New Mexico Probe Just the Tip Of the Iceberg On Municipal Bond Scams?
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 12th, 2009 5:33 am by HL
New Mexico Probe Just the Tip Of the Iceberg On Municipal Bond Scams?
Ever since New Mexico governor Bill Richardson withdrew his nomination for Commerce Secretary citing an investigation into the company that obtained a contract to advise the state on bond deals, news reports have been making reference to a broader nationwide…
Treasury: You Never Said We Had To Make Banks More Consumer Friendly!
In places, the panel appears outright angry — understandably — at Treasury’s stonewalling on key questions: The Panel’s fourth area of inquiry focused on what financial institutions have done with the taxpayer money they received. As indicated in question 1…
Fed Mum On Efforts To Prevent Conflicts Of Interest For Investment Firms
As regular Muck readers know, we’ve been tracking the transparency — or lack thereof — of the Federal Reserve’s program to buy up $500 billion worth of mortgage-backed securities in an effort to boost the housing market. And today it’s…
