Mar 15th, 2010 · Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd unveiled his plan to rewrite the nation's financial regulations. The bill released Monday calls for a council of regulators to oversee systemic risk and create a consumer protection agency at the Federal Reserve.
Mar 15th, 2010 · Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd unveiled his plan to rewrite the nation's financial regulations. The bill released Monday calls for a council of regulators to oversee systemic risk and create a consumer protection agency at the Federal Reserve.
Mar 14th, 2010 · After months of working with Republicans to fashion a joint overhaul of financial regulation, Sen. Christopher Dodd will go it alone Monday. As Banking Committee chairman, Dodd will unveil his proposal to rewrite regulations with the aim of avoiding another financial meltdown. Guest host Audie Cornish talks with NPR's John Ydstie about what to expect.
Mar 10th, 2010 · An antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA seeks a potential payday for athletes who have been merchandised. The case over the use of players' likenesses in video games and memorabilia may change the essence of the NCAA. What if college players were no longer seen as amateurs?
Mar 8th, 2010 · Any day now, bipartisan negotiators in the Senate are supposed to unveil a bill that will rewrite the rules governing Wall Street. And when that happens, a lot of the credit for keeping the talks alive will go to Bob Corker, the junior senator from Tennessee. While he's not the top Republican on the Banking Committee, this is not his first go-round when it comes to bipartisan compromise.
Oct 29th, 2009 · Congress is trying to rewrite financial regulations to avoid the company failures and rescues of the last 18 months. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner appeared Thursday before a key House panel to tout a plan that would allow federal regulators to unwind troubled financial companies, which are considered too big to fail. He got skepticism from both sides of the aisle.
Oct 9th, 2009 · The government — and taxpayers — rescued some of the nation's biggest companies in the heat of the financial crisis to prevent the economy from collapsing. The Obama administration says it has a plan to prevent a "Too Big To Fail" bailout from happening again, but there are some surprising points of view about whether that plan could work.
Oct 6th, 2009 · Brace yourselves for the collapse of big regional newspapers, Jarvis warns — but don't give up hope. The new media evangelist and author of What Would Google Do? says that alliances of small, local news Web sites are the future of journalism.