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  MetLife posts 1Q profit as business expanded

  By Associated Press  |  May 3, 2013

  The insurer has said it expects its income to shrink this year as low interest rates hurt its business.

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  MetLife says it’s no longer bank holding company

  By AP Staff Writer  |  February 15, 2013

  The company said it received approval for the status change from the FDIC and Fed.

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  Theories of the Great Rotation

  By Tom Nawrocki  |  February 7, 2013

  For years now, investing professionals have been waiting for the individual investor to get back into good old-fashioned domestic equity mutual funds. Has the time finally come?

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  Top execs unite to fight application of Fed's capital standard to insurance

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  September 18, 2012

  Time will tell if the Fed heeds insurers' lectures championing the state regulatory system of financial oversight.

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  MetLife Fails Federal Reserve "Stress Test"

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  March 14, 2012

  MetLife was one of four large financial institutions late Tuesday deemed to have failed a “stress test” imposed on large banking institutions by the Federal Reserve Board, a decision roundly criticized by MetLife and insurance analysts.

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  As Household Wealth Rises, So Do Hopes for Economy

  By Dave Carpenter, Derek Kravitz  |  March 9, 2012

  Americans are feeling better about their finances, although the housing market lags.

• Fed Signals That a Full Recovery Is Years Away (New York Times)

  By Staff Writer  |  January 26, 2012

  As part of its ongoing attempts to increase transparency, the Federal Reserve released a barrage of statements after a meeting of its policy-making committee on Wednesday, chief among them the announcement that it would keep interest rates near zero well into 2014.