Tag: Joseph Lawler

Deutsche Bank will pay $2.5 billion to regulators in the U.S. and U.K. to settle charges that it manipulated benchmark interest rates from 2005 to 2009, authorities announced Thursday morning. (iStock)

Deutsche Bank to pay $2.5 billion to settle interest rate manipulation charges

Joseph Lawler · April 23, 2015 12:54 pm

The rule would require that brokers and investment advisers adhere to a fiduciary standard. (iStock Photo)

Activists, industry begin battle over investment kickbacks rule

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 11:07 pm

"[T]his vote is one to weaken an agency with the explicit mission of standing up for consumers and taxpayers," Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said. (Getty)

House passes bill to rein in consumer bureau

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 8:08 pm

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is joining the small crowd of Republicans calling for a reversal of budget cuts at the National Institutes of Health. (AP Photo)

Newt Gingrich calls for doubling National Institutes of Health budget

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 1:08 pm

Republicans could try to pass multiple measures using reconciliation, allowing Congress to pass legislation with only 51 votes in the Senate. (AP Photo)

Republicans could push multiple goals through budget reconciliation

Joseph Lawler · April 22, 2015 9:00 am

Navinder Singh Sarao was arrested Tuesday at his London residence for market manipulation. (iStock Photo)

Feds arrest UK trader for involvement in 2010 ‘flash crash’

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2015 6:23 pm

The headquarters of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009. (Jay Mallin/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

FDIC moves toward new rule for shuttering large banks

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2015 4:14 pm

Economic optimism hits highest level of Obama era, boosting his approval

Economic optimism hits highest level of Obama era, boosting his approval

Joseph Lawler · April 21, 2015 12:42 pm

The authors of the Hamilton Project write that workers without bachelor's degrees "have been movingÂ away from traditional, blue-collar, middle-paying jobs...to lower-paying service jobs." (AP Photo)Â

Men without college degrees doing worse than in 1990

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2015 9:45 pm

Although the accumulated debt has grown significantly during President Obama's tenure, the yearly gap between revenue and spending has narrowed.(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The incredible shrinking deficit is no more

Joseph Lawler · April 20, 2015 9:00 am

"Let's get real: Dodd-Frank did not end too big to fail," Warren said Wednesday at a conference in Washington. (AP)

Study says big banks don’t get advantages

Joseph Lawler · April 18, 2015 9:00 am

Annual inflation was negative, at 0.1 percent, thanks to cratering energy prices. (AP Photo)

Core inflation rises again in March

Joseph Lawler · April 17, 2015 12:53 pm