February 2011
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“Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you...”
– Albert Schweitzer
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The Ten Most Systemically Risky Financial Firms in...
The Ten Most Systemically Risky Financial Firms in the USFinancial Institutions | Guest Author | 27 February 2011 08:00 By Viral Acharya, Thomas F. Cooley, Robert Engle, Matthew Richardson, Professors of Finance and Economics, Stern School of Business, New York University The Financial Stability Oversight Council is beginning to confront its various mandates under the Dodd-Frank Financial...
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“You don’t pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success.”
– Zig Ziglar
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“True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.”
– John Petit-Senn
U.S. banks told they need to start lending again -...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In the black for 2010, its first profitable year since 2007, the U.S. banking industry now needs to start lending again. At least that’s what Sheila Bair, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, advocated as her agency delivered the industry’s fourth-quarter report card. “If you want to have long-term sustainable earnings you can only...
Regulations push mortgage firms to combine |...
New federal regulations have increased compliance costs for mortgage lenders and banks. In response, lenders are combining in the hope that more bulk will mean lower costs. Southeast Mortgage of Georgia Inc. of Lawrenceville in February acquired Citizens Fidelity Mortgage Corp. of Marietta. Southeast Mortgage also expects to close deals to acquire two more metro Atlanta mortgage lenders....
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“Time is but the stream I go fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink I see...”
– Henry David Thoreau
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