<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - dodd-frank</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/dodd-frank</link><description>Newsvine - dodd-frank</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 11:26:08 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 23:48:38 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>6 Insidious Ways You're Getting Ripped Off, and How to Fight Back </title>
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In the wake of the financial crisis, there was a moment of hope that predatory businesses would no longer be able to pick at our bones like vultures. Instead, we've seen Dodd-Frank weakened and stalled, and the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau stymied at every&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18016210-6-insidious-ways-youre-getting-ripped-off-and-how-to-fight-back</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/02/18016210-6-insidious-ways-youre-getting-ripped-off-and-how-to-fight-back</guid><category>business</category><category>republicans</category><category>directv</category><category>scams</category><category>xm-satellite-radio</category><category>godaddy</category><category>match-com</category><category>financial-crisis</category><category>richard-cordray</category><category>auto-billing</category><category>credit-card-bill</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>consumer-protection-financial-bureau</category><category>predatory-businesses</category><category>auto-renewal-scams</category><category>out-of-network-doctor</category><category>notorious-offender</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 May 2013 11:23:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah89ABEDCF-4070-D82A-57A4-BC908326CFE1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="388" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah89ABEDCF-4070-D82A-57A4-BC908326CFE1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="117" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>April 2013 Quarterly Report to Congress of the Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (&quot;SIGTARP&quot;)</title>
<description><![CDATA[
...too big to fail is still a threat to our nation&rsquo;s financial system. Ending too big to fail is critical to the safety of our financial system not only to avoid future bailouts, but to prevent a future crisis, or at least lessen the impact on American household wealth in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Bryndis]]></source><link>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/17994642-april-2013-quarterly-report-to-congress-of-the-office-of-the-special-inspector-general-for-the-troubled-asset-relief-program-sigtarp</link><guid>http://bryndis.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/01/17994642-april-2013-quarterly-report-to-congress-of-the-office-of-the-special-inspector-general-for-the-troubled-asset-relief-program-sigtarp</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>crisis</category><category>us-news</category><category>tarp</category><category>too-big-to-fail</category><category>sigtarp</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>robert-solow</category><pubDate>Wed, 1 May 2013 06:21:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Seeking Relief, Banks Shift Risk to Murkier Corners - NYTimes.com</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Banks have been shedding risky assets to show regulators that they are not as vulnerable as they were during the financial crisis. In some cases, however, the assets don&rsquo;t actually move &mdash; the bank just shifts the risk to another institution.
This trading sleight of&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[mstanley2265]]></source><link>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17696565-seeking-relief-banks-shift-risk-to-murkier-corners-nytimescom</link><guid>http://mstanley2265.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/11/17696565-seeking-relief-banks-shift-risk-to-murkier-corners-nytimescom</guid><category>world-news</category><category>pension-funds</category><category>credit-default-swaps</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>banks-capital-relief-trades</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:11:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mstanley226569210B32-67CB-B09E-C1BB-43BB10E01EF2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mstanley226569210B32-67CB-B09E-C1BB-43BB10E01EF2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sarah Palin, Rand Paul and a Fed banker: A potent recipe for disaster?  </title>
<description><![CDATA[The Conservative Political Action Conference has come and gone, taking with it both well-meaning conservatives and  the kooks that bring comic relief and a heavy dose of free media  coverage, but when a key member of the Federal Reserve chooses to speak  at such a political gathe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375739-sarah-palin-rand-paul-and-a-fed-banker-a-potent-recipe-for-disaster</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/19/17375739-sarah-palin-rand-paul-and-a-fed-banker-a-potent-recipe-for-disaster</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>conservatives</category><category>politics</category><category>cpac</category><category>richard-fisher</category><category>bailouts</category><category>too-big-to-fail</category><category>president-obama</category><category>rand-paul</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:37:05 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton4ED331D9-C5A4-E26A-15BE-6C1A5B0F7E6E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="321" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton4ED331D9-C5A4-E26A-15BE-6C1A5B0F7E6E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="97" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>GOP Threatens To Block Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Unless They Can Cripple It </title>
