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  May 2, 2008 Fed to Launch Aggressive Effort to Curb Abusive Credit Card Practices The Federal Reserve and two other banking regulators are set to unveil today one of the most aggressive efforts in

  May 1, 2008 Supreme Court Approves Amendments to Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure The U.S. Supreme Court approved and forwarded to Congress amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy

  April 30, 2008 House Panel Markups Focus on Bankruptcy Relief for Active Duty Military, Housing Stimulus Legislation The House Judiciary Committee today will mark up H.R. 4044, a bill that would

  April 29, 2008 Mortgage Lending Senate Panel to Examine Foreclosure Practices The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts is planning a hearing next week

  April 28, 2008 House Committees to Markup Bills Focusing on Bankruptcy Relief for Active Duty Military, Housing Stimulus Package The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will mark up H.R. 4044, a

  April 25, 2008 Housing Democrats Maintain Momentum for Housing Stimulus Package As they race toward clearing a housing stimulus measure, top Democrats are attempting to create the same environment

  April 24, 2008 House Panels Approve Different Parts of Housing Stimulus Package House committees approved three pieces of legislation yesterday that will be part of a housing stimulus package to be

  April 23, 2008 Lenders Swamped by Delinquent Mortgages A new report from a coalition of state attorneys general and banking regulators said that seven out of 10 troubled mortgage borrowers remain

  April 22, 2008 New Century Employees Object to Chapter 11 Plan The committee representing employees of New Century Financial Corp. objected to the bankrupt subprime lender's proposed chapter 11 plan

  April 21, 2008 Senate Panel to Examine Role of Credit Rating Agencies in Current Economic Turmoil The Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow titled, 'Turmoil in U.S. Credit Markets