Obama’s signature is just the start

Nicholas Pettifer | July 23, 2010

US President Barack Obama’s signing of the Dodd-Frank Act on Wednesday marked the end of a year-long effort for legislation. But it is by no means the end for confusion over how the law will affect banks and other systemically important entities.

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