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The Dodd-Frank financial reform act, which barely got passed thanks to GOP obstruction, calls for a director. Because Senate Republicans threatened to filibuster anyone put forward for that position, President Obama was forced to make a recess appointment of Ohio Attorney Gener&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16826685-gop-threatens-to-block-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-unless-they-can-cripple-it</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16826685-gop-threatens-to-block-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-unless-they-can-cripple-it</guid><category>politics</category><category>filibuster</category><category>nomination</category><category>recess-appointment</category><category>ohio-attorney-general</category><category>richard-cordray</category><category>gop-obstruction</category><category>consumer-financial-protection-bureau</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>callous-republicans</category><category>financial-reform-act</category><category>renew-appointment</category><pubDate>Sun, 3 Feb 2013 13:42:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahCD888E20-CE2F-6016-2186-1D38848CF36A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="150" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahCD888E20-CE2F-6016-2186-1D38848CF36A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Heads are exploding on Wall Street with Elizabeth Warren winning Senate Banking Committee seat</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Wall Street profiteers may never recover as our favorite consumer advocate finally has achieved her dream and the dream of many others in the Middle Class.
According to the Huffington Post:
Nearly two years after Wall Street waged a successful campaign to keep consumer advoca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15695594-heads-are-exploding-on-wall-street-with-elizabeth-warren-winning-senate-banking-committee-seat</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/05/15695594-heads-are-exploding-on-wall-street-with-elizabeth-warren-winning-senate-banking-committee-seat</guid><category>business</category><category>senate-banking-committee</category><category>middle-class</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>progressives</category><category>elizabeth-warren</category><category>banking-regulations</category><category>consumer-financial-protection-bureau</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>wall-street-profiteers</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Dec 2012 11:28:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama: Wall Street Should Change Executive Pay Incentives</title>
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President Barack Obama, who once called bank executives "fat cats" and their pay "obscene," says Wall Street needs to change executive pay incentives that reward risky bets that can yield fortunes but can also devastate financial institutions.
In an interview with Rolling Ston&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14667358-obama-wall-street-should-change-executive-pay-incentives</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14667358-obama-wall-street-should-change-executive-pay-incentives</guid><category>politics</category><category>video</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>wall-street-bonuses</category><category>politics-news</category><category>financial-crisis</category><category>obama-wall-street</category><category>wall-street-reform</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>barack-obama-2012</category><category>47-percent</category><category>commentid-politics</category><category>obama-wall-street-bonuses</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 13:40:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414993D4A32A8-A293-F78D-5A71-80B9785DDF30.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414993D4A32A8-A293-F78D-5A71-80B9785DDF30.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Why Mitt's Mendacity Matters</title>
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Over the course of this Presidential campaign, we've learned one  thing about Mitt Romney - that he is willing to say virtually anything  if he thinks it will get him a vote.&nbsp; A case in point is last week's  Presidential debate in Denver, where Romney told at least 2&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winning Progressive]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Winning Progressive]]></source><link>http://winningprogressive.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14408345-why-mitts-mendacity-matters</link><guid>http://winningprogressive.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/13/14408345-why-mitts-mendacity-matters</guid><category>taxes</category><category>medicare</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>debates</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>promises-kept</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>multiple-choice-mitt</category><category>scandal-free</category><category>romneys-lies</category><category>mitt-lies</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:35:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=WinningProgressiveE56A93C7-3C69-A40B-2674-4E3F5398A1CA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=WinningProgressiveE56A93C7-3C69-A40B-2674-4E3F5398A1CA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content medium="video" url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWHLgMCDuOs" ><media:thumbnail url="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TWHLgMCDuOs/default.jpg" /><media:description type="plain">Share this: http://OFA.BO/u6pMbg
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Mitt Romney didn't tell the truth about his tax plan, his plan for Americans with pre-existing conditions, his Medicare plan, nor the President's Medicare plan.

