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In the Senate for decades, Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd found passing regulatory reform to be one of his toughest challenges. In an extensive interview, he relives key moments, responds to criticism of the bill, and reflects on his own disappointments with the final law.

But loans and hardship withdrawals are also on the rise.

An overwhelming majority of Build America Bond subsidy payments have been paid in full to BAB issuers, suggesting that concerns about offsets are dramatically overblown, according to new data on state issuers compiled by the IRS.

Consistency is key to a successful outreach strategy, consultant says.

A day after New Jersey settled securities fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose to bond investors that it was underfunding its two largest pension plans, offering documents for the state's record $2.25 billion short-term tax and revenue anticipation note deal included several pages of disclosures about the woefully underfunded retirement plans.

The Congressional Budget Office Thursday upped the estimated cost of the Build America Bond program by $10 billion to $36 billion over 10 years in its new estimates on the fiscal 2010 budget deficit and economic outlook.

New report says insurers need to make accommodations for social media on business and IT roadmaps.

The Federal Reserve Board, the sole bank holding company regulator for decades, is about to experience a pretty new concept: a teammate.

The service, available to private bank clients, aims to help older people maintain their independence and quality of life.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is slated to make a decision on whether it will update a roughly 30-year old set of proxy and investor shareholder rules at a meeting next Wednesday.