News Source: Herald Tribune
| about 1 month ago
Output at the nation's factories, mines and utilities rose for the third straight month in September, positive signs for the ailing manufacturing sector. The Federal Reserve said industrial production rose 0.7 percent last month. One of America's...
News Source: Daily Breeze
| about 1 month ago
Banks and other financial institutions must accept the Obama administration's push for the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency that would oversee mortgages, credit cards and overdraft practices...Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo...
News Source: Star Tribune
| about 1 month ago
A top White House official is calling on financial institutions to accept new rules in order to help the economic system avoid future "devastating consequences for workers, consumers and taxpayers." In prepared remarks at a conference sponsored by...
News Source: The Hill
| about 1 month ago
Summers said the entire financial industry continues to benefit from trillions of dollars in bailout money, even as some of the biggest Wall Street firms report billion-dollar profits and continue to pay major bonus packages. “There is no...
News Source: Fox News
| about 1 month ago
Friday, October 16, 2009 Summers Calls On Banks To Accept Broad Oversight MarketWatch Pulse WASHINGTON - White House senior economic advisor Lawrence Summers on Friday called on U.S. financial institutions to think about what they can do for their...
News Source: Reuters
| about 1 month ago
All financial firms have benefited from U.S. taxpayer support and must yield to efforts to tighten regulation to prevent a future crisis, White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers said on Friday. "The time has come for fundamental change in the...