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March 15, 2013
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  • Congress works on tax-code overhaul
    Bipartisan work on a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. tax law got under way in the Senate Finance Committee with Democrats and Republicans agreeing on one issue: The economy would benefit from eliminating tax breaks worth tens of billions of dollars, they said. They disagree, however, on what to do with the money saved. The Washington Post (3/14) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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  • Senate report criticizes JPMorgan risk management
    A Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations report on JPMorgan Chase's derivatives-trading losses is critical of the bank's risk oversight and regulators that permitted the trades. The case "provides a startling and instructive case history of how synthetic credit derivatives have become a multibillion-dollar source of risk within the U.S. banking system," according to the report. CNBC (3/14), Reuters (3/14), The Wall Street Journal (3/14) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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  • Hulic eyes $1.04B J-REIT by mid-2014
    Japanese developer Hulic Co. wants to speed up the listing of a $1.04 billion REIT as the economy improves. It said it will list the REIT by the middle of 2014. The REIT will include office and commercial buildings in Tokyo as well as nursing homes. Bloomberg Businessweek (3/14) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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  • Rising prices of building materials challenge contractors' bottom lines
    The cost of building materials rose in February and year-over-year based on an analysis of federal data by the Associated General Contractors of America. "For the second month in a row, contractors endured outsized price hikes," said Ken Simonson, chief economist for AGC. "In addition, soaring diesel prices mean contractors are paying more for fuel they buy and, via fuel surcharges, for the thousands of deliveries of materials and equipment required for construction projects." American City Business Journals/Albuquerque, N.M. (3/14) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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  • Senate committee sets March 19 vote on SEC, CFPB nominees
    The Senate banking committee has scheduled votes for March 19 on the nominations of Mary Jo White as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission and Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The panel is expected to approve both nominees. Bloomberg (3/14), Reuters (3/14) LinkedInFacebookTwitterEmail this Story
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