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Will compromises allow financial reform bill to be signed by July 4?

The Obama Administration's goal all along was to have a financial reform bill signed into law by July 4. Are we going to make it? My sense is that we will. Of course, the posturing is most intense as

Lots of Goldman Sachs news; More on German victim IKB;

Goldman Sachs News: > What to make of Goldman Sachs' ( NYSE: GS ) stock. Article > Goldman Sachs loved by many. Article > Poster child for class warfare? Article > Goldman stock now cheap?

BlackRock versus the industry; Ex-Bear Stearns chief speaks on crisis;

Company News:> Amex launches retail CDs. Article > Life after Lehman Brothers. Article > JPMorgan steps up in Arizona. Article > Ex-Bear Stearns chief speaks on crisis. Article >

Brian Hunter speaks his mind

Fortune has caught up with Brian Hunter, the former natural-gas trader for Amaranth, which tanked in 2006 after Hunter's bets on the price of natural gas proved disastrous. He's been quiet for years,

ALSO NOTED: Class action suit targets Bank of America's auction rate securities; Wells Fargo tightens home loan rules; and much

Company News:> Wells Fargo tightens home loan rules. Article > E*Trade looking better.

ALSO NOTED: Goldman Sach's first foray in SPACs; BCE stock in freefall as deal woes continue; and much more...

Company News:> Eaton Vance shares get a pop. Article > BCE stock in freefall as deal woes continue.

ALSO NOTED: Citi's hedge fund woes pose issues for its brokers; Lehman creates restructuring and finance group; and much more..

Company News:> Lehman creates restructuring and finance group. Article > Eaton Vance

ALSO NOTED: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley estimates cut again; Countrywide must face shareholder suit; and much more...

Company News:> Bullishness on Franklin Resources. Article >

ALSO NOTED: Merrill Lynch changes stock rating system; Merrill Lynch, Citigroup execs look to former colleagues for talent; and

Company News:> Freddie beats expectations. Article > More on the Clear Channel agreement.

ALSO NOTED: Blackstone adds to Asian hedge fund lineup; Wachovia to review controls; and much more...

Company News:> Former Bank of America exec extradited. Article > JPMorgan to cut 4,000 jobs.