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Agreement Is Near on New Overseer of Banking Risks (www.nytimes.com)

The Senate and the Obama administration are nearing agreement on forming a council of regulators, led by the Treasury secretary, to identify systemic risk to the nation’s financial system, officials... More

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The lending crunch: 'It is very hard to survive' (money.cnn.com)

Small business loans continue to dry up at the nation's biggest banks. Eleven top TARP recipients -- including Wells Fargo, by far the nation's largest lender to small companies -- cut their... More

Tags: big banks,small businesses,obama

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Refuse to Be Abused by Your Big Bank (www.huffingtonpost.com)

I refuse to be abused by my big bank. My name is Bruce Hartford, and I'm in an abusive relationship with Bank of America.

Tags: big banks,bank of america,too big to fail

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JPMorgan expansion defies Obama's agenda (www.latimes.com)

Like other giant banks, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been criticized for being "too big to fail." But that isn't stopping the company from getting even bigger.

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Chris Dodd Is Sick of Waiting for Richard Shelby on Financial Reform (www.reuters.com)

Chris Dodd, D-Conn., is working with a Republican on financial regulatory reform, reports the Washington Post, but not with his counterpart, ranking member Richard Shelby, Ala. “After he and Shelby... More

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Campaign builds to include new consumer protection agency in financial reform (www.washingtonpost.com)

With a proposed overhaul of financial regulations facing stiff headwinds in the Senate, consumer advocates have redoubled their efforts to portray opponents as favoring big banks over the interests of... More

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President Obama On CEO Compensation At Too Big To Fail Banks (www.istockanalyst.com)

Bloomberg today reports President Obama as commenting on the $17 million bonus for Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase and the $9 million bonus for Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs, "I know both those... More

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Corker: Senate can overcome impasse on financial reform (thehill.com)

There's still hope for the Senate to craft a financial regulation reform bill that can win bipartisan support, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) asserted Tuesday.

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'Too Big To Fail' Has Only One Solution (industry.bnet.com)

No financial firm should be too big to fail, said Federal Reserve Bank of New York chief William Dudley in a speech yesterday. But he’s oddly silent on the logical consequence of that ethos —... More

Tags: big banks,too big to fail,william dudley,financial reform

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My Big Fat Greek Bailout (www.banksterusa.org)

While Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was on the talk shows reassuring America that the economy is healing, developments in Europe threatened to cut the legs out from under a U.S. recovery.

Tags: big banks,bailout,greece,european union

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