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Two Exchanges To Benefit From Reforms
Monday, August 30, 2010 - 3:07pm | 155Read More...While the recent financial reform bill is broadly sweeping, a few winners are likely to emerge. One of the more interesting features in the massive bill involves various derivatives. For the first time, most derivatives including foreign exchange and commodities contracts will need to be traded...
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Commercial Real Estate Videos of the Week
Sunday, June 20, 2010 - 6:00am | 127Read More...Commercial Real Estate Videos of the Week-June 13-19 Former Chairman and CEO of General Electric (NYSE: GE), Jack Welch, speaks about various topics including financial reform, and carried interest. In case you missed it, here’s the video of Rep. Joe Barton R-TX apologizing to BP...
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Commercial Real Estate Week in Review
Saturday, June 12, 2010 - 6:00am | 440Read More...Commercial Real Estate Week in Review-June 6-12 -Obama to Congress: Get reform bills reconciled before G-20. -GE Capital to cut real estate portfolio by 50%. -Cassidy Turley looking to compete with Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) and CB Richard Ellis in commercial real estate. -JP...
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Fannie & Freddie: Complain or Commend?
Monday, May 17, 2010 - 6:00am | 665Read More...Word broke recently of Fannie Mae’s first quarter results. The verdict? An $13.1 billion loss. As a result, Fannie is asking the federal government for $8.4 billion in assistance, tapping into its currently unlimited line of credit. The announcement comes less than a week after smaller...
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Republicans Spreading One Big Lie About Financial Reform Bill
Tuesday, April 20, 2010 - 12:25pm | 254Read More...As expected, Republican leaders in the Senate have begun a campaign of misinformation, distortion, and flat-out lying in an effort to derail the financial reform bill as they (unsuccessfully) did with the healthcare reform bill which passed last month. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Senate...
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Financial Reform Debate Heats Up: GOP Comes Out Fighting
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - 11:36am | 184Read More...The debate over the impending financial reform bill set for introduction onto the Senate floor heated up today as the Senate GOP formally voiced its opposition. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the Senate Minority Leader, said today that the financial reform bill pending will "make [problems] worse"...
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Republican Criticism Of Financial Reform Bill Begins
Saturday, April 3, 2010 - 2:19pm | 146Read More...In a weekly address by the Republican Party, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) stated that the financial reform bill pending in the House and Senate would give the government "virtually unlimited power to pick winners and losers – and hardworking American taxpayers would pick up the tab for the reckless...
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Geithner Predicts Republican Support For Financial Reform
Saturday, April 3, 2010 - 1:40pm | 233Read More...This week, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner claimed that a financial reform bill that would gain Republican support is becoming more of a reality, setting up an expectation that the passing of such a bill with bipartisan support will be accompanied by a massive cold front moving in as Hell...
