Tag: Finance

Mel Watt, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said the program "will allow an opportunity for delinquent, underwater borrowers in these areas to avoid foreclosure and save their homes." (AP Photo)

Feds announce program to cut debt of underwater homeowners

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 9:20 pm

Antonio Weiss, left, counselor to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, testifies on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Treasury official dismisses bank fears about liquidity crisis

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 3:48 pm

JPMorgan Chase's 150,000-page living will was not the reason. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Why regulators think JPMorgan is still too big to fail

Joseph Lawler · April 14, 2016 4:01 am

Elizabeth Warren called it a "very big deal" and "scary" that the agencies declared that the JPMorgan Chase's plans for going bankrupt without government help are not credible. (AP Photo)

Warren takes on JPMorgan CEO over rejected living will

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2016 8:21 pm

"The Federal Reserve has become a highly, highly partisan institution," Jeb Hensarling said. (AP Photo)

House panel advances bills undoing parts of Dodd-Frank

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2016 7:01 pm

In a statement released Wednesday morning, the Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation dismissed the living wills submitted by Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, JPMorgan Chase, State Street, and Wells Fargo. (AP Photos)

Feds reject bankruptcy plans from five megabanks

Joseph Lawler · April 13, 2016 12:29 pm

Measure is meant to provide a way for big banks to fail without bailouts. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes bill to add section to bankruptcy code for banks

Joseph Lawler · April 12, 2016 10:04 pm

Fifty staffers oversee 40 commodities markets in addition to financial futures products, agency chief says. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

One analyst is overseeing crude oil markets, regulator says

Joseph Lawler · April 12, 2016 5:00 pm

The bank is protesting a new state law that critics say allows for gender and sexuality discrimination. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Deutsche Bank cancels plan to expand in North Carolina

Kelly Cohen · April 12, 2016 4:58 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose net worth is rumored to run as high as $200 billion, remains unscathed in the court of Russian public opinion. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, Pool)

Russian media bristles over claim Kremlin backed Panama leak

Rudy Takala · April 12, 2016 4:01 am

Goldman Sachs settles mortgage fraud case for $5 billion

Joseph Lawler · April 11, 2016 6:10 pm

British PM denies wrongdong, releases tax data

British PM denies wrongdong, releases tax data

Rudy Takala · April 11, 2016 3:50 pm