Senate Panel to Begin Hearing on Bond Raters
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The heads of the big three credit-rating companies and their critics will face off Tuesday in a Senate Banking Committee hearing, setting the stage for a regulatory battle over an industry that has eluded controls despite mounting concerns about conflicts of interest, aggressive business practices and a lack of competition and transparency.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The head of a Senate committee developing legislation to deal with rising medical malpractice premiums said the panel should finalize its proposal at its next meeting in two weeks, and doesn
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The chairman of the banking committee of the Senate will on Wednesday afternoon unveil a comprehensive plan to reform mortgage lending, sources familiar with the plan said.
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday said it was launching a review of the U.S. financial regulatory structure as part of its efforts to ensure the competitiveness of U.S. capital markets.
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The Federal Reserve Board and other federal and state regulators announced plans yesterday to review the practices of lenders who are significant players in the troubled subprime home mortgage market, which typically caters to borrowers with blemished credit.
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WASHINGTON: The Federal Open Market Committee, the rate-setting panel for the US Federal Reserve, began its deliberations Wednesday with a rate hike widely expected.
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With home foreclosures surging, senators on Wednesday examined lending practices that especially hurt minorities and seniors and can heighten the risk of default.
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A Senate subcommittee is expected to issue a report on how the hedge fund Amaranth Advisors dominated the North American natural gas market last year.
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The Senate is expected to decide this week whether to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on Americans.
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A state judge is expected to hear arguments Wednesday on whether to immediately block the auctioning of Barry Bonds&#39; 700th homerun ball.
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Senate governmental affairs subcommittee hearing on insurance brokerage policies, with Eliot Spitzer of New York and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut scheduled to testify.
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Two senior senators said that an official review has raised serious questions about the Securities and Exchange Commission's handling of an insider-trading investigation and the possibility of a cover-up.
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The man who blew the whistle to U.S.  regulators about Fannie Mae's accounting practices will appear  before a congressional panel next week, a Capitol Hill aide  said on Tuesday, as the company revealed it had discussed a  possible earnings restatement with regulators.
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WASHINGTON - Executives from major credit rating agencies were accused yesterday by senators of being hampered by conflicts of interest that may have contributed to the worldwide mortgage market turmoil.
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Lawmakers this fall will consider stricter rules for credit rating agencies amid criticism they failed to accurately assess -- or warn investors about -- the risks that mortgage investments posed to financial markets.
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As Congress reconvenes Tuesday, the new chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee will set out to accomplish what no one on Capitol Hill has been able to do: resolve the question of who pays how much to whom for injuries tied to exposure to asbestos.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers started a meeting on Tuesday at which they are expected to hold official interest rates steady and retain a cautionary warning about inflation risks.