Why would Romney not tell the truth about what he'd do as President? Because his real plans would hurt the middle class.</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney Discusses Housing Market and Qualified Mortgage in Debate with Obama</title>
<description><![CDATA[
So what are the Qualified Mortgage/Ability To Repay rules?
Dodd Frank says mortgage lenders, when making loans, must make a reasonable assessment of a consumer borrower&rsquo;s ability to repay the loan according to its terms.
Seriously, that&rsquo;s the proposed law: that a &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[S Thampy]]></source><link>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14334460-romney-discusses-housing-market-and-qualified-mortgage-in-debate-with-obama</link><guid>http://s-thampy.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/10/14334460-romney-discusses-housing-market-and-qualified-mortgage-in-debate-with-obama</guid><category>business</category><category>housing-finance</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 07:50:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy7476D38A-B647-0B2B-4D21-725E3008741F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="171" width="340" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=s-thampy7476D38A-B647-0B2B-4D21-725E3008741F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="61" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>E.J. Dionne: Romney's personality shift</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The strangest aspect of Wednesday night&rsquo;s debate was Mitt Romney&rsquo;s decision to change his tax policies on the fly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Beau7890]]></source><link>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14219059-ej-dionne-romneys-personality-shift</link><guid>http://beau7890.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/04/14219059-ej-dionne-romneys-personality-shift</guid><category>campaign</category><category>debate</category><category>election</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>flip-flop</category><category>tax-policy</category><category>tax-cut</category><category>deregulation</category><category>e-j-dionne</category><category>wealth-redistribution</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>commentid-politics</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Oct 2012 11:42:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Beau789023751203-9E73-17A9-AE3B-B5E654B1E0C9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="60" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=Beau789023751203-9E73-17A9-AE3B-B5E654B1E0C9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="60" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Robert Reich: Questions That Are Unlikely to Be Asked Wednesday Night</title>
<description><![CDATA[Excellent questions that should be asked!]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brite]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brite]]></source><link>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14201788-robert-reich-questions-that-are-unlikely-to-be-asked-wednesday-night</link><guid>http://brite.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/03/14201788-robert-reich-questions-that-are-unlikely-to-be-asked-wednesday-night</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>politics-news</category><category>big-money</category><category>tax-loopholes</category><category>defense-of-marriage-act</category><category>elections-2012</category><category>affordable-care-act</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 16:16:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteCC78D262-0750-9076-6C75-A032F6CBBE14.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=briteCC78D262-0750-9076-6C75-A032F6CBBE14.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Banks, 'Too Big To Fail', Now Even Bigger, Fight Reform, Four Years Since Lehman Brothers,</title>
<description><![CDATA[Not many weeks back, news was beginning to emerge of yet additional Bank failures, Money-Laundering, the LIBOR Scandal, and it appears that many US "Mega-Banks" have ALSO been money laundering, as the EU Central Bank calls for austerity and the Euro teeters on the edge of self-im&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Rex Dexter 'DeX']]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr Rex Dexter 'DeX']]></source><link>http://drrexdexter-1241358.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13883468-banks-too-big-to-fail-now-even-bigger-fight-reform-four-years-since-lehman-brothers</link><guid>http://drrexdexter-1241358.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/15/13883468-banks-too-big-to-fail-now-even-bigger-fight-reform-four-years-since-lehman-brothers</guid><category>business</category><category>video</category><category>lehman-brothers</category><category>business-news</category><category>derivatives</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>bank-failure</category><category>financial-crisis</category><category>banksters</category><category>lehmann-brothers</category><category>lehman-brothers-bankruptcy</category><category>taxpayer-funded</category><category>regulatory-reform</category><category>volcker-rule</category><category>dodd-frank-act</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>ben-hallman</category><category>derivative-reform</category><category>lehman-anniversary</category><category>regulation-failure</category><category>corruptvilaweb-lehman-brothers</category><pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 