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Archive Home > 2010 > February > 16 > Fearing stiff new regulations, banks’ lobbying efforts grow

Fearing stiff new regulations, banks’ lobbying efforts grow

By Nathaniel Popper / The Bulletin
February 16, 2010

NEW YORK — Even as the financial industry has sought to keep a low public profile, some of the country’s largest banks have ramped up their spending on lobbying to fight off some of the stiffest regulatory proposals pending in Congress.

Lobbying expenditures jumped 12 percent....

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