If Wall Street beats Dodd-Frank, it could be the worst thing that ever happens to them

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Is Washington likely to break up the country’s biggest banks? No, not right now. But perhaps soon. Political momentum for dismantling them has been, in recent weeks, overstated. That unanimous vote in the Senate for a budget amendment critical of big banks? It was a nonbinding amendment to end “too-big-to-fail subsidies.” As it happens, there… Read more »

Friday Ratings: Fox’s Van Susteren Beats MSNBC’s O’Donnell In Demo And Total Viewers

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On Friday night, during the 10 p.m. hour, Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren defeated her MSNBC competitor Lawrence O’Donnell in both the key 25-54 demo and total viewership. Racking up 230k in the demo, Van Susteren edged out O’Donnell for the night after he garnered just 136k in the same category. In total viewership, Van… Read more »

Thursday Ratings: HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell Beats All Of MSNBC & CNN In Demo And Total Viewers

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On Thursday night, during the 7 p.m., HLN’s Jane Velez-Mitchell beat all of MSNBC and CNN in the key demo and total viewership. Racking up 322k in the demo, Velez-Mitchell beat out Fox’s Shepard Smith (255k), MSNBC’s Chris Matthews (181k), and CNN’s Erin Burnett (155k). In total viewership, the HLN host got 1.11M viewers, beating… Read more »