Obama Getting Serious About Financial Re-Regulation
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on January 9th, 2009 5:35 am by HL
Obama Getting Serious About Financial Re-Regulation
We’ve heard talk from various quarters in recent weeks about the pressing need to re-regulate the financial markets, in response to the SEC’s failure in the Bernard Madoff case, and to the broader financial crisis. And in his interview yesterday…
Reid: Free Ted Stevens!
Former senator Ted Stevens (yes, now actually former) is keeping up the fight against his guilty verdict — and now Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid has lent him a hand. Reid told Politico that he believes Stevens shouldn’t serve jail…
Madoff Had Signed Checks To Employees In Desk At Time Of Arrest
The Wall Street Journal is reporting on its homepage that, according to prosecutors, Bernard Madoff had $173 million in signed checks made out to his friends and employees in his office desk at the time of his arrest. News reports…