Financial Reform

Hedgers and risk managers in the biofuels industries need to be aware of the new regulations in the new financial reform legislation and what alterations they need to make in how they execute and report deals to avoid penalties and other new pitfalls.

Even though most people view this bill as relatively mild, this bill is definitely brave and unprecedented. Wall Street banks, on the other hand, though do not like the bill, is happy that the bill is as harsh as they think.

Examines the allegations against Goldman Sachs and questioning why the Republicans are blocking financial reform.

Presents the progress of the economic recovery and the details of the financial reform.

President Obama took his fight for financial reform to New York, Thursday, addressing an audience at Cooper Union College that included a number of politicians and top financial executives.

Sen. Chris Dodd introduced a sweeping financial reform bill Monday. The bill works to increase the government's control over the financial industry.

Sen. Chris Dodd has revealed the Financial Reform Bill. This complex plan has its pros and cons.

Currently there is concern in the financial world regarding business capital preservation, strategies for raising new capital and responding to tight capital markets. America is experiencing sweeping executive-base salary freezes, and lower 2008 payouts.

Despite recent efforts such as the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, the issue of the immense sums of money involved in campaigning has yet to be fully resolved.However, there is much left to be learned about the realities of campaign financing.

As politicians look to large corporations and political lobbies as the primary source of income to fund their campaigns, the average American has become more and more isolated from participation in our political system.

The new Financial Law is better than nothing, but not much better.

The financial reform bill signed in July purports to protect consumers from risky loans and unscrupulous lenders. Its real result will be decreased loan availability, higher borrower costs and continued lender confusion.

The Disclose Act is an ugly piece of legislation that was clearly designed for purely partisan gain.

Republican leaders are in a quandary over Wall Street reforms; how to shill for an industry even more reviled than Congress while still pandering to their tea party base.

This is about the flawed model of capitalist economy. it tries to explain to people why the bubble burst.

Austan Goolsbee, of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said Thursday the public will understand the danger of esoteric financial instruments and it is unlikely the White House will pressure agencies to criminally prosecute bankers.

Satirical poem that goes straight to the heart of Republicans that are trying to kill the financial reform bill.

Time to get important legislation pass through Congress.

Chris Dodd's financial industry reform is proposed to be in the Federal Reserve system and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Credit Retention Act would be great for financial Reform.

For years Senator McCain had a tenuous relationship with the conservatives. Sure, we supported him when we could and we respected and honored the great things he had done such as serving his country honorably in Vietnam and for which he suffered immensely.

Among the many competing ideas for the reform of election campaign finance, here is a novel one we might try.

New Haven Mayor John DeStefano and Stamford Mayor Dan Malloy, both Democratic gubernatorial candidates, discussed their similarities and differences during a televised debate at the Garde Arts Center in New London on July 18.