Investigations You Need to Read: Wednesday
Today’s accountability headlines:
Reports of sexual assault in the military rose 11 percent last year, according to Defense … more…Lobby Clash Begins Over Consumer Finance Watchdog
When the administration first unveiled its plan for a broad overhaul of the financial regulatory system, we noted that the banking … more…
Banks Target Proposed Consumer Protection Agency
Today is the big unveiling of the administration’s fix to the financial regulatory system, and you can get the broad outlines of … more…
Obama Admin Regulatory Reforms Become More Modest
A couple of weeks ago, Obama administration sources whispered to the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post about their plans for … more…
Obama Admin Tests Waters for Regulatory Overhaul
Both the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post have a rundown this morning on aspects of the administration’s likely … more…
Quick Picks: Peanut Safety and Saving Citi
Our editors' picks of the latest investigative stories around the Web:
Following the salmonella outbreak at a Georgia peanu … more…March 19, 2010
Bankers Lobby Against Financial Regulatory Overhaul Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson, Wash. Post, March 19, 2010
March 05, 2010
Payday Lenders Win Regulation Concessions With Lobby Push Keith Epstein, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, March 05, 2010
February 25, 2010
Obama May Compromise on Consumer Agency David Cho and Brady Dennis, Washington Post, February 25, 2010
February 12, 2010
Lobbying May Push Rules for Brokers Off Reform Agenda Yalman Onaran, Bloomberg, February 12, 2010
February 01, 2010
The CFPA: How a Crusade to Protect Consumers Lost Steam Robert G. Kaiser, Washington Post, February 01, 2010
January 25, 2010
New Bank Rules Unlikely to Hurt Big Institutions Stevenson Jacobs and Daniel Wagner, AP, January 25, 2010
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