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- Regulators bowed to bank pressure and relaxed new regulations on derivatives trading. [MarketWatch]
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is examining whether to write new rules for bank overdraft fees. [Bloomberg]
- President Obama will begin a push today to encourage Congress to extend the current interest rate on federal student loans, which is scheduled to rise in July. [New York Times]
- State tax receipts have finally surpassed their pre-recession peak. [New York Times]
- Senate Democrats are debating whether to hold a vote on the expiring Bush tax cuts before the November election. [Bloomberg]
- The annual trustees’ reports for Social Security and Medicare will be released on Monday. [CNN Money]
- Regulators have given banks until 2014 to comply with a rule meant to rein in their risky trading. [The Hill]
- The Securities and Exchange Commission has issued “scores of orders” in recent years exempting companies from regulations. [Washington Post]
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