Topic: Troubled Assets Relief Program

Citigroup spent $1.47 million lobbying in 2nd qtr on Wall Street reform, banking regulationsCitigroup Inc. spent $1.47 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on various aspects of the financial regulatory overhaul and other issues, according to a disclosure ...
US Bank spends $407,260 in 2nd quarter on lobbying about financial reform, tax billsU.S. Bank spent $407,260 on lobbying the federal government in the second quarter, according to a disclosure report. That's more than two-and-a-half times than the $160,000 that the Minneapolis-based ...
Goldman Sachs Group spends $1.58 million in 2nd qtr lobbying on financial regulatory overhaulGoldman Sachs Group Inc. spend $1.58 million in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on issues related to the financial regulatory overhaul that President Obama signed in ...
Morgan Stanley spends $770,000 in 2nd quarter on lobbying about financial regulatory reformMorgan Stanley spent $770,000 in the second quarter lobbying the federal government on financial regulatory reform and other issues, according to a disclosure report. That's down 7 percent from the ...
PNC Bank spends $90,000 in 2nd quarter on lobbying on financial regulatory reformPNC Bank spent $90,000 to lobby the federal government on financial regulatory reform in the second quarter, according to a disclosure report. That's nearly half of the $170,000 the Pittsburgh-based ...
Reid, like the Keynesians,backs government intervention Angle, like the Chicago School, advocates leaving markets aloneWith the economy looming as the 1,000-pound gorilla in voting booths this election, voters may be casting their ballots in the U.S. Senate race based not so much ...

US bailouts aided foreign firms: watchdog

The US decision to pour billions of taxpayer dollars into the economy likely propped up foreign firms as well as their US counterparts, a Congressional watchdog said Thursday. The Congressional Oversight Panel said firms from Europe to Asia benefited from the 700-billion-dollar ...

Foreign firms helped by U.S. bailouts: panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. tactic of pouring money into ailing financial firms during the 2007-09 crisis helped many foreign banks whose governments should have shared some of the burden, a report from a congressional watchdog agency said on Thursday. In its ...

Foreign firms helped by U.S. bailouts - panel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. tactic of pouring money into ailing financial firms during the 2007-09 crisis helped many foreign banks whose governments should have shared some of the burden, a report from a congressional watchdog agency said on Thursday. In its ...

Financial system support up $700 bln in past year: watchdog

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Increased housing commitments swelled U.S. taxpayers' total support for the financial system by $700 billion in the past year to around $3.7 trillion, a government watchdog said on Wednesday. The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program ...
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