16:39:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drrexdexter-12413587EC5D7AA-5B3F-EE7E-6D60-21FF1F8254BD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drrexdexter-12413587EC5D7AA-5B3F-EE7E-6D60-21FF1F8254BD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Romney Avoids Explanations of How to Pay for Campaign Promises </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Mitt Romney promised that ifelected president he&rsquo;d create 12 million jobs, replace Barack Obama&rsquo;s health-care law and the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul,slash corporate tax rates, keep George W. Bush&rsquo;s income-tax cutsand then cut an added 20 percent while balan&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[bonos_rama]]></source><link>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/13/13845798-romney-avoids-explanations-of-how-to-pay-for-campaign-promises</link><guid>http://bonosrama.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/13/13845798-romney-avoids-explanations-of-how-to-pay-for-campaign-promises</guid><category>bush</category><category>economy</category><category>tax</category><category>jobs</category><category>taxes</category><category>election</category><category>budget</category><category>politics</category><category>president</category><category>health-care</category><category>healthcare</category><category>unemployment</category><category>gop</category><category>obama</category><category>romney</category><category>tax-cuts</category><category>republican</category><category>employment</category><category>conservative</category><category>obamacare</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>r-yan</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 16:23:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>9 Important Omissions From Romney's Convention Speech </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Mitt Romney&rsquo;s&nbsp;acceptance speech&nbsp;at the Republican Convention was long on biography but short on policy. The former Massachusetts governor reminded the national audience about his family&rsquo;s background and business career, reiterated his critique of President&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13594135-9-important-omissions-from-romneys-convention-speech</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13594135-9-important-omissions-from-romneys-convention-speech</guid><category>immigration</category><category>politics</category><category>climate-change</category><category>federal-reserve</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>rnc</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>gop-nominee</category><category>financial-reform</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 19:00:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Simon Johnson: Why Are the Big Banks Suddenly Afraid? </title>
<description><![CDATA[
William B. Harrison Jr., the former chairman of JPMorgan Chase, was the first to stick out his neck, with&nbsp;an Op-Ed&nbsp;published in The New York Times. The Financial Services Roundtable has circulated two related e-mails &ldquo;Myth: Some U.S. banks are too big&rdquo; and&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13568823-simon-johnson-why-are-the-big-banks-suddenly-afraid</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/30/13568823-simon-johnson-why-are-the-big-banks-suddenly-afraid</guid><category>business</category><category>republicans</category><category>banking</category><category>jpmorgan-chase</category><category>op-ed</category><category>financial-crisis</category><category>banking-regulation</category><category>too-big-to-fail</category><category>simon-johnson</category><category>daily-economist</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>basel-iii</category><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 14:04:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414997463350F-BF99-90E7-957F-5420286E6D52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-16414997463350F-BF99-90E7-957F-5420286E6D52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The Patient Protective Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and You part 3</title>
<description><![CDATA[We continue with the last installment of our posts on what is in Obamacare for you. This makes it urgent for you to act now.
Temporary nature of law. It is obvious from even this abbreviated list of benefits that health insurers are not going to fall in love with this law (or its&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[TruthForLiving]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[TruthForLiving]]></source><link>http://truthforliving.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/28/13004247-the-patient-protective-affordable-care-act-obamacare-and-you-part-3</link><guid>http://truthforliving.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/28/13004247-the-patient-protective-affordable-care-act-obamacare-and-you-part-3</guid><category>bankers</category><category>less-expensive</category><category>cash-cows</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>affordable-insurance-exchanges</category><category>reduce-co-pays</category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 09:24:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fleecing America: Mega-Bank's Fed Financed Back Door Evasion of Prop Trading Restrictions.</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm going to include some additional links in the summary, as this part of the Bankster Fleecing Seeds hits us deep in our pocketbooks.
