Panel Blames Deregulation For Financial Crisis

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Thu, 01/27/2011 - 12:23pm

Panel blames deregulation for financial crisis

A deeply divided U.S. investigative panel issued a scathing critique of the culture of deregulation championed by Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan.

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