Part of the financial system overhaul includes plans for the creation of a new agency, the CFPA, to protect consumers from predatory lenders that hide behind complex contracts and confusing sales pitches.
Jeremy Hobson reports.
Geithner, Paulson defend AIG actions
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and his predecessor Henry Paulson were grilled by Congress about what happened with the AIG back in September 2008. Jeremy Hobson reports.
GMAC gets $3.8 billion to cover losses
The Treasury Department has decided to give auto-financing company GMAC another $3.8 billion bailout on top of the $12 billion it's already received. But the reason GMAC's in so much trouble...
Small banks have difficulty lending too
President Obama has told the heads of some of the nation's smaller banks that he wants the same thing from them that he wants from large banks -- more lending. The smaller banks claim that's...
The Art of Mingling: Proven Techniques for Mastering...
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Manias, Panics, and Crashes: A History of Financial...
Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Fifth Edition is an engaging and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and credit has led to financial explosions over the centuries....
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