en-us Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday there was a good case to let some firms use derivatives with little scrutiny for business purposes, but that most trading should face stiffer rules.Renewing a push to tighten regulation of over-the-counter derivatives, Geithner...]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:00:32 -0800 Reuters) - The U.S. Congress edged closer on Wednesday to creating new government powers to break up giant financial firms, which Europe is already doing, while a U.S. derivatives market crackdown got more complicated.More than a year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and massive government bailouts...]]> Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:17 -0800 Reuters) - Congress ought to clarify if a proposed super-regulator of the U.S. financial system should be an overlapping overseer of securities and futures exchanges, the chief futures regulator said on Tuesday.Chairman Gary Gensler of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission spoke to the House Agriculture Committee at...]]> Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:00:22 -0800 CME CME Reuters) - A key U.S. congressional committee approved new rules for the largely unpoliced $450-trillion derivatives market on Thursday in a win for the Obama administration. The House of Representatives Financial Services Committee voted 43-26, largely on party lines, in favor of the...]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:35:55 -0700 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:47:58 -0700 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 01:32:19 -0700 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 17:07:43 -0700 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:31:39 -0700 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:16:57 -0700 Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:52:11 -0700 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:16:00 -0700 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:03:25 -0700 Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 10:55:11 -0700 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:59:59 -0700 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0800 HRL HRL