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Restarting financial reform
In calling for new limits on the size and activities of big banks, President Obama has given the effort to enact serious financial regulatory reform something it lacked: a rational starting point. The premise of… -
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End the cycle with financial reform
The financial crisis of 2008 and the lingering recession that followed made it clear to Congress - and the public - that something had gone drastically wrong with our banking system. It’s a testament to… -
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States join fight against card fee limits
State governments have become an unlikely ally of the banking industry in a fight against putting limits on the fees that credit and debit card issuers can charge to retailers. Treasurers from at least eight… -
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Congress starts to merge financial reform bills
Negotiators from the House and Senate gathered on Thursday to merge two bills representing the most comprehensive changes to financial regulation since the Depression, but the script they acted out was largely being written elsewhere.… -
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Financial-reform fight draws quirky crowd of lobbyists
Wall Street banks and financial services companies are hardly the only ones fretting provisions of the financial-reform legislation now awaiting House and Senate negotiators. Indian tribes, the Envelope Manufacturers Association and hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons… -
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Key issues as Congress finalizes financial reform
From big banks’ exotic trades to the credit cards in people’s wallets, it only takes a few of the most contentious issues to upend a careful political equilibrium as lawmakers try to blend House and… -
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Congress defends the big banks
In the first week of talks over a financial regulatory reform bill, Democratic lawmakers — in some cases with apparent White House backing — have been defeating or delaying reforms to protect individual investors. Instead,… -
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Lobbyists attack Wall Street risky wager bill
As Congress rushes this week to complete the most far-reaching financial reform plan in decades, the banking industry is mounting an 11th-hour end run. Industry lobbyists — and sympathetic members of Congress — are pushing… -
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau closer to reality
House and Senate negotiators closed in on an agreement Tuesday that would create a new consumer protection agency, one of the main components of the sweeping rewrite of financial industry rules. In response to furious… -
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From card fees to mortgages, a new day for consumers
At last, it’s settled. After months of haggling, the terms of financial reform are set, so long as both houses of Congress vote to accept them in the coming days. While elected officials spent much… -
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Financial Reform spells a win for consumers
The U.S. House and Senate conference committee passed a final bill today that includes a bureau devoted exclusively to consumer financial protection. “Consumer Action has long supported a consumer financial watchdog that has both the… -
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Overhaul adds consumer help
The massive financial overhaul approved by key lawmakers early Friday was hailed by many reform advocates as offering landmark protections for consumers, even as others expressed disappointment at key omissions and wondered whether big business… -
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Wave of new rules to protect consumers
The financial overhaul bill that has taken final shape would give the government a larger role in guarding the wallets of consumers — many of whom, it became clear in the financial crisis, did not… -
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Bank fee is eliminated in financial bill
Congressional negotiators briefly reopened the conference proceedings on a sweeping financial regulatory bill on Tuesday after Senate Republicans who had supported an earlier version of the measure threatened to block final approval unless Democrats removed… -
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Financial reform bill passes U.S. House
The House on Wednesday approved the most sweeping rewrite of financial rules since the Great Depression, and last-minute changes this week appeared to solidify support in the Senate and pave the way for the legislation… -
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The hard work falls to the regulators
Robert Temple doesn’t look obscenely rich. He’s got big glasses and a thick walrus mustache. He does not wear bling. And the fact of the matter is that Robert Temple is not obscenely rich. But… -
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Financial regulation bill nears finish line
Two key Republicans said Monday that they plan to support a far-reaching bill to overhaul financial regulations, all but ensuring that the landmark legislation will sail through the Senate in coming days. GOP Sens. Olympia… -
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Wall Street reform and the price of milk
Congress is expected to finally pass the massive Wall Street reform bill later this week. And the lobbyists have already moved on to their next line of attack: The regulators who will issue the hundreds… -
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Passage of financial reform is only half the battle
The Senate’s expected approval of financial regulatory reform this week closes more than a year of partisan wrangling over how to prevent a future economic meltdown. But the signing ceremony in the coming days by… -
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U.S. Senate stands with consumers on financial reform
The U.S. Senate put consumers first today upon passage of a comprehensive financial reform bill. After great debate and compromise, the U.S. Senate passed a financial reform package (60 to 39) that will strengthen consumer… -
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Congress passes financial reform bill
Congress gave final approval Thursday to the most ambitious overhaul of financial regulation in generations, ending more than a year of wrangling over the shape of the new rules and shifting the government’s focus to… -
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Banks seek to keep profits as new oversight rules loom
The ink is not even dry on the new rules for Wall Street, and already, the bankers are a step ahead of everyone else. In ways large and small, the broad overhaul of the nation’s… -
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Wall Street reform law’s starting line
As soon as President Obama’s name shows up on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform law Wednesday, there will be some changes in the way the financial industry does business. Immediately, regulators will get new powers… -
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Financial reform bill to assist unemployed homeowners
Nylton Andrade hopes that a federal bill President Obama was expected to sign today will help him and his wife keep their home. Andrade lives on the city’s West Side in a white, two-story… -
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Battle brews over director for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
President Obama reversed decades of lax oversight of the financial industry Wednesday by signing a landmark overhaul of regulations, but he still faces a major task — appointing a director for the powerful new agency…
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