BBC News | Obama to ask CEOs to abandon 'furious efforts' to block financial overhaul Washington Post President Obama's speech in Manhattan on Thursday marks the culmination of a strategic, month-long acceleration of his personal involvement in financial regulation, according to White House and Treasury Department officials. ... Obama Sets Demands for Financial Reforms Obama: Financial reform key to avoiding crisis Obama pushes case for bank reform |
Reuters | Both national party committees spend big chunks on fancy meals, hotels, travel Washington Post Both the national Democratic and Republican party committees spend about two-thirds of the money they take in on the care and comfort of committee staffs and on efforts to raise more funds, with lavish spending on limousines, ... GOP Senators St » |
National Post | 'Adversarial Shot' at Goldman Sachs Raises Stakes for SEC Unit BusinessWeek April 20 (Bloomberg) -- Robert Khuzami, shortly after becoming the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement chief last year, told Congress the agency must be willing to fight big cases to show ... British, German regulators to probe Goldman's sale of mortgage securities SEC may have hard time finding other suits like Goldman Fixing W » |
Sky News | Royal Navy ships to return Britons stranded by volcano BBC News Three Royal Navy ships will be drafted to help return Britons stranded abroad as UK airspace remains restricted. The move was announced after the UK's emergency committee Cobra met to discuss options in addressing travel chaos caused by a volcanic ash ... Iceland volcano: Naval ships sent to rescue stranded Britons UK to send warships to get stranded Britons Gordon Brown under pressure to get Britain flying |
New York Times | More Dutch test flights to assess volcanic ash Reuters AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Netherlands said more test flights would take place on Sunday to assess whether there was any danger in its airspace from volcanic ash after an earlier test flight was conducted safely. Dutch airline KLM said it carried out a ... Few Signs of Relief as Air Travel Crisis Enters a Fourth Day Live: Volcano cloud over Europe Volcano chaos could continue for months |
The Guardian | Southampton Airport cancels flights for a second day BBC News Southampton Airport has cancelled » |
