It is not necessary to hope, in order to persevere.

Senator Dodd Unveils Bank-Reform Bill

Seeded on Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:56 AM EST (Business Week)

The measure's consolidation of bank agencies is one of the big departures from the financial-reform efforts of the House and the Obama Administration By Theo Francis

politics, financial-reform, commodities-futures-trading-commission, securities-exchange-commission, federal-reserve-system, wall-street, consumer-financial-protection, senate-committee-on-banking-housing-urban-affairs

Tuition Protesters Occupy UCLA Building

Seeded on Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:31 PM EST (United Press International)

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Officials at UCLA canceled classes at one of the buildings on campus Thursday after it was taken over by students protesting a proposed major tuition hike.

us-news, ucla-tuition, ucla

"Personal Responsibility" and Other Rightist Shibboleths

Seeded on Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:35 AM EST (beliefnet.com)

by Ron Dreher Sarah Palin's book has a lot of political score-settling, which is not surprising, and a fair amount of grievance-peddling against those she believes wronged her.

politics, conservativsm, sarah-palin, ron-dreher, gop

We Must Overturn the Status Quo in Derivatives

Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 8:08 AM EST (FT.com)

By Kenneth Griffin Published: October 26 2009 22:03 | Last updated: October 26 2009 22:03

business, otc-derivatives-trading, cftc, kenneth-griffin, wall-street, investment-banks, credit-default-swaps

Remarks of Chairman Gary Gensler, OTC Derivatives Regulation, George Washington University Law School Symposium

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 11:22 AM EDT (CFTC.gov)

Gary Gensler is explicit on his definition of "end-user".

business, cftc, gary-gensler, otc-derivatives-regulatory-reform, h-r-3795, house-financial-services-committee, house-agriculture-committee, rep-barney-frank, rep-collin-peterson

Everyman's Financial Meltdown

Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 10:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)

By RON CHERNOW Published: October 22, 2009

business, crash-of-1929, financial-markets, ameican-history, ron-chernow

Why Wall Street Reform is Stuck in Reverse

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:54 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

At a conference in London, a Goldman Sachs international adviser, Brian Griffiths, praised inequality. As his company was putting aside $16.7 billion for compensation and benefits in the first nine months of 2009, up 46 percent from a year earlier, Griffiths told us not to worry.

business, otc-derivatives, derivative-regulatory-reform

Health Savings Accounts, Catastrophic Coverage, and Rising Health Care Costs

Seeded on Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:54 PM EDT (Truthslant.com)

Ross Douthat's latest column touches on one of the most important questions in the health care reform debate: namely, whether the reforms currently under proposal will do enough to rein in health care costs.

politics, healthcare-reform, single-payer-healthcare, ross-douthat

CFTC and SEC Issue Joint Report on Regulatory Harmonization

Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:11 PM EDT (CFTC.gov)

Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today issued a joint report identifying areas where the agencies' regulatory schemes differ and recommending actions to address those differences, where appropria …

business, commodities-futures-trading-commission, securities-exchange-commission, futures, securities

CFTC and SEC Chairmen Issue Update on Harmonization Report

Seeded on Sun Oct 4, 2009 8:41 PM EDT (CFTC.gov)

Washington, DC – The Chairmen of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that they anticipate, in two weeks, the two agencies will issue a report that will address key areas in which their regulatory sche …

business, commodities, securities, cftc, sec, harmonization-report, market-regulatory-reform

William Safire, Times Columnist, Is Dead at 79

Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:34 PM EDT (The New York Times)

Say it isn't so! May ye rest in peace Mr. Safire. We will miss your laughter the most.

us-news, william, safire

Carl Jung and the Holy Grail of the Unconscious

Seeded on Sun Sep 20, 2009 12:20 PM EDT (The New York Times)

By SARA CORBETT Published: September 16, 2009

history, psychology, carl-jung, books, book-art

Henry Paulson's Longest Night

Seeded on Sat Sep 5, 2009 1:25 PM EDT (The Latest From VanityFair.com)

The Reluctant Nominee Henry Paulson's memoir, On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System, will be published next month, and its appearance will reopen all the old debates over his tenure.

business, bear-sterns, lehman-brothers, troubled-asset-relief-program, george-w-bush, nancy-pelosi, barack-obama, goldman-sachs, timothy-geithner, ben-bernanke

Deutsche Bank Mysteriously Drops DXO

Seeded on Fri Sep 4, 2009 10:27 PM EDT (Accidental Hunt Brothers.com)

