President Obama Speaks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Saturday, January 7th, 2012 at 10:43 pm

President Obama discusses the importance of protecting American consumers by making sure that banks, mortgage companies, loan providers, and other financial services providers play by the rules. January 6, 2012.

President Obama’s Plan for Financial Regulatory Reform

Friday, October 16th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

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Austan Goolsbee of the Council of Economic Advisers talks the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and overall financial regulatory reform. (public domain)

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Gov. Deal signs garnishment reform bill February 7, 2012

Gov. Nathan Deal signed legislation Tuesday that will provide savings to businesses when they respond to garnishment orders issued against their employees. The bill, which the General Assembly passed overwhelmingly early in this year’s legislative session, repeals a court-imposed mandate that companies use lawyers to handle garnishment responses. “I’m commit […]

Zeiler takes reins as TBS International president February 7, 2012

Turner Broadcasting System Inc. hired Gerhard Zeiler as president of Turner Broadcasting System International. The international television executive is currently CEO of RTL Group, a division of Bertelsmann AG and Europe’s largest television production and broadcast company. He started his career as a journalist and later was a spokesperson for two Austrian […]

Primerica annual profit down to $178.3 million February 7, 2012

Primerica Inc. (NYSE: PRI) The Duluth, Ga.-based seller of insurance and investment products to lower-to middle-income Americans saw its profit decrease 30.8 percent in 2011. Notably, its profit in 2010 included a period that did not reflect the impact of Citi reinsurance and reorganization transactions. Primerica raised $320 million when it went public in A […]

Foreclosed for $235M: Bank of America Plaza February 7, 2012

Bank of America Plaza was sold Tuesday in a foreclosure auction for $235 million, a 46 percent decline from what BentleyForbes Group paid in 2006 for the 55-story tower at Peachtree Street and North Avenue. Click the photo on the right for a slideshow of the auction. JPM CC 2006 CIBC17 Office Limited Partnership, an affiliate of the bondholders, placed the $ […]

Vaughn gets prison time for Atlanta Ponzi scheme February 7, 2012

Charles Michael Vaughn was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to more than eight years for his role in a $10 million Ponzi scheme. The 43-year-old Atlanta resident eight years and four months and was ordered to pay more than $8.8 million in restitution. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Oct. 24, 2011. According to U.S. Attorney Sally Quill […]

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