Fitter Minds » money watch http://fitterminds.com Because a healthy opinion keeps the mind in shape Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:48:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 SEC Says New FinReg Law Exempts It From Public Disclosure http://fitterminds.com/sec-says-new-finreg-law-exempts-it-from-public-disclosure.html http://fitterminds.com/sec-says-new-finreg-law-exempts-it-from-public-disclosure.html#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:34:51 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/sec-says-new-finreg-law-exempts-it-from-public-disclosure.html Dunstan Prial Fox Business July 28, 2010 So much for transparency. Under a little-noticed provision of the recently passed financial-reform legislation, the Securities and Exchange Commission no longer has to comply with virtually all requests for information releases from the public, including those filed under the Freedom of Information Act. The law, signed last week by President Obama, exempts the SEC from disclosing records or information derived from “surveillance, risk assessments, or other regulatory and oversight activities.” Given that the SEC is a regulatory body, the provision covers almost every action by the agency, lawyers say.

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/sec-says-new-finreg-law-exempts-it-from-public-disclosure.html/feed/ 0 Chinese Central Bank Outlines Plan To Ditch The Dollar As The Yuan’s Peg http://fitterminds.com/chinese-central-bank-outlines-plan-to-ditch-the-dollar-as-the-yuan%e2%80%99s-peg.html http://fitterminds.com/chinese-central-bank-outlines-plan-to-ditch-the-dollar-as-the-yuan%e2%80%99s-peg.html#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:46:18 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/chinese-central-bank-outlines-plan-to-ditch-the-dollar-as-the-yuan%e2%80%99s-peg.html Vincent Fernando, CFA Business Insider July 23, 2010 Hu Xiaolian, deputy governor at the Chinese central bank, has released a paper which suggests it’s soon time for China to peg the yuan to a basket of foreign currencies, rather than the U.S. dollar alone.

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/chinese-central-bank-outlines-plan-to-ditch-the-dollar-as-the-yuan%e2%80%99s-peg.html/feed/ 0 The SEC Launches Investigation Into The Suspicious Timing Of SEC VS Goldman Case http://fitterminds.com/the-sec-launches-investigation-into-the-suspicious-timing-of-sec-vs-goldman-case.html http://fitterminds.com/the-sec-launches-investigation-into-the-suspicious-timing-of-sec-vs-goldman-case.html#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:06:42 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/the-sec-launches-investigation-into-the-suspicious-timing-of-sec-vs-goldman-case.html Courtney Comstock Business Insider July 23, 2010 Wall Streeters who have wondered about the suspicious timing of the SEC’s case against Goldman ever since it was announced within moments of Obama’s big Fin Reg push will soon have an answer.

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/the-sec-launches-investigation-into-the-suspicious-timing-of-sec-vs-goldman-case.html/feed/ 0 ECB’s Trichet Calls for Fiscal Tightening http://fitterminds.com/ecb%e2%80%99s-trichet-calls-for-fiscal-tightening.html http://fitterminds.com/ecb%e2%80%99s-trichet-calls-for-fiscal-tightening.html#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:02:48 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/ecb%e2%80%99s-trichet-calls-for-fiscal-tightening.html Reuters July 23, 2010 Industrialized countries must instigate plans to cut public spending and raise taxes immediately in order to consolidate the present recovery, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said. While the ECB head said policymakers the world over wanted to correct the fragile fiscal situation, he recognised timing remains disputed and pushed heavily for an immediate start to belt-tightening. “There is little doubt that the need to implement a credible medium-term fiscal consolidation strategy is valid for all countries now,” Trichet wrote in a guest column in the Financial Times published on Friday

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]]> http://fitterminds.com/ecb%e2%80%99s-trichet-calls-for-fiscal-tightening.html/feed/ 0 Sherrod: Shutting down Breitbart site ‘would be a great thing’ http://fitterminds.com/sherrod-shutting-down-breitbart-site-%e2%80%98would-be-a-great-thing%e2%80%99.html http://fitterminds.com/sherrod-shutting-down-breitbart-site-%e2%80%98would-be-a-great-thing%e2%80%99.html#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:01:21 +0000 admin http://fitterminds.com/sherrod-shutting-down-breitbart-site-%e2%80%98would-be-a-great-thing%e2%80%99.html David Edwards and Muriel Kane Raw Story July 23, 2010 Sherrod says she might sue Breitbart, who’s “one person I’d like to get back at, because he came at me” “Would you consider a defamation suit against Andrew Breitbart?” CNN’s Kiran Chetry asked. “I really think I should, Sherrod replied. “I don’t know a lot about the legal profession, but that’s one person I’d like to get back at, because he came at me

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