Topic: U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs

Flood insurance program extended for 6 months

AP. . The National Flood Insurance Program was granted a six-month extension in late December. Supporters hope that Congress will approve a...

Crowd funding, an online path for small businesses

0 . Ian Schuster and his business partners have raised almost a quarter of a million dollars to launch their craft beer brewery company, but if...
Republicans and Democrats may finally agree on something: Small business owners and entrepreneurs need better and more plentiful opportunities to...

Senator Shelby slams CFTC over MF Global

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday criticized the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's handling of MF Global's meltdown and said its chief is "evading" questions about his role in overseeing the company.Senator Richard Shelby ...

Senator Shelby slams CFTC for handling of MF Global

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday criticized the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's handling of MF Global's meltdown and said its chief is "evading" questions about his role in overseeing the company.Senator Richard Shelby ...

Senate panel to vote on 7 SEC, financial nominees

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Banking Committee on Friday said it will vote next week on the nominations of seven individuals for senior federal regulatory positions, including two Securities Exchange Commission members.The committee plans an executive session on Thursday to vote on ...

Citigroup Hack Prompts Bank Reg Debate

Recent high-profile data breaches, including the latest at Citigroup (C), have increased the call for greater regulation of data practices ...

Bernanke Speaks and the Dollar Tumbles

Posted on 05/12/11 at 4:27pm by Gary Cassady . In his testimony in front of the Senate Banking Committee today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben...
Currency traders showed a mixed reaction to the batch of fresh data coming out of the world s largest economy, and the major exchange rates may...
Posted on 04/11/11 at 4:50pm by Benzinga Staff . CME Group (NASDAQ: CME ) announced that Executive Chairman Terry Duffy will appear before the U.S...