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Federal online gambling legislation clears big hurdle
Maybe there are some teeth in the push for legalization and sensible federal regulation of the Internet gambling industry after all.

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CLARIFICATION of Independence Federal Savings Bank to Delist from NASDAQ Stock Market and Deregister Its Common Stock
Independence Federal Savings Bank (the “Bank) (NASDAQ:IFSB) previously announced today that it had submitted written notice to the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (”NASDAQ) of its intention to voluntarily delist its common …

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Today was the Canadian 2009 budget day and how did Canadian’s fair? Overall, the total cost of the budget as perdicted by The government of Canada to be deficits totaling C$85 billion over five years – the result of a recession and a C$40 billion two-year stimulus package packed with infrastructure spending, tax cuts and targeted loans.

Jury selection set for Aug. 16 in federal case against Lufkin doctor
The jury trial of a doctor accused of health care fraud is set to take place in a Lufkin federal courtroom Aug. 16.

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This is Rep. Alan Grayson asking Federal Reserve General Counsel Scott Alvarez about the Fed’s independence.

Is this why the congress waited almost a full year before they tried to pass this?? Hoping everyone would forget that the Federal Reserve failed to do it’s job the FIRST time….

But of course the solution is to give the Federal Reserve more power, right?? (Even though they are refusing to disclose who they loaned $2 TRILLION tax payer dollars to despite losing a freedom of information request)

WTF is Congress doing??

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/ap_on_bi_ge/us_financial_overhaul

WASHINGTON – More than a year after Lehman Brothers’ collapse set off a financial panic, Senate negotiators appear close to resolving a narrow dispute that was holding up broad legislation to set new rules for Wall Street.

At issue was whether a government consumer watchdog should be free from bank regulators to write rules that govern everything from credit card and overdraft fees to payday loans and mortgages.

After a flurry of offers and counterproposals over the past three days, the Senate Banking Committee was closing in on a deal that would house a government consumer entity inside the Federal Reserve but give it autonomous power to write regulations, three people familiar with the talks told the Associated Press Monday night.

The sources spoke on the condition on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the evolving talks publicly.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=apx7XNLnZZlc
Dec. 12 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve refused a request by Bloomberg News to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from U.S. taxpayers and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

Bloomberg filed suit Nov. 7 under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act requesting details about the terms of four Fed lending programs. The company later amended its claim, seeking also records of a loan the Fed made in connection with New York-based JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s acquisition of Bear Stearns Cos.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aatlky_cH.tY&refer=worldwide

Can they do this? Shouldn’t we DEMAND to know where our money is going?
Why is The Federal Reserve refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans?

Why is the Federal Reserve refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aatlky_cH.tY&refer=worldwide