Financial Regulation
  • 'We're Not Too Big to Fail,' Claim 9 Big Banks

    By ALEXANDRA ALPER and DAVID HENRY, Reuters

    Nine of the largest global banks on Tuesday expressed confidence they can be salvaged or dismantled without taxpayer bailouts if they became insolvent, as U.S. regulators released public portions of...

  • Barclays CEO Diamond Resigns in Scandal

    By MATT SCUFFHAM and KATE HOLTON, Reuters

    Barclays Plc Chief Executive Bob Diamond quit on Tuesday under fire from politicians and regulators, the highest-profile casualty of an interest rate-rigging scandal spanning more than a dozen big...

  • Barclays and JPMorgan: When Big Banks Get Too Big

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Big banks just can't seem to catch a break. While publicly griping about the costs involved with all the new regulations that have been introduced since the financial system teetered on the brink of...

  • Another CA City Goes Bankrupt; More to Come?

    By HILARY RUSS, Reuters

    Stockton, California, the largest city in the U.S. to ever file for bankruptcy, could create a new template for struggling cities and potentially lift the stigma that scars municipalities if they...

  • 34 Lawmakers Acted on Privileged Information in 2008

    By Kimberly Kindy Scott Higham David S Fallis Dan Keating, The Washington Post

    Thirty-four members of Congress took steps to recast their financial portfolios during the financial crisis after phone calls or meetings with Paulson; his successor, Timothy F. Geithner; or Federal...