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7/30/2010 - What to expect from financial reform
After more than one year of legislative wrangling, Congress has passed and President Obama has signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.   Birmingham Business Journal
7/29/2010 - Chilton Not Concerned New Rules to Push Trading Overseas
Bart Chilton, a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, discusses regulation of the over-the-counter derivatives market.   Bloomberg | Commodities Now
7/29/2010 - Reform brings a renewed focus on short-term results
While much has been made out of the sheer heft of the 2,300-page behemoth known as the Dodd-Frank Act, it's a mere 26 pages that address the corporate governance and compensation issues that will have a profound effect on public companies and their investors.   Fortune
7/29/2010 - Agencies plan spending spree to implement Wall Street reform bill
Federal agencies will likely spend billions of dollars more each year carrying out Obama’s sweeping overhaul of financial regulations.   The Hill
7/29/2010 - EU watchdogs push for market transparency
European regulators kicked off the biggest overhaul of the region’s securities regulations in years on Thursday, calling for a wide range of reforms to bolster the transparency of Europe’s increasingly fragmented equities and over-the-counter derivatives.   Financial Times
7/28/2010 - Wall Street reform marks end of too big to fail
For months now, big Wall Street banks and investment firms have been spending $1.4 million every day to employ an army of lobbyists to do one thing: stop Congress from holding them accountable for the financial meltdown that cost 8 million American jobs and caused $17 trillion of wealth to simply vanish.   Bemidji Pioneer | The Olympian
7/28/2010 - Wall Street reforms a step in the right direction
On Wednesday, July 21, President Obama signed The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which contains the most comprehensive reforms to the American financial system since the Great Depression. This new financial reform law reins in Wall Street and protects consumers, investors and taxpayers from further financial meltdowns.   Statesman Journal
7/28/2010 - SEC puts reform refight off-limits
Mary Schapiro, chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, served notice Tuesday that she does not intend to let the rule-making process become a forum for rearguing provisions of the Dodd-Frank regulatory reform bill.   Politico | New York Daily News
7/28/2010 - Obama signs financial reform into law
Last week President Barack Obama signed into law the most drastic legislation on bank and Wall Street reform in 70 years.   The St. Louis American
7/28/2010 - ANALYSIS - Wall St mounts campaign backlash against Democrats
Wall Street executives who endured two years of blame for the U.S. financial crisis and now face costly industry reforms are turning against Democrats by shifting campaign contributions to Republicans.   Reuters
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7/28/2010  Wall Street reform marks end of too big to fail
Bemidji Pioneer | The Olympian
7/21/2010  US airlines see benefit from financial reform law
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7/15/2010  ATA Hails Passage of Final Wall Street Reform Bill
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What the Experts Say ...
"The fact is the financial industry is central to our nation's ability to grow, to prosper, to compete and to innovate. This reform will foster innovation, not hamper it. It is designed to make sure that everybody follows the same set of rules."
President Barack Obama, United States of America, 07/21/2010
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