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• House Passes Cross-Border Swaps Bill

  By Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  June 17, 2013

  Bill limiting CFTC authority on cross-borders swaps may pressure the agency to delay final action on application of derivatives rules to foreign entities.

• Message from Congress on Cross-Border Swaps

  By Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  June 12, 2013

  Bill to limit the CFTC's cross-border authority faces U.S. House vote, but the Senate isn't expected to consider it.

• Kroll Says S&P, Moody’s Again Putting Profits Ahead of Accuracy

  By Dave Michaels and Matt Robinson, Bloomberg  |  May 14, 2013

  Founder of rating company criticizes other credit raters at SEC roundtable.

• Congress Pressures Swaps Regulators to Curb Dodd-Frank

  By Silla Brush, Bloomberg  |  May 7, 2013

  House Financial Services Committee to vote today on measures to ease derivatives requirements.

• Online Sales Tax Could Run into Trouble in U.S. House

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  May 6, 2013

  Measure is expected to win Senate approval today.

• SEC Plan Gives Exemptions to Swap Dealers’ Overseas Branches

  By Silla Brush and Dave Michaels, Bloomberg  |  May 2, 2013

  U.S. regulators face pressure to limit the international reach of swaps rules.

• SEC Weighs Cross-Border Swap Rules

  By Dave Michaels and Silla Brush  |  May 1, 2013

  Regulators face calls to limit the rules’ international reach.

• Too-Big-to-Fail Bill Pitched as Fix for Dodd-Frank’s Flaws

  By Cheyenne Hopkins, Bloomberg  |  April 25, 2013

  Sens. Brown and Vitter propose 15% capital requirement for megabanks.

• Opponents of Online Sales Tax Face Tough Battle

  By Richard Rubin, Bloomberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Tax could provide states with about $23 billion a year in additional revenue.

• Senate May Vote on Online Sales Tax

  By Richard Rubin and Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg  |  April 18, 2013

  Wal-Mart and Amazon back measure to let states collect taxes on out-of-state sellers.