Consumer protection, an issue that has led to gridlock in talks about financial regulatory reform, was closer to resolution in the Senate banking committee
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Republicans signalled that they would take the fight over financial regulation reform to the Senate floor after deciding that talks aimed at reaching a bipartisan deal had failed.
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The final shape of financial reform legislation, including tough restrictions on bank activity, is on course to be agreed after a year of wrangling in the US Congress
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Greek leaders failed on yesterday (8 February) to agree on a reform and austerity programme, the price of a financial bailout to avoid a messy default, forcing Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos to go to the country's financial backers with an incomplete deal. More »
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The passage of US healthcare reform has given the Obama administration a pick-me-up, and financial reform could benefit – for the sake of the system, sooner is better
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The government has reached a deal with insurers to ensure that households in flood-risk areas can obtain protection.
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Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, said he was unwilling to make significant changes to a proposed consumer financial protection bureau but could give up a $50bn resolution fund to win Republican support for a financial reform bill
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'Definite possibility' of agreement on how to reform the EU's patchy system of financial supervision, including the establishment of pan-EU watchdogs for the banking, insurance and financial market sectors
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Even if they have a spectacular night on November 2, the Republicans are still going to have to deal with a Democrat in the White House. So the pledge from John Boehner, Republican leader in the House of Representatives, to repeal financial reform will come to nothing
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Republicans voted not to proceed with financial regulatory reform, sending the two parties back to the negotiating table where they will try to thrash out a deal amid new criticism from the Federal Reserve
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A year-long financial reform effort in the US approached the finishing line with Wall Street banks braced for an expensive restructuring intended to prevent any repeat of the 2008 financial crisis
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