulator gets derivatives advice from industry insiders

By Keith Epstein and Ben Protess

How credit raters fended off oversight from Congress and SEC

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Under attack, credit raters turn to the First Amendment

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Under attack, credit raters turn to the First Amendment

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Top derivatives regulator: 'We haven’t filled the gaps'

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Anatomy of an attack ad

By Ben Protess and Lagan Sebert

Government bans robocalls? Not so much

By Ben Protess

From Bank of America, two different stories about tracking bailout funds

By Ben Protess

DNA testing of detained immigrants easier said than done

By Ben Protess and Emily Witt

California crime lab escapes budget cuts

By Ben Protess and Emily Witt

Despite promises, some rape victims stuck paying exam bills

By Ben Protess and Emily Witt

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