The bank cited a "regulatory event" to explain why it will redeem $425m in its PowerShares DB Crude Oil Double Long exchange traded notes, namely that the product pushed against the limits on crude oil holdings on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

business, new-york-mercantile-exchange, deutsche-bank

SEC, CFTC May Sharpen Rules on Market Manipulation (Update2)

Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:33 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

By Dawn Kopecki and Joshua Gallu

business, commodity-futures-trading-commission, securities-and-exchange-commission, gary-gensler, commodities, regulatory-arbitrage, derivatives-markets, mary-schapiro, exchange-traded-funds, insider-trading

It's All About The Money

Seeded on Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:10 PM EDT (The Accidental Hunt Brothers.com)

"Wall Street is suiting up for a battle to protect one of its richest fiefdoms, the $592 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market that is facing the biggest overhaul since its creation 30 years ago.

business, over-the-counter-derivatives-trading-markets, wall-street, jpmorgan-chase-co, goldman-sachs-group-inc-and-bank-of-america-corp, wall-street-lobbyists

Karl Rove, Rupert Murdoch and Media Bias

Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:14 AM EDT (The Huffington Post)

In today's Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove says that I -- and others -- owe him an apology for allegations that have been made about him during the course of the House Judiciary Committee's investigation into the dismissal of United States Attorneys and related issues about the p …

politics, house-judiciary-committee, rep-conyers, karl-rove, us-attorneys-firings, bush-administration, david-iglesias, david-iglesias-us-attorney, john-conyers, john-conyers-karl-rove

Amber Waves of Grain and Green Bubbles of Greed

Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:35 AM EDT

"For amber waves of grain" - is an old familiar phrase to anyone who has ever sung, or heard Ray Charles sing this song. Amber waves of grain - embodies the very image of cereal grain fields like wheat, barley or corn. Wheat fields at harvest, in particular.

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politics, congress, wall-street, agriculture, usda, wheat, grain, supply-and-demand, great-plains, commodities-markets

Fadel Gheit: "Start Of New Oil Bubble!"

Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 7:08 AM EDT (foxbusiness.com)

Fadel Gheit's warns about an oil bubble reinflation caused by the large quasi "investment banks".

business, commodities-markets, oil

Republicans Lying to Old People About Euthanasia, Robots

Seeded on Wed Jul 29, 2009 11:34 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Another reason for delaying health care reform is it gives the Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats plenty of extra time to inject their special cocktail of mind-bending crazy into the discourse and make it stick, furthering both the current delay while also eroding any voter impet …

politics, blue-dog-democrats, evan-bayh, harry-reid, health-care, health-care-reform, health-insurance, joe-lieberman, john-boehner, mary-landrieu

Economic View: An Early-Warning System, Run by the Fed

Seeded on Sun Jul 26, 2009 10:55 AM EDT (The New York Times)

By ALAN BLINDER Published: July 25, 2009 THE Federal Reserve has long been the odd man out in the American system of government — powerful, yet designed to be nonpolitical and neither checked nor balanced.

business, federal-reserve, financial-regulatory-reform

Paulson Counters His Critics

Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:19 AM EDT (The New York Times)

What began Thursday as a Congressional hearing into the takeover of a single Wall Street firm quickly grew into a public interrogation of Henry M. Paulson Jr., the former Treasury secretary, about his role in heading last year's rescue plan for the financial industry.

business, bank-of-america, ken-lewis, ben-bernanke, hank-paulsen, us-treasury, tarp, us-federal-reserve-system

Times Co. Agrees to Sell WQXR Radio

Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:56 AM EDT (The New York Times)

By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA and DANIEL J. WAKIN Published: July 14, 2009

business, classical-music, radio-broadcast, media

Chinese Handcuffs? No, Chinese trade deficit

Seeded on Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:48 AM EDT (CFR.org - Daily Analysis)

Friday, July 10th, 2009 By Mark Dow

business, china, exchange-rate, u-s-trade-deficit-and-external-debt, emerging-economies, us-trade-balance

Manhattan D.A. Charges 13 in $100 Million Fraud

Seeded on Wed Jul 8, 2009 5:29 PM EDT (Bloomberg.com)

By Thom Weidlich July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau charged a mortgage company and 13 individuals with defrauding Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and other banks of $100 million through fraudulent property sales.

business, mortgage-fraud, mortgage-brokers, ny-supreme-court, banking, housing-market, law

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