Apologies and anger dominate gulf oil-spill hearing as BP goes before Congress by Steven Mufson [The Washington Post]
MONEY &
POLITICS: BP’s $22,800 Apology [Center for Public Integrity]
Bank Reform Loopholes Are Roadmap To Trouble by Chuck Jaffe [MarketWatch]
Obama's Treasury Dept Working To Defeat Derivatives Proposal 'Of Utmost Importance' To Reforming Wall Street by Shahien Nasiripour and Ryan Grim [The Huffington Post]
Gulf oil spill puts industry-friendly Republicans in tight spot by Karen Tumulty [Washington Post]
Lockheed In Talks To Reduce Price Of F-35 Planes By 20%
by Christopher Drew [New York Times]
Cases against Wall Street lag despite Holder's vows to target financial fraud by Jerry Markon [The Washington Post]
House
Backs $30 Billion Small-Business Lending Fund by Martin Vaughan [Dow
Jones]
TARP
banks face rising regulatory issues -- at least one in nine has received
federal enforcement action since getting public funds by Ryan
Holeywell [BailoutSleuth]
Issa has eye on subpoena team by James Hohmann and Jake Sherman [Politico]
BP Atlantis Whistleblower Drops Suit Against U.S. Over Safety by Laurel Brubaker Calkins [Bloomberg]
Do you think Deepwater Horizon will inspire terrorists to attack oil derricks in the Gulf? CBS (Couric/Orr) says, "NO." See their report and comment at www.texican8.com.
Posted by: Gary Davis | Jun 19, 2010 at 09:39 PM