Articles About President Barack Obama

Author:
Tom Silva
Posted:
04.05.2010

Obama Administration Rolls Out New Program to Help Underwater Homeowners

The Obama administration has announced a new initiative to assist troubled homeowners by helping them refinance with government-backed mortgages that cut monthly payments.  The program would also temporarily reduce payments for unemployed borrowers who are actively job hunting.  The government is encouraging lenders to write down the value of loans for borrowers participating in modification […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
04.02.2010

Kenneth Feinberg Widens Review of Rescued Bank Compensation

The nation’s pay czar is widening his review of how much money hundreds of banks paid their top executives during the 2008 financial crisis. Kenneth R. Feinberg, officially the Special Master for Executive Compensation, is asking for details on compensation at 419 banks that were bailed out by the Treasury Department’s Troubled Asset Relief Program […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
03.31.2010

Volcker Rule Seeks to Regulate Financial Markets

A draft of President Barack Obama’s financial reform legislation has been sent to Congress.  Dubbed the Volcker Rule in honor of the former Federal Reserve chairman’s  aggressive pursuit of these regulations, the five-page proposal will ban proprietary trading and mergers that give banks more than a 10 percent market share as measured by liabilities that […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
03.29.2010

TARP’s Price Tag: $109 Billion

The Congressional Budget Office has determined that the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) will cost the government $109 billion – just 16 percent of the $700 billion set aside to rescue the nation from the great recession.  Insurance giant AIG and the auto industry are TARP’s largest beneficiaries. The federal government bought $40 billion in […]

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Author:
Mark McDowell
Posted:
03.24.2010

Building Star Could Provide Incentives to Commercial Real Estate

The Energy Star ratings system and the Home Star program are likely to be joined by Building Star, which will provide incentives to improve energy efficiency in commercial and multi-family residential buildings.  Legislation to establishe Building Star was introduced by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR). If the legislation becomes law, the […]

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Author:
James I. Clark III
Posted:
03.12.2010

Fed Retirement Gives President Obama the Go-Ahead to Chart a New Fiscal Course

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke may get all the headlines, but the retirement of Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn is giving President Barack Obama the historic opportunity to reshape the nation’s central bank. Kohn is one of seven Fed governors who set U.S. monetary policy and regulate the financial system. The change comes at a […]

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