Monday, October 26, 2009

SPB News for Monday


Holder To Announce AGAC Membership

Pawlenty: My State Should Opt Out Of Any Public Option

Chairman Towns Issues Subpoena to Bank of America for Countrywide Documents

Prosecutors Turn Tables on Student Journalists — EVANSTON, Ill. — For more than a decade, classes of students at Northwestern University's journalism school have been scrutinizing the work of prosecutors and the police. The investigations into old crimes, as part of the Medill Innocence Project …

Women pay up to 50% more for health insurance premiums — Checking the “female” box when buying health insurance is likely to cost extra — perhaps up to 50 percent more than a man would pay for the same coverage. — Gender-rating — or what some term as flat-out sexual discrimination …

Did Summers take bailout banks' cash?Banks steered 'millions' to firm run by WH economic director.

Regulators close seven more banks; toll rises to 106 - Regulators closed seven more banks on Friday, prompting the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to record a video message

Last week's poll had asked:

The Financial Services Authority will hold banks responsible if they fail to check if customers can afford a loan. Should lenders take more responsibility? Readers answered yes. This week's poll is now up.






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