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Federal and state investigators are probing insurance companies that take advantage of families who lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Prudenti... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 9:08 am Jul 30, 2010
IMMIGRATION: Obama Administration Could Bypass Congress on Immigration Reform
With Congress unlikely to pass immigration reform this year, the Obama administration is considering taking actions that don't require congressional... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 12:48 pm Jul 30, 2010
ENVIRONMENT: China Hides Rising Number of Environmental Disasters
As Americans observe with horror the destruction caused by the BP oil spill, similar disasters in China are happening quietly and without coverage f... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 9:16 am Jul 30, 2010
SAFETY: State Regulators and Law Enforcement Failed to Protect Women Against Dangerous Doctors
New details are emerging about sex offending doctors in Illinois. An investigation of claims against one particular physician finds law enforcement ... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 9:11 am Jul 30, 2010
INTELLIGENCE: Company Claiming to Predict the Future Finds Backers at CIA and Google
Investors at the CIA and Google have both identified a company that represents the next phase of intelligence-gathering: Recorded Future monitors th... Posted by Kevin Liptak, 11:07 am Jul 29, 2010
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Top Derivatives Regulator: 'We Haven’t Filled the Gaps'
Gary Gensler, the top regulator of the commodities markets, sees the U.S. financial system still “vulnerable” to the murky world of privately n... Posted by Ben Protess, 2009-10-07 15:06
Too Big to Jail?
The financial crisis has spawned hundreds of criminal prosecutions for alleged fraud. Yet so far, defendants have been mostly minor players such as... Posted by David Heath, 2010-05-03 20:15
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Standing in a medical exam room, a neurosurgeon in a white lab coat stares solemnly into the camera and warns that President Obama’s health c... Posted by Ben Protess, 2009-09-24 16:40
Federal Regulator Gets Derivatives Advice From Industry Insiders
Like many federal agencies contemplating reform these days, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission is hearing a lot from the industry it regula... Posted by Keith Epstein, 2009-11-18 16:15
Yielding to Wall Street, Raters 'Drink the Kool-Aid'
In the lead up to the financial meltdown, Wall Street firms routinely exerted influence on the nation’s largest credit rating companies— which ... Posted by Ben Protess, 2010-04-22 17:13
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VIDEO: Seven Questions for CFTC Chief Gensler -- He Sees Continuing Vulnerabilities in Derivatives
Gary Gensler, the top regulator of the commodities markets, sees the U.S. financial system still “vulnerable” to the murky world of privately negotiated derivatives. As chairman of the CFTC, Gensler wants to comprehensively oversee the trading of these complex financial contracts for the first time.
» Related Story: Once a Toothless Regulator, CFTC Now Wants Obama’s Derivatives Bill Strengthened
- Related Topics: Gary Gensler, financial crisis, derivatives, Barack Obama
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