[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBideDKuVCo[/youtube] Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd has unveiled legislation to tame the financial markets. The bill would create a consumer protection bureau to write regulations governing all lending transactions. (March 15)

The nation’s bankers have much to be thankful for as they sit down to their turkey dinners on Thursday. At this time last year, the American financial system was near collapse, rescued only by hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. Now the system has stabilized, and the industry is on the verge of a coup [...]