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Administration calls for financial system overhaul

Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner

Washington : DC : USA | 5 months ago

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The Obama administration says it is committed to overhauling the country's financial rule book by giving the Federal Reserve increased powers to guard against the types of risks that could bring down the entire system. All large institutions whose failure could threaten the stability of the financial...

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China to keep yuan weak till crisis

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ADB Announces 1 Billion Yuan Panda Bonds Issuance in PRC

By: chnarendra

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced that it will issue its second renminbi-denominated "Panda" bonds in the domestic capital market of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The issue will have a principal amount of CNY 1 billion, a bullet maturity of 10 years, and a fixed coupon rate payable annually. ADB and lead manager China ...

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The Capitalist Manifesto: Greed Is Good (To A Point)

News Source: Disinfo.com | 5 months ago

Over the past six months, politicians, businessmen and pundits have been convinced that we are in the midst of a crisis of capitalism that will require a massive transformation and years of pain to fix. Nothing will ever be the same again. "Another...
Obama to propose strict new regulation of financial industry

News Source: Los Angeles Times | 5 months ago

The plan would give the government new powers to seize key companies whose failure jeopardizes the financial system, as well as creation of a watchdog agency to look out for consumers' interests. June 16, 2009 But critics say the easing of the...
A new role as 'risk regulator' could reshape Fed

News Source: Arizona Republic | 5 months ago

The Obama administration's plan to revamp regulation and prevent any more crashes like those that felled AIG and Lehman Brothers includes a bold new idea: Empower the Federal Reserve to oversee the biggest financial players whose failure could...
New Regulations Designed to Pass

News Source: Asian Wall Street Journal | 5 months ago

President Barack Obama spent the first five months of his presidency trying to make sure the worst financial shock in 70 years didn't push the U.S. economy into a depression. He will spend the next five months or so trying to redo the rules of...
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News Source: Uinta County News | 5 months ago

America has been heated, cool heads prevailed when the time came to tackle the problem. On June 10th Tim Geithner, America’s treasury secretary, said the government would not impose fierce restrictions such as caps on pay...Instead, it wants...
US dollar jumps on European financial concerns, Russian backing

News Source: Channel NewsAsia | 5 months ago

The US dollar jumped on Monday against the euro to its highest level since March on European financial sector concerns and after receiving rare Russian backing. Investors also sought the safety of the dollar amid a global stock market sell-off on...