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Mary Jo White's spin at SEC's revolving door
One of the oft-repeated justifications for why Wall Street must be regulated by Wall Streeters is that what goes on there is both so complex and so essential that only those who have been part of it can be trusted to oversee it. This argument is bunk, of...Tags: National Economic Council, Jack Lew, Eric Holder, General Electric Company, Eliot Spitzer
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MarksJarvis: International news unsettling, but Americans remain confident
It was a maybe, maybe not week. Investors didn't think they needed to worry about sequestration; then they thought maybe they should. The outcome of Italy's elections looked foreboding for Europe's stability, but then investors thought, with time,...Tags: Consumer Confidence, Federal Reserve, Budget Control Act of 2011, Barack Obama, Ben Bernanke
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MarksJarvis: Economic jitters come rushing back as Italians vote against austerity
Our European vacation from stock market angst has ended abruptly, with Italy's elections this week showing investors worldwide that they may have jumped too quickly at the conclusion that Europe's debt crisis had been tamed. Much of the financial...
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Staying rich means never messing up a sure thing
Here's the big question for Mary Jo White: If she becomes chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, where will her interests lie? With the public that pays her salary? Or with the people handing her the big bucks? White is the white-collar...
Tags: White House, Values, General Electric Company, Judges, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Payday lending bill passes first hurdle in Senate
Watchdog with Paul MuschickThe latest proposal to allow payday loan stores to return to Pennsylvania was approved today by the Senate Banking Committee. I didn't attend this morning's hearing on Senate Bill 975, but got word of the committee's action from Al Bowman,...... -
Bernanke to deliver semi-annual testimony to Congress July 17-18
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will deliver his semi-annual testimony to the U.S. Congress on July 17 and 18, a congressional aide said on Thursday. Bernanke will testify on monetary policy before the House Financial...Tags: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, U.S. Congress, Money and Monetary Policy
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Senate panels back Obama nominee Froman for top trade post
ReutersBy Doug Palmer WASHINGTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of White House chief international economic affairs adviser Mike Froman to be U.S. trade representative, setting the stage for full Senate...Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, G8, Barack Obama, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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Congress assails spending on IRS conferences, spoof videos
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON If reports of political targeting of conservatives by the Internal Revenue Service shocked the nation, they didn't seem that surprising to many other groups who experienced problems with the tax agency in the past. Liberal groups such as...Tags: White House, Values, Women's Health, Glenn Beck, U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means
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Obama nominates 2 Senate aides as SEC commissioners
Two senior U.S. Senate aides were nominated by President Obama to join the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kara M. Stein would replace Elisse B. Walter as a Democratic commissioner and Michael S. Piwowar would succeed Troy A. Paredes as a...Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Barack Obama, Mike Crapo, Elisse Walter
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Obama nominates Senate aides to serve as SEC commissioners
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama nominated two U.S. Senate aides on Thursday to serve as members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the White House said in a statement. Kara Stein, who works for Democratic Senator Jack Reed...Tags: U.S. Senate, White House, Barack Obama, Mike Crapo, Elisse Walter
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