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Banks Don’t Pay Taxes, People Do -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://www.bob-mcteer-blog.com'>Bob Mcteer</a>submits:</strong><p>The fate of the financial reform legislation in the Senate apparently depends on whether it contains a tax increase. The conferees hastily reconvened to remove one tax objected to by Senator Brown. Okay. That was
Data Flash: Housing Starts and Producer Level Inflation Worse Than Forecast
A blog featuring up to the minute commentary on mortgage rates and the mortgage backed securites markets.
The Short Life of the Bank Tax -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://rortybomb.wordpress.com'></a>Rortybomb submits:</strong><p>Wow, this switch between the bank tax and putting the burden on taxpayers is even more cynical than I thought. Daniel Indiviglio<a
Who Will Pay, Wall Street or Main Street? -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://webofdebt.wordpress.com/'>Ellen Brown</a>submits:</strong><p><i>Wall Street banks have been saved from bankruptcy by governments that are now going bankrupt themselves; but the banks are not returning the favor. Instead, they are engaged in a class war, insisting that the
Financial Regulatory Reform: Not Over Yet -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/">Felix Salmon</a>submits:</strong><div><p>It seems that financial regulatory reform is not a done deal after all: Paul Kanjorski says that the reconciliation negotiations might be reopened,<a
Homebuyer Tax Credit and Home Prices -- Seeking Alpha
<strong>Tom Lindmark submits:</strong><p>Here’s a couple of quick takes on housing.</p><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2916439020100629" rel="nofollow">Reuters</a>reports that the House has extended the deadline for collecting the homebuyer tax credit from June 30 to
Swiss Banks Expose Secret Accounts - And Themselves -- Seeking Alpha
<img src='http://seekingalpha.com/wp-content/seekingalpha/images/markoskaminis.jpg' title='mkaminis' alt='mkaminis' width="78" height="97" align="left" hspace="6" vspace="6" border='1' /><strong>Markos Kaminis<a href="http://www.wallstreetgreek.blogspot.com/">(Wall St.
European Financial Reform: Bluster or Substance? -- Seeking Alpha
<strong><a href='http://www.bbh.com'>Marc Chandler</a>submits:</strong><div>Germany's unilateral imposition of a ban on naked short sales of European bonds, CDS and shares of the top 10 financial firms has stolen the headlines for sure, but it is part of a larger development that needs to be
MBIA Inc. Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha
<p>MBIA Inc. (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/mbi' alt='MBIA Inc.' title='MBIA Inc.'>MBI</a>)</p><p>Q1 2010 Earnings Call</p><p>May 11, 2010 8:00 am ET</p><br/><a href='http://seekingalpha.com/article/204506-mbia-inc-q1-2010-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed'>Complete
Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript -- Seeking Alpha
<p>Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC (<a href='http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ozm' alt='Och-Ziff Capital Management Group' title='Och-Ziff Capital Management Group'>OZM</a>)</p><p>Q1 2010 Earnings Call Transcript</p><p>May 4, 2010 8:30 am ET</p><br/><a
