Bear Stearns

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  Financial discipline grows 5 years after crisis

  By Mark Jewell  |  April 3, 2013

  After weathering the recession, Americans are now saving more and paying down debt.

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  FSOC in final stages of SIFI evaluations

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 4, 2013

  The FSOC is still proceeding cautiously despite being called out by former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair.

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  Would George and Honest Abe make it in today’s business world?

  By Joseph Calloway, JoAnn Calloway  |  February 18, 2013

  In honor of Presidents’ Day, I challenge you to rediscover the career-boosting virtues of honesty.

• JPMorgan Chase v New York: In search of a villain

  By Staff Writer  |  October 15, 2012

  Mortgage-fraud unit fails to impress on its first case.

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  Investor Sentiment as a Contrarian Indicator

  By Tom Nawrocki  |  July 26, 2012

  If history is any guide, we’ve got about an eight percent chance that the market will go up in the next six months.

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  Profit Turned on AIG Facilities

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  June 15, 2012

  Two major loan facilities that enabled American International Group (AIG) to ride through a Force 5 financial typhoon have been fully repaid, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York announced late Thursday.

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  A Watchful Eye

  By Arthur D. Postal, Elizabeth Festa  |  June 1, 2012

  Insurance companies that own or operate a savings & loan will face fresh oversight from the Federal Reserve Board, which is creating a process by which to examine those financial institutions that have significant banking assets.

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  Insurers Face New Regulation from Federal Reserve

  By Elizabeth Festa, Arthur D. Postal  |  May 2, 2012

  Insurance companies that own or operate a savings & loan will face fresh oversight from the Federal Reserve Board, which is creating a process by which to examine those financial institutions that have significant banking assets.

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  Bernanke on "Shadow Banking"

  By Arthur D. Postal  |  April 13, 2012

  American International Group was characterized as part of the world of “shadow banking” that played a key role in the catastrophic economic downturn of 2007-2009 by Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke today in a speech where he discussed the Fed’s response to the financial crisis.

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  Why You Shouldn't Trust Washington or Wall Street, Part 1

  By Brian Solik  |  April 13, 2012

  If you’ve ever listened to Wall Street analysts, economists, and politicians, you will have noticed something they would be quite hesitant to admit: they are often dead wrong in their stock market and economic predictions.