2010 Update on Mortgage Reform Under the Obama Plan

Mortgage foreclosures still swamping federal efforts to help By Chris Adams | McClatchy Newspapers & Disseminated by The Erie Wire From The Erie Wire: Be sure to watch the video from McClatchy on Goldman Sachs offshore havens that [...]

Financial Regulatory Reform: The Credit Rating Agency Bill

By Lagan Sebert Huffington Post Investigative Fund 3:59 pm | 18 Dec 2009 After nearly a year of debate, the U.S. House passed an historic overhaul of the nation’s financial system last week. Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank [...]

Zombie Banks: The Commercial Real Estate Crisis

Are ‘Zombie Buildings’ the Next Economic Calamity? Bad Loans for Commercial Real Estate Threaten Regional and Community Banks By Christine Spolar and Lagan Sebert from Huffington Post Investigative Fund & Disseminated by The Erie Wire While the overall [...]

Transparency: “Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown?”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 6, 2009 8:10 AM CONTACT: Center for Public Integrity Who’s Behind the Financial Meltdown? Center for Public Integrity Investigation Identifies Top 25 Subprime Lenders and their Wall Street Backers WASHINGTON – May 6 – The [...]

Wall Street & Deregulatory Actions

Published on Saturday, March 7, 2009 by CommonDreams.org 12 Deregulatory Steps to Financial Meltdown Wall Street’s Best Investment – Part II by Robert Weissman & Disseminated by The Erie Wire What can $5 billion buy in Washington? Quite [...]