Tag: Regulations

Beltway Confidential

TechFreedom, Heritage Foundation sponsor net neutrality debate

Paul Gonzalez · November 21, 2014 3:44 pm

The town of Westminster, Mass., recently held hearings on whether to ban the sale of tobacco products altogether. (iStock)

Control freaks

John Stossel · November 18, 2014 5:12 pm

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback makes his victory speech during a Republican watch party last Tuesday. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Republicans should follow their governors’ example and go big

Chris Chocola · November 11, 2014 10:00 am

The talk between President Obama and Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen was the first time the two had met by themselves since Yellen was installed as Fed chairwoman. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama, Yellen talk Dodd-Frank, economy

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2014 9:56 pm

How Airbnb’s strength proves regulators’ weakness

Jimmy Soni · November 3, 2014 10:00 am

Bank regulators are set to take one more step so taxpayers won't have to bail out banks deemed too big to fail. (iStock Image)

Feds try to keep collapsing banks from crashing economy

Joseph Lawler · November 3, 2014 10:00 am

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-OH, (L)Â has scheduled a Nov. 21 hearing to look into secret tapes that showed regulators at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York disagreeing over supervision of Goldman Sachs.Â (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty images)

Senate Democrats set lame-duck hearing on New York Fed tapes

Joseph Lawler · October 31, 2014 4:44 pm

Traders gather at the post of specialist Edward Loggie, left, as they wait for shares of Orbital Sciences Corporation to resume trading, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 29, 2014. Orbital Sciences Corporation sank following news that its Antares rocket exploded moments after lifting off from its launch pad on Tuesday. The rocket was carrying a supply ship for astronauts on the International Space Station, part of Orbital's contract with NASA. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Senate critics to examine if regulators are too cozy with banks

Joseph Lawler · October 31, 2014 9:00 am

The Federal Reserve faces a serious challenge in finishing and enforcing the bank regulations required by the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law, the central bank's inspector general is warning. (iStock Photo)

IG: Dodd-Frank a major challenge for the Fed

Joseph Lawler · October 30, 2014 3:25 pm

The principles of transparency that apply to regular banking also apply to virtual currencies such as Bitcoin, the Treasury's point man on stopping terrorist financing said Wednesday. (AP Photo)

Bitcoin ‘requires compliance’: Treasury financial crimes chief

Joseph Lawler · October 29, 2014 3:55 pm

A Constitutional Congress?

Christopher DeMuth · October 27, 2014 4:00 am

New York City’s Hotel War Heats Up

Eli Lehrer · October 24, 2014 6:16 pm