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• Will Cantwell-McCain Reinstate Glass-Steagall?

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 433
  Might we turn the clock back in an attempt to make our way forward? How so? Pressure is certainly building in America to curtail, if not derail, the excessive risks embedded in our largest banks. How may these risks be unwound? Reinstating the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking ...
  2 days ago

• Bring Back That Wall! Why We Need Stricter Investment Banking Regulations Now More Than Ever

  
  The Indypendent — Authority: 475
  The Obama administration is talking tough but acting tame with respect to Wall Street. But a pair of senators is coming out swinging. Today, Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ) are taking a step towards proactive reconstruction of the banking sector by introducing the Banking Integrity Act of ...
  3 days ago

• Restore Glass-Steagall? Fat Chance

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 797
  You probably dont recognize that photo on the left. Ferdinand Pecora isnt exactly a household word in America these days. But it was the banking investigation he shepherded in early 1933 whose revelations led to three essential pieces of New Deal regulatory legislation, including the Securities Exchange Act. ...
  3 days ago

• 12/17/09… a tale of two Citi’s…and two Fed’s

  
  Traderbill's Financial Markets Weblog — Authority: 122
  (Before we start there is a phenomenon TB cannot recall occurring before. Overnight, the dollar staged a huge rebound to the highest level since September 7 and close to the 200 day moving average  after being wallowing near the lows and the 40/50 day m/a’s. The catalyst for this was yesterday’s downgrade of ...
  3 days ago

• McCain Introduces Legislation To Repeal The Financial Disaster Created By His Friend Phil Gramm

  
  Think Progress — Authority: 820
  Today, Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and John McCain (R-AZ) introduced legislation to reinstate the firewall between commercial and investment banks . “We need to rebuild the wall of Glass-Steagall so banks will stop diverting resources to Wall Street speculation and get back to more business lending to main ...
  4 days ago

• Renewal Of Glass-Stegall "Under Discussion" In The House

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 740
  A month ago Zero Hedge dubbed Gramm-Leach-Bliley the worst Bill ever passed . Its passage, coupled with a bunch of insane money printing leprechauns, presaged the ultimate collapse of Lehman, and was the main reason why capitalism nearly died last year (and why contrary to all you hear, is still in critical care). ...
  5 days ago

• Happy Enron Anniversary, Wendy Gramm

  
  NotionsCapital — Authority: 466
  Eighth anniversaries are “Bronze Anniversaries,” and there few events more brazen than the collapse of the Enron Corporation . It happened eight years ago, and this groundbreaking cataclysm would not have been possible without the assistance of Wendy Gramm, PhD . As Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading ...
  6 days ago

• ACORN Document Dump: Citibank Jeopardizes Customers for ACORN

  
  Big Government — Authority: 819
  What does the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai and ACORN have in common?  Both of them have some bankers on Wall Street worried.  When brokers and traders returned to work after the Thanksgiving Holiday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average went on a wild rollercoaster ride dropping as much as 233 points during the trading ...
  1 week ago

• High Interest Rates on Consumer Debt - Why Isn’t It Criminal?

  
  The Consumer Warning Network — Authority: 120
  By Terry Smiljanich: How Banks Get Away with Charging Loan Shark Rates that Should be Criminal Bank of America, among others, charges up to 36% interest on credit card debt. How can financial institutions get away with charging consumers such historically high interest? Isn’t it criminal to do so? Isn’t it ...
  1 week ago

• Democrats Push For Reinstatement Of Glass-Steagal

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 740
  In what is the start of the biggest uphill battle in D.C., arguably even bigger than deposing the printing press leprechaun, five democrats are proposing an amendment to reinstate Glass-Steagal, whose repeal, through the Larry Summers orchestrated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, in 1999 set the economy on the collision course ...
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• “Why did risk become so concentrated in some of the most regulated institutions in the world?”

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 543
  The premise of this thesis is a logical fallacy called “begging the question”, most often used to defend a specious or circular argument. Greenspan and Bernanke were lobbied to ignore MBS’s because banks “understood the risks” and were “capable of regulating themselves”. The garbage was rated AAA, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pat Benatar “Promises In The Dark”…Plus Some April Wine, Rush, Journey, AC/DC, Black Sabbath

  
  Rock God Cred — Authority: 439
  Popdose Report: Click here to go to Popdose to check Pat Benatar “Promises In The Dark”, April Wine “Just Between You and Me”, Foreigner “Break It Up”, Rush “Witch Hunt”, Journey “The Party’s Over (Hopelessly In Love)”, AC/DC “Let’s Get It Up”, and Black Sabbath “The Mob Rules”
  2 weeks ago

• Keep On Truckin’, Little Ricky Goodhair

  
  HYSTERICAL RAISINS — Authority: 423
  From The Houston Chronicle : WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s decision to shift the production of Army trucks from Texas to Wisconsin after 17 years caught Texas’ elected officials by surprise, raising questions about overconfidence, a loss of political clout and the impact of economic incentives provided to ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Lou Gramm Band – CD review

  
  retroBlog — Authority: 121
  Lou Gramm is a true rock and roll survivor. The man had grappled with a brain tumor for goodness sakes! Unfortunately after going through all of that, Gramm isn’t the same as he once was. He has gained a bit a weight, lost the recognizable quality in his voice and is now a born-again Christian. In fact, ...
  3 weeks ago

• 70’s Gem From…Foreigner “Headknocker”

  
  Rock God Cred — Authority: 439
  Rock God Cred Report: Click here to check a 70’s gem from Foreigner “Headknocker” Buy “Foreigner”…an essential classic rock album.
  3 weeks ago

• ACORN Document Dump: Trashing a Person’s Credit History

  
  Big Government — Authority: 819
  Banks, businesses and organizations like ACORN who receive individual’s personal financial records are bound by strict federal and state laws to protect that information. The law is chiefly enforced through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 (GLB), which was a previous attempt by Congress to restructure the ...
  3 weeks ago

• THE BEST WAY TO ROB A BANK? OWN ONE ...

  
  THE MARK MARTINEZ SHOW: Talk Radio for Liberals and Real Conservatives — Authority: 127
  In this post-article , the author of The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One (and current Roosevelt Institute Braintruster), William K. Black, takes a look at the currrent state of our "finance economy" and what it has done to the long-term vitality of our nation. I like what Black - who is a lawyer, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Innocent Mall Shoppers, Youre Off the Hook: Federal Agencies Release Model GLBA Privacy Notice Form

  
  Privacy Law Blog — Authority: 456
  On November 17, 2009, eight federal regulatory agencies released their final model privacy notice form that is intended to make it easier for consumers to understand how financial institutions collect and share information about them. The model privacy notice form, which features a version that offers consumers an ...
  4 weeks ago

• Phil Gramm – Positive Thinking – the Republican Party and the Sherman Tank

  
  Dummidumbwit's Weblog — Authority: 137
  Phil Gramm Positive Thinking the Republican Party and the Sherman Tank OK, Phil Gramm said it’s all in your mind, John McCain had said Phil Gramm was wrong, but that Barack Obama didn’t have a clue. So let me illustrate what was going on there with a ...
  4 weeks ago

• R.E.M. covers Lou Gramms solo hit "Midnight Blue" in 1987

  
  DanielNester — Authority: 127
  I saw them do this on this tour more than a few times in 1987. I loved the original version back then, and loved that R.E.M. covered it. They genuinely liked the song.   From DanielNester.com
  4 weeks ago

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