When Commodities are being manipulated to drive prices up, there's no way it's NOT bad, but when the price of oil, already being manipulated by&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr Rex Dexter 'DeX']]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dr Rex Dexter 'DeX']]></source><link>http://drrexdexter-1241358.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12925619-fleecing-america-mega-banks-fed-financed-back-door-evasion-of-prop-trading-restrictions</link><guid>http://drrexdexter-1241358.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/24/12925619-fleecing-america-mega-banks-fed-financed-back-door-evasion-of-prop-trading-restrictions</guid><category>commodities</category><category>oil</category><category>politics</category><category>jpmorgan-chase</category><category>goldman-sachs</category><category>main-street</category><category>the-fed</category><category>derivatives</category><category>huffington-post</category><category>fdic</category><category>gas-oil</category><category>financial-crisis</category><category>banksters</category><category>volcker-rule</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>fed-financing</category><category>backdoor-financing</category><category>raymond-j-learsy</category><category>business-newsepic-corruption-continues</category><category>fed-more</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:14:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drrexdexter-12413588491CE61-F41F-692E-EE01-B1774CFB66BF.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="233" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=drrexdexter-12413588491CE61-F41F-692E-EE01-B1774CFB66BF.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="70" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Stop letting Mitt Romney off easy </title>
<description><![CDATA[
Romney will claim that the effect of the stimulus has been to destroy  jobs. As it has in the past, the Romney camp will justify this by pointing to a  bogus metric &mdash; the net jobs lost on Obama' watch. That includes the  hundreds and hundreds of thousands of jobs lost bef&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/29/11941511-stop-letting-mitt-romney-off-easy</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/29/11941511-stop-letting-mitt-romney-off-easy</guid><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>2012-election</category><category>president-obama</category><category>stimulus-jobs</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 20:11:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib9BA8D688-4A1D-9F51-6A1C-D09587A7C05F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="50" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib9BA8D688-4A1D-9F51-6A1C-D09587A7C05F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="50" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Barney Frank on JPMorgan's Contradictions, Mitt Romney's Mistakes</title>
<description><![CDATA[
In an interview, the Democratic author of the Dodd-Frank banking regulations talks about JPMorgan&rsquo;s blunder, implementing the Volcker Rule, and Wall Street&rsquo;s &lsquo;hurt&rsquo; feelings.
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/26/11895293-barney-frank-on-jpmorgans-contradictions-mitt-romneys-mistakes</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/26/11895293-barney-frank-on-jpmorgans-contradictions-mitt-romneys-mistakes</guid><category>politics</category><category>jpmorgan-chase</category><category>barney-frank</category><category>republican-congress</category><category>volcker-rule</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 16:45:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib98AB32C8-3C0A-77CD-70C7-BC75C244E241.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="133" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglib98AB32C8-3C0A-77CD-70C7-BC75C244E241.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A Choice of Capitalisms</title>
<description><![CDATA[
WASHINGTON -- In this election, we're not having an argument that  pits capitalism against socialism. We are trying to decide what kind of  capitalism we want. It is a debate as American as Alexander Hamilton,  Andrew Jackson, and Henry Clay -- which is to say that we have alwa&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11793012-a-choice-of-capitalisms</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/21/11793012-a-choice-of-capitalisms</guid><category>us</category><category>economy</category><category>politics</category><category>jpmorgan-chase</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>obama</category><category>capitalism</category><category>bain-capital</category><category>creative-destruction</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>private-equity-business</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 15:09:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Barney Frank Criticizes House Republican On Jobs, Wall Street Reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) lit into Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Sunday, when both appeared on ABC's "This Week."
The show started off civilly, with Frank responding to host George Stephanopoulos' questions about the political implications of President Barack Obama's en&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[CuriousG]]></source><link>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685389-barney-frank-criticizes-house-republican-on-jobs-wall-street-reform</link><guid>http://curiousg.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/13/11685389-barney-frank-criticizes-house-republican-on-jobs-wall-street-reform</guid><category>women</category><category>jobs</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>this-week</category><category>george-stephanopoulos</category><category>recession</category><category>regulations</category><category>jp-morgan</category><category>barney-franks</category><category>marsha-blackburn</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 16:09:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg14B19356-00CF-6CA4-CD7F-6B445EC37897.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=curiousg14B19356-00CF-6CA4-CD7F-6B445EC37897.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fail Whale: Seven And A Half Things To Know About JPMorgan Banking Disaster</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Thing One: Fail Whale:&nbsp;Jamie Dimon, scourge of financial regulators, overnight become God's gift to financial regulators.
