Finance Reform

Indian shares down 0.4 pct; banks lead decline

Stocks fall tracking the fall in Asian markets * Banks fall, finance reforms unlikely in parliament session (Updates to morning) MUMBAI, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell on Friday morning, led by losses in banks and...

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Guest Commentary: Coloradans' right to know

By Angela Migally and Laura MacCleery In 2002, the citizens of Colorado, as part of a package of strong campaign finance reform laws, passed laws requiring the disclosure of contributors to ballot measure campaigns. Described...

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Finance reform delayed

The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to assess fees on large financial institutions to cover the costs of failure by their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the normally secretive Federal...

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Britain Backs CBN Reforms

British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Bob Dewar, has said that British government is supporting the current reform in the banking sector initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying the problems revealed in the...

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Financial reform faces carve-up threat

LONDON (Reuters) - The Conservative Party said it would ditch the core of a financial sector reform bill if it wins power next year, but lawyers expect other parts such as curbs on bankers' pay would be introduced.

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UPDATE 1-Britain's financial reform faces carve-up threat

By Huw Jones LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Conservative Party said it would ditch the core of a financial sector reform bill if it wins power next year, but lawyers expect other parts such as curbs on bankers'...

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Economist editor: 'Obamanomics' hard to define

Despite efforts by pundits on the left and right sides of the political spectrum to characterize President Barack Obama's economic policies, Zanny Minton Beddoes thinks we haven't seen enough to define "Obamanomics." "I think...

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Gordon Nixon: Reform Finance, but Don't Pile On (at Seeking Alpha)

by: Streetwise Blog November 17, 2009 | about: As regulators around the world debate potential reforms for the banking system, Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive is asking them to avoid the “piling on effect.” In a speech...

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Pro-Cuba embargo money flows to lawmakers

By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ AP Hispanic Affairs Writer MIAMI (AP) - Public Campaign cites a number of times in which lawmakers changed their position on Cuba-related issues within months of receiving funds from a political action...

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Financial sector reform enters pressing phase

The declaration by Miguel Fernández Ordóñez, Bank of Spain governor, that he wants to reduce the number of Spanish savings and loans institutions by a third in less than a year marks the start of a more urgent phase in the...

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