[at MarketWatch] – Federal regulators won’t sue Moody’s Investors Service for alleged securities violations, letting the credit-rating agency off with a stern warning.

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SEC won’t sue Moody’s over credit-rating snafu

For the growing number of struggling homeowners in this country, more help is on the way.

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Housing quagmire: Is it time to remove relief?

Alabama schools have been having a rough time of it, and it only looks like it’s going to get rougher. The Cotton State recently came in last place in the federal Department of Education’s Race to the Top grant competition.

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Alabama schools turn to bank loans to operate

Investors shifted away from Treasurys on Friday, after a better-than-expected report on U.S.

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Treasury yields rise as investors shift gears

Gadfly analyst Dick Bove rarely disappoints when he unholsters his guns.

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Bove: Why Washington will soon back off banks

U.S. stock futures popped Friday as investors digested a better-than-expected downward revision of second-quarter economic growth.

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Stock futures pop after GDP revision

Treasurys yields fell Thursday after the government sold $29 billion in 7-year notes one day before a key report on U.S. economic growth and a highly-anticipated speech by the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

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Treasury yields hold near 19-month lows

The Federal Communications Commission asked a Federal appeals court to reconsider a recent decision that struck down its longstanding indecency policy.

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FCC appeals indecency rule strike-down

Capitol Federal Financial , announced today that its stockholders and the members of Capitol Federal Savings Bank MHC have each approved the plan of conversion and reorganization pursuant to which Capitol Federal Savings Bank MHC will convert to the stock holding company form of organization and the contribution to the charitable foundation.

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Capitol Federal Financial Announces Stockholder and Member Approvals of Plan of Conversion and Reorganization and Intention to Extend Offering and…

Capital One Financial Corp. spent $365,000 in the second quarter to lobby the federal government on credit card reform and other issues, according to a disclosure report.

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Capital One spent $365K on lobbying in 2nd quarter (AP)