Those of you who have read our previous coverage of the back and forth between the state attorneys general and five major …
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Details of Mortgage Servicing Settlement Between Banks and AGs Begin to Emerge
The never-ending negotiations between the 50 state attorneys general (minus a few big ones) and five major banks over penalties and standards for past, present and future mortgage servicing are finally ending, and some details …
Occupy the Southern District of New York: Judge Strikes Down SEC-Citibank Settlement
Federal District judge Jed Rakoff followed through with a smackdown of the Securities Exchange Commission on Monday, rejecting a settlement between the agency and Citibank that would have imposed a $285 million penalty on the bank without forcing it to admit wrongdoing for betting against mortgage securities that eventually cost …
Q&A: Bill Clinton’s Vision for ‘A Smart Government and a Strong Economy’
Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, spoke with TIME’s Rick Stengel about his new book, Back to Work, and how to fix the economy. Excerpts from that conversation follow.
Update on Financial Regulatory Reform
They’re nearly done and when they are it’ll be a big, much needed victory for Dems and President Obama. But, there are still a few key sticking points. In case you haven’t been glued to C-SPAN3, a look at what’s happened so far in the conference and why this week is crucial.
The thing I find so interesting about this entire process is …
Between Furious and Astounded
That’s where bailout watchdog Elizabeth Warren finds herself these days. She talked about that and more this morning on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal”:
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