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All in one day of reporting…

…Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement chief William McLucas to help respond to regulatory probes of the firm’s $2 billion trading loss, according to two people with knowledge of the assignment….

First take on AG agreement on foreclosure

…the mortgage mess in our state and across the country. Addresses the fraud is part of the news announcement? Update: Also listen to William Black on Econtalk about bank fraud….

Corporatism and taxes

…(and there’s a link to the memo itself) by William Black on the blog New Economic Perspectives, My Class Right or Wrong: the Power memorandum’s 40th Anniversary (April 25, 2011)….

PSA: FRB St. Louis Webcast Tonight, and Some from History

…Julie Stackhouse, senior vice president, Banking Supervision & Regulation Held Sept. 12, 2011 View Bringing the Federal Deficit Under Control with William Emmons, assistant vice president and economist Held Oct….