Keyword: oversight

Stress Tests Might Be Pointless, Treasury Declines to Comment on Off-Book-Assets

By  Danielle Ivory

This report was produced in collaboration with Alternet.

At the center of President Obama's overhaul strategy for Wall Street are the "stress tests" which will be applied to all financial institutions...

Fed Lends Two Trillion Without Oversight

By  Danielle Ivory

So, you know about the Treasury's $700 billion bailout plan...

Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis

By  Lagan Sebert

The financial crisis seems as if it emerged from nowhere and struck as hard and fast as lightning...

Congress Ignored Critical Bailout Oversight

By  Danielle Ivory  Lagan Sebert

On December 19th, Henry Paulson urged Congress to release the second half of the $700 billion of the bailout money...

We've been Fuld: Congress grills Lehman CEO on compensation

By Steven Greenstreet

On October 6, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing to hear the testimony of Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld...