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Critics fear insurance program implemented at the height of the financial crisis may institutionalize ‘too big to fail’

Under the proposal, banks must hold investments for more than 60 days

The number of banks on the ‘problem list’ declines for the first time since 2006

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Investor confidence is down sharply, the Qatar Investment Authority is interested in Citigroup, only 3 percent of TARP has been distributed and a consumer financial protection agency has been proposed

As financial reform enters its last phase the Senate appoints its conferees and it’s revealed that Sen. Lincoln’s derivative proposal probably won’t make the final bill

A blanket loan guarantee for European bank debt would put an end to this crazy Greek drama

The Alabama Republican and the ranking Republican member of the Senate Banking Committee, gave a final speech on the Senate floor in advance of the final vote to pass a financial regulation bill

U.S. lenders posted $18 billion in profits during the first quarter

Until there is legislation that limits the size of these financial institutions, the promises of reformers that their efforts will ensure against a recurrence of such devastating crises will remain empty

Now we have a massive oil spill in the Gulf Coast to which our government was not only slow to respond (with the relevant senior officials vacationing during a crisis), but in which it shares a lot of culpability for it happening in the first place

Turns out doing laundry is also a regulated activity, come to think of it. Are your washer and dryer Energy Star certified?

Do threats of tighter regulations and higher taxes on banks sound like a way to increase lending? President Obama seems to think so

We may end up with more regulation, but not necessarily better regulation. I wish we could do better

What the Wall Street legislation really means

So, while Congress, the White House, and the nation hotly debate financial regulatory reform, don’t quietly acquiesce because it does not concern you individually. Instead, ask yourself: “Is this government intrusion worth harming my neighbor; is it worth diluting the American dream?”

The Obama administration is urging Senate Democrats to drop a $50 billion bank liquidation fund from a financial regulation bill. The money has become a target of Republicans, who have branded the fund a Wall Street bailout