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The LME, Europe's Last Open Outcry Trading Floor
September 21, 2010 @ 11:39 AM | By Greg MacSweeney

Dow Jones Newswires' Andrea Hotter takes a look at the last bastion of open outcry trading in Europe and one of the few remaining in the world, the London Metal Exchange. Tracing its history from inception to current day, she examines the various ways to trade metals.

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TGIF: The Faces of Debt
September 17, 2010 @ 11:47 AM | By Melanie Rodier

In this Daily Show video, Jon Stewart takes a close look at what Vice-President Joe Biden has termed "The Summer of Recovery."

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SEC To Look At Banks' "Window Dressing"
September 17, 2010 @ 11:36 AM | By Melanie Rodier

The SEC is to tackle a loophole in bank regulations that came to light during the financial crisis. The loophole allows a practice known as "window dressing," reports John Dimsdale in this MarketPlace report.

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New Basel Rules Aren't As Tough As They Could Be (video)
September 13, 2010 @ 11:49 AM | By Melanie Rodier

In this video, CNBC's senior economics reporter, Steve Liesman, discusses with David Katz, CIO, Matrix Asset Advisors, why the new Basel rules aren't as tough as expected, and their impact on the markets.

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Bernanke To Testify Before FCIC On Financial Crisis
September 02, 2010 @ 09:18 AM | By Melanie Rodier

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is set to testify today before the FCIC. In this CNBC video, Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission discusses what the hearings will investigate. A lot of it will be on history, and what drove specific Fed decisions at the height of the crisis, Holtz-Eakin suggests.

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