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WORLD’S BEST INTERNET BANKS IN NORTH AMERICA 2011
Global Finance names the World’s Best Internet Banks in North America 2011 NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 Global Finance has...
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Jamie Dimon Leads Banks’ Basel III Battle
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES by Gordon Platt Dimon, JPMorgan: Questioning cumulative effect of reforms As head of the most profitable US bank, JPMorgan Chase, CEO Jamie Dimon is a natural choice to lead the industry in its battle to ...
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Domestic Group Makes Move To Buy Canadian Exchanges
MILESTONES / CANADA by Erik Heinrich Near-monopoly: Bid faces antitrust scrutiny The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has been stymied in its attempt to take over Canada’s TMX Group, parent of the Toronto and Montreal exchanges and the TSX ...
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US Finance Industry Assess Galleon Ruling
MILESTONES: UNITED STATES By Anita Hawser It may have taken only 12 days of deliberations for the jury in the Galleon trial to convict Raj Rajaratnam, the co-founder of Galleon Group, of 14 counts of securities fraud, but ...
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Voice Of Moderation Leaves FDIC
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Sheila Bair, the populist bank regulator who warned in advance that the subprime mortgage crisis was coming, is stepping down on July 8 as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. ...
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World’s Best Banks: North America Country Winners
North America Rising Markets Lift Banks North America’s banking system is in much better condition than it was before the financial crisis erupted. It has significantly more Tier 1 capital and plenty of liquidity, thanks in part to the Federal ...
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Bernanke Heralds A New Era Of Fed Openness
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Anita Hawser With the US economy still in recovery mode, monetary policy decisions of the Federal Reserve can have a major impact on which way the markets move. Bernanke opens up But now, ...
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Boehner Blinks In Budget Showdown With Obama
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By Gordon Platt Speaker of the US House of Representatives John Boehner told his fellow Republicans to prepare for a government shutdown last month, as the standoff with Democrats on the budget came down to ...
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New Leaders Face Tricky Economic Balancing Act
MILESTONES: CANADA By Erik Heinrich As Canada heads early this month into its fourth federal election in seven years, policymakers are facing serious questions over the prospects for the country’s economy. Canada slows spending The Bank of ...
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BEST BANKS 2011 BY REGION
Global Finance Announces Best Banks by Region 2011 NEW YORK, April 8, 2011 Global Finance magazine has announced its annual...
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UK/US: Derivatives Traders Assess New Regs
MILESTONES: UNITED KINGDOM / UNITED STATES By Anita Hawser Banks are scrambling to launch electronic trading platforms for derivatives transactions such as credit default swaps (CDSs) in an attempt to get ahead of planned regulatory changes aimed at ...
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US: Greifeld Seeks Merger Partner for Nasdaq OMX
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES By the Gordon Platt Robert Greifeld, chief executive of Nasdaq OMX, has been the odd man out in the search for a merger partner to keep the New York–based stock market viable in a world ...