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Financial reform
Banks' 'living wills' aren't looking so good
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Kai Ryssdal
Aug 5, 2014
Banks still don't have realistic plans for an "orderly failure."
Supreme Court could cause trouble for consumer watchdog
Jun 20, 2013
The Supreme Court is expected to take a case on whether several recess appointments were constitutional -- and that has implications for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
A look ahead at Washington's 2013 agenda
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David Gura
Dec 24, 2012
Fiscal cliff negotiations will likely dominate the conversation in the weeks ahead, but what economic issues will Washington be talking about the rest of 2013?
SEC departure leaves a tougher reform path
Nov 27, 2012
Mary Schapiro’s departure from the Securities and Exchange Commission leaves the board politically split – with thorny market issues to resolve.
Mary Schapiro: The woman who 'saved the SEC'
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David Gura
Nov 26, 2012
Mary Schapiro, chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, announced that she will leave her position. Schapiro took her post at the SEC just after the financial crisis and is credited with helping to craft reforms to prevent future economic disasters.
Sheila Bair on the state of Dodd-Frank and financial reform
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Jeff Horwich
Jul 18, 2012
Two years ago this Saturday, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. Many say the bailout pulled the economy back from the brink. But the ad-hoc nature of the bailout made clear we needed better ways of responding to -- and ideally preventing -- financial crises.
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Financial crisis and 'Other People's Money'
Jan 26, 2011
If you want to find out what caused the 2008 financial crisis, you can pick up a copy of the 576-page report by the U.S. commission appointed to ...
MIDDAY UPDATE: new financial rules, Ghana oil drilling, Facebook
Dec 15, 2010
Federal agencies are beginning to shape the rules under Congress's financial overhaul, also known as the Dodd-Frank law. Regulators want to require...
AP poll: 64% doubt financial reform will prevent another crisis
Jun 21, 2010
Congress is gearing up again to work on its financial reform bill. And just in time, there's a new Associated Press poll out today about the cause...