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- Obama looks to strike a personal chord in India
Obama will delve into various issues during his upcoming visit to India.
- Senate Democrats said to have numbers to pass reform bill
Senate Democrats have the 60 votes needed to approve a procedural motion on Thursday aimed at moving the financial-regulation bill towards ...
- Biggest banks would be forced to shrink under senators’ plans
Citigroup , Bank of America and their biggest rivals could be forced to shrink or divest businesses under proposals emerging as the US Sena...
- Financial debate blocked for a third time
US Senate Republicans blocked Democrats from starting debate on a Wall Street rules overhaul for a third time this week, saying they want t...
- I got bad advice on derivatives: Clinton
Former President Bill Clinton said he should have pushed for regulation of financial derivatives when he was president, rejecting the advic...
- New fiduciary rules for brokers face challenge
Lobbying by insurers and banks, including Morgan Stanley, may eliminate a proposed new standard that would make retail brokers more account...
- Nearly 1/4th of US Senators turn up for Shankar's reception
In yet another sign of deepening relationship between India and the US, nearly one-fourth of American Senators, including some of the most ...
- AIG untanglement more difficult: Geithner
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner foresees a lengthy involvement with American International Group and is not ruling out more aid to the ...
- Geithner takes responsibility for AIG bonus fiasco
The treasury head of Barack Obama administration, Timothy Geithner, has taken the responsibility for the controversy over $ 165-mn executiv...
- Bush may ask to tap rest of bailout next week
The Bush administration is considering telling Congress as early as next week that it wants to tap the unused $350 bn of the financial indu...
- Floor managers in Senate oppose killer amendments on N-deal
Democratic Senators seek to ensure that US nuclear exports to India do not help boost New Delhi's nuclear weapons programme. In Pics: Agart...
- Paulson agrees to put limit on executive pay: Report
Reversing his position, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson has agreed to put some limits on the pay packet of executives of bankrupt finan...
- Senate hearing on India-US nuclear deal begins
Bush administration has stepped up its efforts to push the nuke deal.
- US Senate hearing on Nucler deal kicks off
Senate Foreign Relations Committee kicked off a hearing on the deal.
- After last week's debacle, a critical step for Freddie Mac
Troubled mortgage giant Freddie Mac is aiming to sell off three billion dollars in securities on Monday following last week's meltdown, in ...
- SEC clears easier accounting norms for foreign cos
Federal regulators eliminated a rule requiring foreign companies with US-traded shares to explain their financial results in line with US a...
- US to probe Borse Dubai - Nasdaq deal
New US procedures were introduced following a controversy which erupted when Dubai Ports World, another Dubai-controlled company, was force...