by Linda Beale Limit Banks’ Proprietary Trading? Links Worth Noting on Possible Reprise of Glass Steagall Maybe Obama takes on America’s banks with new Glass-Steagall act, Guardian.co.uk, Jan. 21, 2010…
…the conference committee will scrap the Senate’s derivatives reform provisions. In fact, he predicted that they would scrap the requirement that banks spin off derivatives trading desks, but he did…
The recent insider trading by members of Congress (notably but not exclusively by Senator Burr) is appalling. One policy response – advocated for by Elizabeth Warren – would prohibit MOCs…
…trading on it a violation of the securities laws. The Supreme Court will decide what type of benefit must be provided to prove a quid pro quo arrangement, and it…
…to efficient pricing. High trading volume is what he means by “liquidity” and, here, “transparency.” Trading volumes have changed enormously. High trading volume always comes with high price volatility. Price…
…physicians what they already k new, Depakote was a very valuable medication for “off-label” (unapproved uses). In the irony department, prescribing and administering Depakote for off-label uses is legal, and…
…information about products’ energy use. Label is voluntary, and Congress ordered it The Energy Star label is voluntary for products that meet certain efficiency levels, and differs from Department of…
…then rallied in early morning trading Friday, with prices supported by a weaker dollar and equities trading near record highs, and then continued to climb on continued tightness in U.S. supply, even…
…pushed through legislation (signed by Billy-Bob Clinton at tail end of his battered second term) that exempted some speculative trading from certain regulations dating back to the Commodities Exchange Act…
…considered speculative. But by 2014, the amount of debt due climbs to about $550 billion, 72 percent of which is speculative. “We believe that many borrowers at the low end…