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Sunshine is the best disinfectant

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Chris Farrell
Feb 16, 2012 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing that it examine the business of large debt collectors and to closely watch the major credit reporting bureaus. The focus would be on the larger firms. It's a good move.

Richard Cordray to head consumer protection bureau

Interview by
Tess Vigeland
Jan 4, 2012 President Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed Cordray as the head of the CFPB. Yet, legal challenges will likely follow.

Chase clarifies checking account fees

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Joel Patterson
Dec 15, 2011 Three banks unveil a new three-page checking account guide. Experts hope a new era of simplified disclosure will follow.

Senate Republicans block Cordray nomination to CFPB

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David Gura
Dec 9, 2011 U.S. Senate Republicans blocked former Ohio attorney general Richard Cordray's appointment as director of the CFPB. The new bureau is a centerpiece in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law.

This week: The Postal Service, the CFPB (non) confirmation

Interview with
David Gura
Dec 9, 2011 We talk to one of our Washington reporters about what happened in the news this week.

Barney Frank on the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Interview by
Kai Ryssdal
Dec 8, 2011 The consumer bureau was supposed to be a key part of Congressman Frank's financial reform law, the Dodd-Frank act. He talks about his frustration with Republicans who voted to block the confirmation of a director.

The battle over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Interview with
David Lazarus
Dec 7, 2011 Republicans are trying to block the appointment of Richard Cordray as director of the CFPB in preference of a commission; Democrats say it's a fight against consumer protection.

CFPB rewrites credit card fine print

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Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Dec 7, 2011 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants customers to understand their credit cards better. So, they've unveiled a new and shorter prototype of a credit card agreement.

REPORT: Warren searching for replacement as consumer watchdog chief

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Jaclyn Giovis
Dec 30, 2010 When Elizabeth Warren took the job as interim chief of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau there were no guarantees the Harvard law prof...

MID-DAY UPDATE: GDP is up, cement gets the blame and Fox loses younger viewers

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Shelly Moulton
Oct 29, 2010 The U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2 percent clip, somewhat less than analysts were expecting. On the election ballot in San Francisco --...

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