Economy Watch Archive: Regulation
Safety group claims Toyota's acceleration problems caused by electronics
With the words “Toyota Truth” written repeatedly on a large red banner as a backdrop, four non-company safety experts gathered at the National Press Club on Tuesday afternoon to offer their theories on what is causing the Japanese automaker’s problems,...
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Frank Ahrens
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March 23, 2010; 5:14 PM ET |
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Autos
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Regulation
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| Tags: Joan Claybrook, NHTSA, Runaway acceleration, runaway prius, toyota
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Frank Ahrens
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March 18, 2010; 2:31 PM ET |
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Regulation
| Tags: Economic Agenda, daily economic news, intersection of Washington and Wall Street
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Financial industry reform bill to be rolled out this afternoon -- what's in it
I was away for a few days last week watching my beloved West Virginia Mountaineers win the Big East tournament, but now I'm back on the economic beat. Today's a big day for financial regulation reform. This afternoon, Sen. Chris...
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Frank Ahrens
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March 15, 2010; 12:21 PM ET |
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Congress
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Corporations
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Fed Reserve
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Regulation
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| Tags: Ben Bernanke, Bob Corker, Hank Paulson, chris dodd, financial regulations
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Miami official: 70% of defaulted mortgages are fraudulent
UPDATED at 12:34 p.m.: Day Two of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has been underway for a while now, as Chairman Phil Angelides and his commissioners try to "figure out what the heck happened," as he has said, in the...
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Frank Ahrens
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January 14, 2010; 12:34 PM ET |
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Congress
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Housing
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Regulation
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| Tags: Financial crisis inquiry commission, Phil Angelides, fcic
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SEC seeking more charges against Bank of America over Merrill deal
The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking additional charges against Bank of America over its looking-worse-by-the-moment purchase of brokerage Merrill Lynch early last year. These additional charges stem from Bank of America's failure to disclose billions of dollars in mounting...
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Frank Ahrens
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January 11, 2010; 4:32 PM ET |
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Bailout
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Fed Reserve
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Regulation
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The Ticker
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Wall Street
| Tags: Bank of America, Ben Bernanke, Hank Paulson, Merrill Lynch
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