Democrats Fight GOP Effort to Cut Consumer Bureau Funding

| July 18, 2011

The White House Office of Management and Budget said advisers would recommend that President Barack Obama veto a House bill that would cut the CFPB?s funding. Slashing the CFPB’s budget would compromise the bureau’s independence and severely undercut the agency’s statutory responsibility to oversee consumer financial products such as mortgages and credit cards, the administration [...]

A Gaming Stock That Can Regain Its Winning Edge

| July 18, 2011

As social gaming company Zynga prepares for its much-hyped initial public offering, some investors just arent buying reports that the company is worth $20 billion or more. Luckily, another gaming company with millions of devoted fans, proven franchises and a stable revenue base trades for a fraction of that price: $14 billion market-cap Activision Blizzard [...]