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| 04-22 - | Financial Services Committee Approves FDIC Reform |
| The bill containing reforms of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation cleared a hurdle last week as the House Financial Services Committee voted in favor of the legislation. But the Committee's passage of the bill is relatively minor compared to the battle it will face to pass the full House of Representatives ... | |
| 04-22 - | Court Dismisses Privacy Lawsuit |
| In a decision that could potentially affect all banks in the United States, a New York State appeals court has dismissed a class-action lawsuit filed against Chase Manhattan alleging violation of customer privacy... | |
| 04-18 - | Basel Committee Endorses Collective Action As Key |
| In conjunction with the publication of its report on how banks can assist in efforts to halt terrorist financing, the Basel Committee has endorsed collective action as the key to successfully interdicting terrorism-related funds... | |
| 04-17 - | House Committee Passes CAARTA Bill |
| On April 16, the House Financial Services Committee took an important step towards a comprehensive post-Enron reform package by passing the Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility and Transparency (CAARTA) Act. The final vote was 49-12. The legislation was introduced by House Financial ... | |
| 04-15 - | U.S.- EU "Regulatory Guidelines" Initiative Finalized |
| The United States and European Union have issued new guidelines, negotiated since 1999, which are intended to facilitate trans-Atlantic regulatory cooperation and better access to each other's regulatory proceedings. The move is intended to stem the proliferation of trade disputes between the world' ... | |
| 04-15 - | Russia Finally Lifts Poultry Ban |
| After a month-long ban, Russia has agreed to again allow importation of American Poultry products into its market. Russia had instituted the ban ostensibly because it was concerned about the sanitary conditions of U.S. factories, but likely in tacit response to the U.S. imposition of steel tariffs. ... | |
| 04-10 - | Russia’s WTO Accession |
| Following the dissemination of an accession report among WTO members, Mike Moore indicated that Russia’s accession to the WTO could happen by the ministerial set for the fall of 2003. The accession report details outstanding issues in Russia’s accession, but Moore suggested that a lot of progress had ... | |
| 04-10 - | Fast Track Delayed Says Daschle |
| The urgency of a number of other bills is set to delay action yet again on Senate approval of fast track trade negotiating authority, says Tom Daschle, the Senate majority leader. For Senate Democrats, fast track legislation is much less of a priority than the energy bill, the budget bill, and other ... | |
| 04-09 - | President Bush Encourages Senate To Act on Terrorism Insurance |
| On April 8, President Bush entered the debate over the provision of terrorism insurance in post-9/11 America. The insurance industry and business leaders have been vocal in the past months about the need for a plan to assist insurance companies in paying out insurance claims stemming from terrorist ... | |
| 04-04 - | Progress on Accounting Reform |
| The House Financial Services Committee is expected to consider accounting reform legislation sponsored by Chairman Michael Oxley (R-Ohio) as soon as April 11. Consideration of Oxley’s Corporate Audit Accountability, Reform, and Transparency Act (or CAARTA) will be the first Congressional... | |
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