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Thursday 23 July 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Friday 31 May 2019 6:26 am

OBAMA TO ADDRESS BANK PAY

By: admindrupal

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PRESIDENT Barack Obama yesterday said banks need new rules to curb risky behaviour. He predicted regulatory changes to give shareholders non-binding votes on executive rewards and said the government could levy fees on lenders who make “far-out transactions”. He added that the $700bn (£422bn) Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp), while unpopular, had rescued the country’s banking system from ruin.

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