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Senator Warren wants bank settlements to be justified
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outspoken freshman senator with a record of taking on Wall Street wants financial regulators and federal prosecutors to provide an economic justification for allowing big banks to settle investigations without admitting any...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Federal Reserve, Trials, Ed Warren, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
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Big Sony options action before Loeb stake raises eyebrows
Reuters* Sony option and share volume far above normal on Monday * Trades include June $19 call buy and June $16, $17 put sales By Doris Frankel May 14 (Reuters) - A surge in option market bets on Sony Corp just before a large hedge fund investor announced...Tags: Science and Technology, Photography and Video, Japan, Electronics, Sony Corp.
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Sen. Warren goads Fed, SEC, DOJ to explain no-fault bank deals
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, having chastised bank regulators for failing to put Wall Street giants on trial, is demanding to see any analyses that the U.S. Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission have conducted...Tags: Federal Reserve, Trials, HSBC Holdings plc, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Prisons
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Narrow base cools economic impact of hot Ghana bourse
Reuters* SME's seen wary of increased scrutiny if they list * Govt seen reluctant to release stake in key firms * Ghana bourse in middle of African pack By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA, May 14 (Reuters) - Ghana's bourse is up more than 50 percent...Tags: Bonds, Africa, National Government, Ghana, Economy, Business and Finance
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Bloomberg in damage-control mode over client snooping
Officials at Bloomberg, the New York financial news and information service, scrambled to deal with an unfolding customer privacy scandal after admitting its journalists had snooped on business clients for years through its network of terminals ubiquitous...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance, Central Bank, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
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CORRECTED-Blackstone's Brixmor names former Kimco exec as new CFO
Reuters(Corrects former title of Michael Pappagallo to COO of Kimco in first paragraph) By Ilaina Jonas NEW YORK, May 13 (Reuters) - Brixmor Property Group, Blackstone Group LP's neighborhood shopping center business, on Monday said it named Michael...Tags: Property, Blackstone Group, L.P., Companies and Corporations, Finance, Kimco Realty
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Donations, lobbying by high-speed traders on the rise -report
ReutersBy Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - High-frequency trading firms increased their campaign contributions to federal lawmakers by 673 percent from the 2008 to the 2012 election cycle, according to a report that sheds light on their political...Tags: Elections, Chicago Board Options Exchange, Human Interest, Lobbying, U.S. Congress
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Will Dodd-Frank save (or stifle) capitalism?
WASHINGTON -- It's been five years since the onset of the financial crisis -- the rescue of Bear Stearns in March 2008 -- and we still don't know whether the financial system is safe. In a recent speech, Daniel Tarullo, the Federal Reserve's point man...
Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Litigation and Regulation, Federal Reserve, Barney Frank, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Allstate outlines further cost-cutting plans
Tribune reporterAllstate Corp., trying to reduce its expenses, took a $26 million charge against its profits in the first quarter mostly due to the Northbrook-based home and auto insurer restructuring its technology operations. In the 2012 period, Allstate took a $6...Tags: Tom Wilson, Allstate Corp.
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Schaumburg-based Global Brass & Copper plans 9M share IPO
Tribune reporterGlobal Brass & Copper Holdings Inc., a Schaumburg-based distributor and processor of copper and brass products, is planning an initial public offering of nearly 9.4 million of its shares for $15 to $17 a share. The company, whose chief investor is New...Tags: NYSE Euronext, Inc., Stock Market, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Financing and Stock Offerings
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COMPLY-Regulators eye troubling credentials for advising seniors
ReutersBy Suzanne Barlyn NEW YORK, May 2 (Reuters) - Financial advisers may need to be more careful then ever when using special "senior" credentials to market themselves to older Americans after the newest U.S. financial regulator took aim at those...Tags: Finance, Financial and Business Services, Personal Finance, Securities, Wells Fargo & Co.
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Freshman senator with senior pluck takes on the financial industry
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the newest member of the Senate Banking Committee, waited patiently for her first chance to question top financial regulators at a recent hearing on Capitol Hill. When her turn finally came after 90 minutes,...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Parties and Movements, Fannie Mae, Occupy Wall Street, Ben Bernanke
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