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The White House has made a push to limit or potentially ban risky trading activities and limit the size of financial companies with the proposed "Volcker Rule," but the administration is now looking to expand the restrictions to companies that do not own bank subsidiaries, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal.

The proposal, named by President Barack Obama after the former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, is designed to ...

There are some headlines coming out in regards to the barely-alive 'Volcker Rule', which will seek to limit ...

In a setback for the current administration, key members of Congress are expected to block President Barack Obama's proposal to prohibit financial institutions from risky trading activities and to put a cap on the size and scope of the biggest U.S. banks.

The proposal, called the "Volcker rule" named for former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, would have placed heavy restrictions on prop trading on banks that have federally insured deposits ...

According to reports from dealReporter, the Volcker Rule that will limit proprietary trading for the nation's largest banks, will either be dropped or significantly modified ...

With the announcement last week of President Obama's 'Volker Rule' to reign in risk on Wall Street, it appeared to many watchers that Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner's role with the administration has been diminished. As head of the Treasury, it would be expected that Geithner would take the lead on the proposal but indications are that he ...