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We need a stronger Glass-Steagall Act to regulate financial firms
"Bring back Glass-Steagall!" That's the cry you hear most often for restoring regulatory stringency to our misbehaving financial sector.
The 1933 law, which barred commercial banks from underwriting or investing in stocks — in effect, from owning...Tags: Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008), Investment Service, Investments, Citigroup Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Facebook troubles take the steam out of bid to loosen IPO rules
WASHINGTON — There was so much support in Washington two months ago for loosening rules on initial public offerings that Republicans and Democrats effortlessly passed a bill making it easier for smaller companies to raise money on Wall Street....Tags: Republican Party, Companies and Corporations, Investment Service, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Lawyers
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Small investors are at the mercy of big bankers' greedy antics
While a horde of lobbyists representing big banks and financiers fights every modest effort of the Obama administration to set limits on their clients’ buccaneering ways, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have shown, once again, how these pirates of...
Tags: Politics, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Interior Policy, Media Industry, Pension and Welfare
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BofA tries turning distressed homeowners into renters
Unable to qualify for modifications on Bank of America mortgages, a few of California's most distressed homeowners are being offered one last chance to stay in their homes: Become renters instead.
Testing a mortgage-to-lease program in the Golden State,...Tags: Foreclosures, Condos and Houses, Fannie Mae, Financial and Business Services, Bank of America Corp.
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Bank of America, Barclays sell Archstone stake
NEW YORK — Bank of America Corp. and Barclays Bank are selling their 26.5% stake in apartment building owner Archstone to Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy estate for $1.58 billion.
The transaction disclosed Friday will give Lehman's estate...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Services and Shopping, Equity Residential, Bank of America Corp.
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Retirees may find they don't qualify to refinance their mortgages
WASHINGTON — It's a mortgage problem that is likely to intensify as home-owning baby boomers by the millions shift into retirement: Although they may have significant financial assets tucked away in retirement accounts, their diminished monthly...Tags: Career and Workplace, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), The Washington Post, Retirement, Loans
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Facebook's stock debut shows not all investors are equal
NEW YORK —Facebook Inc.'s bungled stock-market debut made it clear that big money still rules Wall Street. But this time, the small money got a look at how Wall Street really works — and that could spell trouble for the financial industry....
Tags: Companies and Corporations, Investment Service, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Social Media, Stock Market
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Consumer bureau moves to regulate reloadable prepaid cards
WASHINGTON — The consumer financial watchdog is taking aim at reloadable prepaid cards, moving to regulate a fast-growing product that has become a popular alternative to checking accounts for lower-income Americans and a new source of fees for some...Tags: Durham (Durham, North Carolina), Richard Cordray, Unemployment Benefits, Consumers, Credit and Debt
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Europe debt crisis dragging world economies down
WASHINGTON — The Eurozone debt crisis is intensifying a global slowdown, with new signs that even powerhouse Germany may be faltering, adding to worries about China and other major pillars of economic growth. Analysts worry that economies and...
Tags: International Economic Institution, Spain, Robert Zoellick, France, University of Maryland, College Park
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Thunder steal Game 4 victory from Lakers with 13-point comeback
Kevin Durant made a three-point basket with just more than 13 seconds to play to carry the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 103-100 comeback victory over the Lakers in a critical Game 4 of their Western Conference semifinal series at Staples Center on...
Tags: Serge Ibaka, Steve Blake, Staples Center, Ron Artest, Kevin Durant
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Facebook's lucky friends?
Facebook has made a habit of advancing its interests at the expense of its customers, whether by weakening its privacy policy, tracking users' movements around the Web or radically reconfiguring the way information is displayed on the site's pages. So...
Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Finance
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Freddie Mac: 30-year mortgage rate down a tick at 3.78%
Record low interest rates for 30-year mortgages edged down another tick, Freddie Mac said in its latest survey, which showed lenders across the nation offering the benchmark loan at 3.78% compared to 3.79% last week. The typical rate on a 15-year fixed...
Tags: Freddie Mac, Homes, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services
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