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Shift in bailout plan raises oversight questions

WASHINGTON—The radical shift in the focus of the $700 billion economic bailout package led one senator Wednesday to question what the young prosecutor tapped to be the program's inspector general will be investigating. "I wonder why taxpayers should ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, Boston Globe,  19 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Jim Bunning,  U.S. Congress,  Henry Paulson,  White House

Nominee for overseer of bailout faces senators

President George W. Bush's choice to be the federal watchdog over the $700 billion bailout for banks and other financial companies promised Monday to use his experience prosecuting mortgage and securities fraud to keep Congress apprised about ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, eTaiwan News,  17 Nov 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress,  American International Group,  Max Baucus

Banks report bailout used for loans

WASHINGTON — Some of the nation's largest banks sharing in the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry tried to assure lawmakers Thursday they are using the money to make more loans and help financially strapped homeowners avoid ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, Monterey County Herald,  14 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wells Fargo,  Bank of America,  U.S. Senate,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  U.S. Congress

Banks say they're using bailout money for loans

Some of the largest U.S. banks sharing in the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry tried to assure lawmakers Thursday they are using the money to make more loans and help financially strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure. ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wells Fargo,  U.S. Democratic Party,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  U.S. Senate,  Bank of America

Banks say they will not use bailout money for pay

Members of Congress complained Thursday that U.S. banks have not used $163 billion infusion of capital, already received or promised by the government, to open credit lines for more lending. "In these uncertain and difficult times, banks are ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Charles Schumer,  U.S. Democratic Party,  American International Group,  U.S. Senate

Bank executives saying their using federal bailout money for loans, reducing mortgages

"The committee has asked whether (bailout) funds would be spent on executive compensation," said Jon Campbell, regional banking president for Wells Fargo & Co. in his testimony. "The answer is no. Wells Fargo doesn't need the government investment to ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, Canadian Business Online,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wells Fargo,  Christopher Dodd,  Charles Schumer,  Tim Johnson,  U.S. Democratic Party

Lawmakers unhappy with banks sitting on bailout money, want more lending required

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress is looking at requiring banks and other financial institutions to increase their lending to qualify for the second half of a $700 billion bailout program. Lawmakers complained at a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, Canadian Business Online,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Charles Schumer,  U.S. Senate

Banks promise they won't use bailout money for pay

Congress is looking at requiring banks and other financial institutions to increase their lending to qualify for the second half of a $700 billion bailout program. Lawmakers complained at a Senate Banking Committee hearing Tuesday that banks have not ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, San Francisco Chronicle,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Charles Schumer

Congress may require more lending for bailout help

Members of Congress complained Thursday that banks haven't used $163 billion infusion of capital, already received or promised by the government, to open credit lines for more lending. "In these uncertain and difficult times, banks are inclined to ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, Newsvine,  13 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Charles Schumer,  American International Group,  U.S. Senate

US investors deny hindering foreclosure relief

Mortgage industry representatives told skeptical U.S. lawmakers Wednesday that investors in mortgage-backed securities are not hindering government efforts to stem an increasing tide of foreclosures. "Because foreclosure is usually the most ...

From JOHN DUNBAR, Taiwan News,  12 Nov 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  Spencer Bachus,  Barney Frank,  Federal Reserve,  Freddie Mac

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