The JPMorgan CEO has been theswaggering Alpha banker&nbsp;in the industry's fight against post-crisis regulatory efforts, complaining and vaguely thre&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[rescue dogs62]]></source><link>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11660029-fail-whale-seven-and-a-half-things-to-know-about-jpmorgan-banking-disaster</link><guid>http://onesearch4-2.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/11/11660029-fail-whale-seven-and-a-half-things-to-know-about-jpmorgan-banking-disaster</guid><category>1</category><category>finance</category><category>federal-trade-commission</category><category>us-news</category><category>bank-regulations</category><category>big-corporations</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>jpmorgan-ceo</category><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:59:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Citigroup Has Few Options After Pay Vote</title>
<description><![CDATA[
What will&nbsp;Citigroup&nbsp;do next?
Citigroup received a particularly public rebuke on Tuesday when its shareholders voted to reject the bank&rsquo;s executive compensation package at its annual shareholder meeting.
Citigroup was required to hold this vote as part of the &&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[euterpe-1641499]]></source><link>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11283387-citigroup-has-few-options-after-pay-vote</link><guid>http://euterpe-1641499.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11283387-citigroup-has-few-options-after-pay-vote</guid><category>wall-street</category><category>1</category><category>citigroup</category><category>shareholders</category><category>us-news</category><category>99</category><category>ceo-pay</category><category>vikram-pandit</category><category>ows</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>occupy-wall-street</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:33:58 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499E239FF93-13CE-899E-B17C-304614EDE240.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=euterpe-1641499E239FF93-13CE-899E-B17C-304614EDE240.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>House Republicans Propose Cutting Consumer Protection Bureau And Foreclosure Prevention</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Their proposed cuts include:
&ndash; ELIMINATING RESOLUTION AUTHORITY: This is a power included in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law of 2008 that allows the government to dissolve a failed financial firm without resorting to the ad hoc bailouts of 2008. Ryan explicitly calle&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11187776-house-republicans-propose-cutting-consumer-protection-bureau-and-foreclosure-prevention</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/13/11187776-house-republicans-propose-cutting-consumer-protection-bureau-and-foreclosure-prevention</guid><category>us</category><category>congress</category><category>usa</category><category>politics</category><category>gop</category><category>banks</category><category>republicans</category><category>republican</category><category>spencer-bachus</category><category>house-of-representatives</category><category>congressional-elections</category><category>paul-ryan</category><category>financial-services-committee</category><category>financial-regulation</category><category>2012-elections</category><category>gop-budget</category><category>consumer-financial-protection-agency</category><category>dodd-frank</category><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The argument that could upend Wall Street reform</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Scott O&rsquo;Malia, one of two Republican commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, doesn&rsquo;t believe that his agency&rsquo;s standards are up to snuff when it comes to Wall Street reform. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t do proper economic analysis,&rdquo; O&rsquo;M&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Susan Anthony]]></source><link>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/19/10758597-the-argument-that-could-upend-wall-street-reform</link><guid>http://susananthony.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/19/10758597-the-argument-that-could-upend-wall-street-reform</guid><category>sec</category><category>us-news</category><category>cftc</category><category>omb</category><category>swap-dealers</category><category>dodd-frank</category><category>better-markets</category><category>scott-omalia</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:56:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SusanAnthonyFD73FCB5-AC00-7D36-6C66-5DD73B928449.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="64" width="90" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=SusanAnthonyFD73FCB5-AC00-7D36-6C66-5DD73B928449.jpg&amp;width=120" width="90" height="64" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>