Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner defends the administration’s new plan of systemic risks but not everyone is on board with the key parts of the new plan. (Bloomberg News)
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Analysis and discussion with Chief Executive Officer of Hovde Capital Advisors Eric Hovde; The systematically important firms should have capital and liquidity standards at a certain level according to the administration. (Bloomberg News)
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The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on President Barack Obama’s health care reform initiative and Democratic members of Congress say the controversial bill can likely pass even with total Republican opposition. The American Medical Association is on board to support the bill, ...
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Analysis and discussion with C.E.O. of SIFMA Timothy Ryan; Pay guidelines also provides clawback provisions; SIFMA guidelines are in step with G-20; Government should not backstop too big to fail firms. (Bloomberg News)
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In a heated race for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination, Gov. Charlie Crist is moving away from his support of President Barack Obama’s stimulus package.
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