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It had to be true to work

…“the steps they took were insufficient.” To prevent mortgage crises, the group recommended increased disclosure of “the level and scope of due diligence performed” on home loans underlying the securities….

Immunity for everyone

…may contain several requests. In contrast to the strong concerns expressed by Congress and civil liberties groups after last year’s inspector general’s report was issued, Mueller’s disclosure drew no criticism…

Bank fees and GAO

Bank Fees: Federal Banking Regulators Could Better Ensure That Consumers Have Required Disclosure Documents Prior to Opening Checking or Savings Accounts. GAO-08-281, January 31….

Medicaid and cost containment

…federal law generally prohibits the disclosure of taxpayer data to CMS and states.No tax debt owed by Medicaid providers has ever been collected from Medicaid payments through the continuous levy…

Transparent market expenses

…Columbia have now enacted similar disclosure laws, and many other states are considering doing so. Although beliefs vary widely about the overall usefulness of the data collected under state mandates,…

Crunch time ahead?

…government guaranteed, but that were soon subjected to an extensive disclosure regime under the SEC. Since repeal of Glass Steagall in 1999, after more than a decade of de facto…

Stealth CEO Compensation and Stock Options

…123 allows a choice between the intrinsic value method and the fair value method. The intrinsic value method, however, triggers footnote disclosure of the effect on earnings, whereas the fair…

A New Fed Chair

…System. This is actually a pretty good choice, I think. (Full disclosure: he was one of my professors in grad school, so I accept the possibility that I might be…

Membership Has Its Privileges

The gang over at Marginal Revolution reports that In February we reported on a new study showing that the stock picks of Senators, as revealed in their financial disclosure forms,…