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US lobbying on behalf of lobbyists in the EU
Total tools of the financial industry: The U.S. has quietly begun lobbying the European Union to change the terms of a proposed financial regulation that could result in stringent new rules for U.S. h… more →
Stocks Go Up. Stocks Go Down.
Too big to fail - too big to exist
zrants wrote 2 weeks ago: Source: Brattleboro Reformer, November 12, 2009 “It took the House nearly 2,000 pages to draft … more →
Index for Chapter 1
The Exoteric Legacy of A Woman Once Registered As Valerie Sarah Weiskirch wrote 1 month ago: Article 1 – The City Code Article 3 – Financial Regulations Article 5 – Contested … more →
Five Stories You Might Have Missed
worldpoliticsblog wrote 2 months ago: There have been several interesting developments in European politics over the past few days. Final … more →
US lobbying on behalf of lobbyists in the EU
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: Total tools of the financial industry: The U.S. has quietly begun lobbying the European Union to cha … more →
American Bankers Association says CFPA will hurt consumers
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: Is that a threat, fuckface? Edward Yingling, president of the American Bankers Association, told a H … more →
Elizabeth Warren confronts the lies about the CFPA
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: Three Myths of the Consumer Protection Agency: MYTH #1: CFPA Will Limit Consumer Choice and Hinder I … more →
End of credit card arbitration
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: National Arbitration Forum Exits Credit Card Disputes Business The reason credit card firms loved ar … more →
WWJD if he ran the Kansas OTS
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: Evidently, nothing: Problems in Security Savings’ commercial loan underwriting process first started … more →
Taibbi takes on Goldman's profit
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: Just smart guys, my ass! America’s best writer: So what’s wrong with Goldman posting $3.44 bil … more →
Less talk, more regulating
innerdaemon wrote 4 months ago: Let’s go: Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair, with support from Federal Rese … more →
Banks and a range of other non-financial firms are lobbying heavily (against) derivatives legislation using taxpayers bailout money buy lobby groups to do it - credit derivatives had a face value of roughly $400 trillion at the end of 2008, and were the major factor in bringing insurance firm AIG to its knees.
cricketdiane wrote 4 months ago: Lobbying battle heats up over derivatives By Silla Brush | Posted: 07/10/09 06:43 PM [ET] Treasury S … more →
Financial industry - hedge fund brokers, hedge fund managers, financial industry insiders, investment bankers loyalty will never be to their customers nor to the public - as they lobby Washington, D.C. legislators and agencies / US administration and European Union / European Parliament to water down regulation proposals or not pass the financial regulations at all -
cricketdiane wrote 5 months ago: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/296daa22-65ac-11de-8e34-00144feabdc0,dwp_uuid=70662e7c-3027-11da-ba9f-0000 … more →
The Bloodless Coup of the Global Financial Stability Board: From Guidelines to Rules
zrants wrote 5 months ago: Ellen Brown on Huffington. I’ve been following Ellen Brown for a few months and I’m plea … more →
On Financial Regulations, a reposting of an article
endithinks wrote 5 months ago: For your consideration this is a reposting of an article from McClatchy about financial regulation a … more →
Big banks want us out of their business..
blackliberal wrote 5 months ago: Am I the only one that believes that the banks are only repaying us because they want us (the gove … more →
STRESS TESTING=NO STRESS !
Armel wrote 7 months ago: SHOULD WE BELIEVE IN THE RESULTS OF THE STRESS TESTS ? The so called “Stress Tests” we … more →
Arthur Levitt — Again By Don Bauder
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jammer5 wrote 7 months ago: In 2006, Arthur Levitt Jr., former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, came under intens … more →
G20 Communique
Tan Adriaan K wrote 8 months ago: As the summit draws to a close, new agreements and commitments have been achieved. From the communi … more →
Investors should not pay Interest on Stock Broker’s Margin Account-Forensic Accountant
owiwi wrote 9 months ago: Not a few investors have come under the hammer of their stockbrokers after they were availed the opp … more →
