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AP: “The FBI is investigating four major U.S. financial institutions whose collapse helped trigger a $700 billion bailout plan by the Bush administration, The Associated Press has learned. Two law enforcement officials said Tuesday the FBI is looking at potential fraud by mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and insurer American International Group …
News release: “As part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s third annual Seniors Summit held in Washington today, the staff of the SEC along with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) released a joint report outlining practices that financial services firms can use to strengthen their policies …
2010 Census: The Bureau’s Plans for Reducing the Undercount Show Promise, but Key Uncertainties Remain, GAO-08-1167T, September 23, 2008 Department of Homeland Security: Improvements Could Further Enhance Ability to Acquire Innovative Technologies Using Other Transaction Authority, GAO-08-1088, September 23, 2008 Employment and Training Program Grants: Labor Has Outlined Steps for Additional Documentation and Monitoring but …
Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report for 2008 was released on September 19, 2008 “The purpose of this report is to record the status of respect for religious freedom in every country around the world during the most recent reporting period–July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Our primary focus is to document the …
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing entitled Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets: Recent Actions Regarding Government Sponsored Entities, Investment Banks and Other Financial Institutions, September 23, 2008 A Summary of Chairman Dodd’s proposal in response to the Treasury Department’s plan Full text of the draft legislation: To provide authority for the Federal Government …
“The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the approval of a policy statement on equity investments in banks and bank holding companies. The policy statement provides additional guidance on the Board’s position on minority equity investments in banks and bank holding companies that generally do not constitute “control” for purposes of the Bank Holding Company …
Combating Nuclear Smuggling: DHS’s Program to Procure and Deploy Advanced Radiation Detection Portal Monitors Is Likely to Exceed the Department’s Previous Cost Estimates, GAO-08-1108R, September 22, 2008 Information Technology: Treasury Needs to Better Define and Implement Its Earned Value Management Policy, GAO-08-951, September 22, 2008 NATO Enlargement: Reports on Albania and Croatia Respond to Senate …
Follow up on postings related to the White House visitor logs, this news release: “U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a preliminary injunction in CREW, et al. v. Cheney et al., requiring Vice President Cheney, the Office of the Vice President, the Executive Office of the President, that archivist and the National Archives and …
News release: “Morgan Stanley today announced that its application to become a bank holding company was approved by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Morgan Stanley has elected to be deemed a financial holding company under the Bank Holding Company Act. Morgan Stanley sought this new status from the Federal Reserve to provide the …
News release: “The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today announced that it will become the fourth largest Bank Holding Company and will be regulated by the Federal Reserve. In recent weeks, particularly in view of market developments, Goldman Sachs has discussed with the Federal Reserve our intention to be regulated as a Bank Holding …
News release: The Federal Reserve Board on Sunday approved, pending a statutory five-day antitrust waiting period, the applications of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to become bank holding companies. To provide increased liquidity support to these firms as they transition to managing their funding within a bank holding company structure, the Federal Reserve Board authorized …
“Speaker Pelosi issued the following statement today as Congress and the White House work to craft legislation to address the crisis in our financial markets: Congress will respond to the financial markets crisis by taking action this week in a bipartisan manner that will protect the taxpayers interests. The Administrations $700 billion proposal does not …
