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- Insurance Sales Disclosure and Consumer Protection
- This paper summarizes the regulation and provides some insights into its implementation. The regulation was mandated by the landmark Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act GLBA, which not only expanded the insurance powers of bank holding companies and national banks, but also directed the federal banking agencies (OCC, Fed, FDIC, and OTS) to issue...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Understanding Behavior Detection Technology: Emerging Approaches to Dealing With Three Major Consumer Protection Threats
- These paper discuses about, behavior detection technology which untangles the webs of complex behavior that lie behind such problems as money laundering, stockbroker fraud, and investment marketplace price manipulation. The key to behavior detection technology is its ability to identify suspicious events and related entities over time, separate them from...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- RESPA: The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act RESPA is a consumer protection statute, first passed in 1974. One of its purposes is to help consumers become better shoppers for settlement services. Another purpose is to eliminate kickbacks and referral fees that increase unnecessarily the costs of certain settlement services. RESPA requires...
- White papers 2005-07-01
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- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
- Audit Report Scrutinizes Nevada Consumer Protection Bureau's Spending.
- By John G. Edwards, Las Vegas Review-Journal Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 3--State Consumer Advocate Tim Hay on Thursday responded to a critical audit of his operations, saying the state is getting more than its money's worth through lower utility rates and...
- Research articles 2003-10-03
- FCC regulations toughen telemarketing business - Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 - Update
- Ever since Congress passed the Telephone Consumer Protection Act a year ago, intending to shield consumers from unwanted telephone solicitations, telemarketers and publishers have awaited the bill's impact on their day-to-day operations. In mid-October, the wait was over when the Federal Communications Commission issued its 16-point ruling to enforce the...
- Research articles 1992-12-01
- Telefonica SA Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. The first question comes from the line of Damien Maltarp [Cazenove]. Please go ahead with your question. Damien Maltarp - Cazenove Thanks very much, Damien Malta from Cazenove. Two questions, firstly just on the restructuring provision that you guided for the...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-12
- Delinquent Receivables, the New Wrinkle in Media Earnings -- and Worse to Come
- With an economic recovery now unlikely for at least another 12 months, media execs are facing bigger problems with revenue shortfalls, mounting debt, shrinking advertising dollars and a new wrinkle -- delinquent receivables. Unpaid bills from the business that media companies do with each other are likely...
- Blog posts 2009-07-20
- FTC issues warning to credit repair web sites
- INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD US law enforcement and consumer protection agencies have sent warnings to over 180 web sites in connection with their 'credit repair' schemes. Such schemes offer to restore customers' creditworthiness for a fee but many may violate state and federal laws....
- Research articles 2000-08-23
- Expanding Overseas: The Best Large Markets
- The world's largest foreign markets are all growing — and making it easier for western companies to join their economies. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} .expansionPic p {...
- Articles 2008-04-21
- Wal-Mart Q2 2007 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (WMT)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WMT Q2 2007 Earnings Conference Call August 15, 2006 9:00 am ET Executives Lee Scott - President and CEO Doug McMillon - President and CEO, Sam’s Club Tom Schoewe - CFO Charles Holley – SVP,...
- Earnings calls 2006-08-15
- US fragrances firm seeks debt protection
- THE US business of soaps and fragrances retailer Crabtree & Evelyn has applied for bankruptcy protection from creditors. In a move which does not affect the 40-store UK chain, Crabtree & Evelyn said its American operations had been hit by the decline in the housing market and...
- Research articles 2009-07-02
- Expanding Overseas:The Best Small Markets
- Thanks to job growth and newfound political stability, these smaller markets present a big opportunity for U.S. and other western companies to expand. .expansionPic { width:324px; float:right; margin:0px 0 10px 10px; padding:5px 5px 0; background:#edece7; border:1px solid #d4d4d4; } * html .expansionPic { display:inline; margin-top:20px;} ...
- Articles 2008-04-21
- O’Reilly Auto, Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptO’ Reilly Auto ORLY Q3 2008 Earnings Call October 30, 2008 11:00 am ET Executives Gregory Henslee – Chief Executive Officer, Co-President Ted Wise – Chief Operating Officer, Co-President Thomas McFall – Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Finance Jeff Shaw – Senior Vice President, Store...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-30
- CarMax, Inc. F1Q10 (Qtr End 05/31/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Rod Lache – Deutsche Bank Securities. Rod Lache – Deutsche Bank Securities I guess first a couple of questions on CAF. Can you just roughly go through the math on this 0.7% gain? What kind of provisions and what...
- Earnings calls 2009-06-19
- Countrywide Financial Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Paul Miller from Friedman, Billings, Ramsey. Please go ahead. Paul Miller - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Thank you very much. Angelo, you've been through a lot of these different cycles out there and this doesn't seems to be...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-24
- Whirlpool Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We'll take our first question from Michael Rehaut, J.P. Morgan. Michael Rehaut - J.P. Morgan Hi, good morning. A couple of questions. First, just focusing on the share trends for the quarter, were those within the expectations that you had going into the quarter and...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-20
- Obama Wins Financial Reform Victory
- By Kevin Drawbaugh and Charles AbbottWASHINGTON (Reuters UK) - The Obama administration scored its first financial regulation reform victory in months on Thursday when a U.S. congressional committee approved new rules for over-the-counter derivatives.In a 43-26 decision, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee voted in favour of slapping new...
- News items 2009-10-15
- Obama Wins First Financial Reform Victory in Months
- By Kevin Drawbaugh and Charles AbbottWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration scored its first financial regulation reform victory in months on Thursday when a U.S. congressional committee approved new rules for over-the-counter derivatives.In a 43-26 decision, the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee voted in favor of slapping new rules...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Best Buy Takes iPhone Fight to Wal-Mart
- Best Buy isn’t going to let Wal-Mart grab its iPhone business without a fight as the two ratchet up a struggle for dominance in popular consumer electronics. Only a week after word came out that Wal-Mart would offer two popular iPhone at a $2 discount to the...
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
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