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Regulators: Past, present, future
Spin CycleWe all live now with the consequences of massive underregulation and lack of executive and Congressional oversight of Wall Street. Two important pieces of reading: 1. The Wall Street Journal (including former Newsday reporter Tom McGinty) offered this...Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Politics, Paul Volcker, Corporate Crime, Fraud
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Schumer: The Sen. from the Great State of CYA
Spin CycleIt's kind of like reading a novel about a schizophrenic Senator who can't resist doing favors for donors, but feels bad about it after he lets them wreck the nation's economy. For some light weekend reading, you might want......Tags: The New York Times, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Charity, Derivative Securities, Politics
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Schumer: Selective outrage on Madoff?
Spin CycleThe peripatetic Chuck Schumer is spending the morning being outraged at the SEC for its failure to uncover the Madoff fraud at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. He calls it a "punch in the gut" to the financial system......Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Politics, Corporate Crime, Fraud, New York
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Ten for Wednesday: Sen. Kirsten
Spin CycleKirsten Gillibrand was sworn in as U.S. senator for New York Tuesday. She faced an early flap over immigration, as Latino legislators first scheduled and then cancelled a press conference to attack her as a xenophobe. Gillibrand may look......Tags: Laws, Politics, State Budgets, Barack Obama, Rod Blagojevich
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Greens: No to Acampora, Brown
Spin CycleIn an item yesterday, we wondered about Gov. Paterson's reappointment of Pat Acampora and Garry Brown to the Public Service Commission, because both seemed to have Republican patrons and a high comfort level with Pataki deregulatory policy. Today, the.......Tags: Local Government, Politics, Parliament, Alternative Energy, Regional Authority
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Feds try dousing bank takeover fears
The Swampby Frank James Wall Street has remained concerned that the nation's largest banks are on the verge of being nationalized, despite assurances from the White House last week that the Obama Administration doesn't plan on doing that. The New York......Tags: The New York Times, Nationalization, Federal Reserve, Politics, United States
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Wall Street reform next up for Dems
The SwampA trader with now-defunct Lehman Brothers watches the stock market plunge last September. (David Karp/AP) by James Oliphant For weeks, President Obama has been pushing hard on his plan to revive the nation's economy, driving the $787-billion stimulus...Tags: Prosecution, Office Equipment and Supplies, Disasters, Barack Obama, Barney Frank
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FAU gets sweep on diamond; hoops tourney set
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsHad Marlins duty yesterday, and a college game broke out. A total of 32 hits and 24 runs as the Marlins lost to St. Louis 14-10. Yikes. Did someone slip them metal bats? I think the wind blowing straight......Tags: Politics, Florida, Economy, Business and Finance, Metal and Mineral, Hot Springs
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Will FAU measure up to the Gators?
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsFirst, thanks to the funny folks at DEADSPIN, who posted a pic I took at Pro Day. For those who missed it, it ran Saturday (when I know a lot of you aren???t around your computers, waiting until you get......Tags: Politics, John McCormack, National Football League, Sports, Florida Gators
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FAU vs. Wyoming not finalized yet
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsWow, football news. Thank God. 5px 0px;" /> The Wyoming game is not finalized yet, though the odds are about 75-25 that it will be, according someone intimately involved with the process. FAU does not have a contract in hand,......Tags: Politics, Sports
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FAU bats bail out pitchers once again
FAU Sports | Sun-Sentinel BlogsAh, midweek college baseball games???12 pitchers used (7 by FAU), teams combined for 30 hits and 23 runs, but the good news is it didn???t run more than 4 hours. Better is that FAU beat Rutgers 12-11 to improve to......Tags: Florida State University, Politics, Sports, Miami Marlins
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Obama's news conference: 'To go at it'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama is getting ready "to go at it'' tomorrow night, with his second prime-time news conference. Today, following his daily briefing on the economy, the president spoke out in the Cabinet room to say that......Tags: Economy, U.S. Department of the Treasury, National Government, Derivative Securities, Politics
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