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Law professors push for corporations to disclose political spending
By Nancy Watzman Sep 21, 2011 1:54 p.m.With corporate political spending--some of it secret--expected to explode in the 2012 election cycle, a group of law professors is petitioning the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to make a formal policy requiring corporations to disclose such expenditures to shareholders and the public.
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Some lobbyists’ gifts to lawmakers' pet causes remain in the dark
By Keenan Steiner Jul 12, 2011 8:27 a.m.In the past two years, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America have donated tens of thousands of dollars to a Florida nonprofit where congresswoman Corrine Brown, D-Fla., serves on the board of directors. Yet JPMorgan disclosed this contribution in a lobbying report while Bank of America did not.
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Wall Street revolver takes regulatory insight to Bank of America
By Ryan Sibley Apr 18, 2011 1:55 p.m.One Wall Street revolver will continue a very successful post-regulatory agency career with a newly created position at Bank of America, the nation's largest bank.
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Data lacking on overdraft fees
By Nancy Watzman Mar 14, 2011 1 p.m.More than six months after new federal rules went into effect that prohibit banks from charging consumers overdraft fees unless they “opt in” to such an arrangement, government data are lacking on how this has changed banks’ bottom lines.
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Big lobbyists battle for big and small clients over Dodd Frank fee cap
By Ryan Sibley Feb 11, 2011 11:07 a.m.As the House Committee on Financial Services readies for next week's hearings to discuss new regulations for the banking industry, lobbyists lined up to battle over the changes, extending a battle between small banks, big banks and big retailers.
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The bailout makes a move towards transparency
By Ryan Sibley Mar 19, 2010 9:29 p.m.Today, in a huge win for transparency, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled that the Federal Reserve Board must disclose records containing information about how it intervened to bail out banks during the financial crisis.
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Treasury Taking a Bath on TARP
By Bill Allison Feb 17, 2009 5:55 p.m.Via twitter, via Right Org, comes this very cool way of tracking the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program investments from Ethisphere -- almost like an S&P index of stocks of publicly traded firms that have received money from TARP:
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