New agency arrives with broad powers to police financial products
Connie Prater (Creditcard.com)
July 20, 2011
―In what consumer groups are heralding as a historic moment for American families, a new federal consumer financial watchdog agency officially opened …

Elizabeth Warren‘s Summer Grilling
Gary Rivlin (The Daily Beast)
July 14, 2011
―Summer is the season of reruns, so anyone tuning in this morning to watch the latest appearance of Elizabeth Warren on Capitol Hill can be forgiven …

Report says speculation accounts for 83 cents per gallon of gasoline prices
Olivia Kabat (WMNF – FL)
July 12, 2011
―Those high gasoline prices you’re paying at the pump may have a lot to do with Wall Street …

Dodd-Frank Act Forcing Banks to Slim Down, Reshape Swaps: One Year Later
Clea Benson and Phil Mattingly (Bloomberg)
July 11, 2011
―Jamie Dimon keeps a tally of the ways Wall Street already has been affected by the largest …

Regulators industry cozy up at conferences
Laura Hautala (Politico)
July 10, 2011
―Want to talk to a Dodd-Frank rule writer? Try Las Vegas. Traveling to glitzy locales to meet with regulators responsible for ironing out the details of …

Study finds financial speculation in oil led to higher gasoline prices
Dennis Sadowski (Catholic News Service)
June 30, 2011
―Excessive speculation in crude oil futures on the part of financial traders added 83 cents to the cost of …