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Avoiding Another MF Global
January 03, 2012 @ 11:15 AM | By Ivy Schmerken

Tips for futures and commodities trading firms choosing FCMs in 2012.

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Cloud of Uncertainty Over Entire U.S. Financial System
November 30, 2011 @ 08:32 AM | By Melanie Rodier

A look at the S&P's shock downgrade of major banks worldwide.

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Extreme Volatility Is The New Way For The Markets
November 28, 2011 @ 11:16 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Volatility is here to stay. But what's driving the market swings?

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Bank of America Told to Clean Up its Act
November 23, 2011 @ 10:09 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

Regulators have delivered a warning to Bank of America: Clean up your act or face enforcement actions.

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Winter Of Discontent: What Occupy Wall Street Should Really Be About
November 01, 2011 @ 12:40 PM | By Melanie Rodier

News of MF Global's downfall proves once again that little has changed on Wall Street since the 2008 financial collapse.

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The Debate Over Counterparty Risk and CVA
October 26, 2011 @ 12:46 PM | By Ivy Schmerken

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Jobs Grow, But Fed Is Still Down In The Dumps
September 29, 2011 @ 12:57 PM | By Melanie Rodier

The recession was officially over in June 2009, but the Fed isn't painting a rosy picture.

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Resignation of UBS Chief Quite A Turnaround
September 26, 2011 @ 11:55 AM | By Melanie Rodier

The resignation marked a striking fall for Gruebel, a former chief executive at Credit Suisse where he was known as "Saint Ossie".

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A Decade of Destruction and Rebirth
September 09, 2011 @ 10:00 AM | By Larry Tabb

The past decade has been tough, but we need to be optimistic and view it for the success it has brought and the opportunity it will bring.

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Wall Street Post- 9/11: The Financial Crisis Strikes Where Terrorists Failed
September 08, 2011 @ 11:36 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Still, some economists see a connection between 9/11 and the financial crisis which struck the U.S. in 2008.

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Crisis, Lag, Rebound -- Our Economic Cycle
September 01, 2011 @ 08:50 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

The recovery that followed the financial crisis and subsequent recession that began in 2008 barely had taken hold before the European debt crisis and the political train wreck over the U.S. debt ceiling derailed any hope for a widespread recovery.

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Post-Irene, Wall Streeters Figure They Might As Well Just Stay Home
August 29, 2011 @ 11:43 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Despite Irene causing less damage than expected, many Wall Streeters have decided to stay home. In any case, they are not strictly needed.

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I Want YOU For The U.S. Economy.
August 08, 2011 @ 12:02 PM | By Melanie Rodier

As news continues to pour in about the S&P downgrade and tumbling markets, your bank might soon be asking YOU for a loan.

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Plenty More Madoffs In The Sea
May 03, 2011 @ 11:39 AM | By Melanie Rodier

A criminologist claims that white collar crime is proliferating in the financial industry due to a continuing lack of adequate regulation.

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Watson, From Jeopardy To Wall Street Hero? Hmm. Maybe.
April 08, 2011 @ 11:08 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Could Watson have helped prevent the financial crisis?

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A Surprising Bestseller: The 576-Page Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
January 31, 2011 @ 11:03 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Perhaps readers were lured by the literary prose of the commission's chairman, Phil Angelides.

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New Financial Regulation Bill Would Not Have Prevented Crisis, Says Former FDIC Chairman
July 19, 2010 @ 10:08 AM | By Melanie Rodier

In this CNBC video, former head of the FDIC William Isaac argues that the new financial regulation bill would not have prevented the current financial crisis, and it will not prevent the next crisis.

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The History of Financial Risk Taking
July 12, 2010 @ 10:51 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

A new book from Harvard professor Niall Ferguson titled "High Financier: The Life and Times of Siegmund Warburg" covers how financial risk taking has changed over the years.

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10 Priorities of Financial Regulatory Reform
June 08, 2010 @ 11:30 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Issues Congress's Financial Regulatory Reform should address include trade flow, consumer visibility and orderly liquidity and reporting, according to Capco.

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Financial Reform Fails on 'Too Big to Fail'
May 25, 2010 @ 11:36 AM | By Gregory MacSweeney

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