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		<title>AFR Policy Director, Dr. Marcus Stanley, Discusses JPMorgan Trading Mistake on FOX 5 News WTTG</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Marcus Stanley, Policy Director of AFR, discusses JPMorgan Chase&#8217;s $2 billion trading mistake on Fox 5 News.
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		<title>AFR Comment Letter: Increase Block Trading Threshold</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFR submitted a comment letter calling on the CFTC to increase the block trading threshold. ]]></description>
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		<title>AFR in the News: JPMorgan prepares for Washington&#8217;s worst</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JPMorgan prepares for D.C.&#8217;s worst 
By: Anna Palmer (POLITICO)
May 14, 2012
The scandal is also expected to reinvigorate supporters of stricter regulations for the financial services industry, particularly among those who feel the industry has been overly dismissive ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFR in the News: London’s “Whale” Loses $2 Billion for JPMorgan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London’s “Whale” Loses $2 Billion for JPMorgan
BY MARLENE Y. SATTER, ADVISORONE
May 11, 2012
&#8220;These losses underline the need for a strong Volcker Rule to prevent risky proprietary trading,&#8221; Americans for Financial Reform said in a statement. &#8220;Regulators ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFR in the News: FDIC Seeks to End ‘Too Big to Fail’ Bailouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FDIC Seeks to End ‘Too Big to Fail’ Bailouts
ABC News May 10
Marcus Stanley, policy director of Americans for Financial reform, a public interest coalition in favor of financial reform based in Washington D.C., said there ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFR Letter: Oppose the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012</title>
		<link>http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2012/05/afr-letter-oppose-the-sequester-replacement-reconciliation-act-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFR sent a letter to members of congress, urging them to oppose the "Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act of 2012", which would end the Home Affordable Mortgage Program (HAMP), repeal the resolution authority granted to the FDIC to liquidate failing financial institutions, eliminate the Office of Financial Research, and eliminate the independence of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau by making it the only bank regulatory agency subject to the appropriations process. ]]></description>
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		<title>AFR Statement: JP Morgan Trading Losses Underline Need for a Strong Volcker Rule</title>
		<link>http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2012/05/afr-statement-jp-morgan-trading-losses-underline-need-for-a-strong-volcker-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 13:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFR STATEMENT ON JP MORGAN TRADING LOSSES
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JP Morgan has just announced that it has taken some $2 billion in losses on its synthetic credit portfolio, with more losses likely in the near future. In case ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFR Conference: Cost Benefit Analysis and Financial Reform</title>
		<link>http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2012/05/afr-conference-cost-benefit-analysis-and-financial-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL REFORM – May 9, 2012
Presented by: Americans for Financial Reform, Center for Progressive Reform, Economic Policy Institute, Public Citizen
AGENDA:
 
PANEL 1: Cost Benefit Analysis and Legal Challenges to Dodd Frank 9:00 ...]]></description>
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		<title>AFR Letter: Support the SAFE Act</title>
		<link>http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2012/05/afr-letter-support-the-safe-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFR sent a letter to Senator Sherrod Brown, pledging our support for "The Safe, Accountable, Fair, and Efficient Banking Act of 2012." The SAFE Banking Act would  limit the total size of any banking institution and impose a leverage limit of 10 to 1, and thus ensure that all of our financial institutions are fully exposed to market discipline. ]]></description>
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		<title>AFR in the News: Wall Street Sues for Pre-Crisis Rules, CFTC’s Chilton Says</title>
		<link>http://ourfinancialsecurity.org/2012/05/afr-in-the-news-wall-street-sues-for-pre-crisis-rules-cftcs-chilton-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Sues for Pre-Crisis Rules, CFTC’s Chilton Says
By Silla Brush and Steven Sloan
“They want us to write off the 2008 financial crisis as an aberration and ignore countless reputable scholars who’ve found that the ...]]></description>
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