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Deal Economy 2010: Bove on bank failures, financial reform

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM]

Analyst Richard Bove says that financial reform is headed in the wrong direction.
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Deal Economy 2010: Harvey Miller on Lehman, GM

[Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:03 AM]

Instead of allowing Lehman Brothers to collapse, the government could have stood by the beleaguered bank and helped it unwind slowly, bankruptcy lawyer Harvey Miller of Weil Gotshal said.
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Deal Economy 2010: Regulation in the spotlight

[Posted on November 18, 2009 at 1:09 PM]

'Only a couple of years ago, we were marching towards deregulation. What a difference a financial crisis makes,' quipped Bill McConnell, The Deal's Washington bureau chief, at The Deal Economy 2010 conference.
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Jones Day's Cornell on regulating exec comp

[Posted on November 16, 2009 at 12:29 PM]

Jones Day partner John Cornell says that extending compensation control to non-TARP banks is wrong and could increase risk-taking.
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Gordian Group's Kaufman on CIT's reorganization

[Posted on November 13, 2009 at 4:17 PM]

Gordian Group's Peter Kaufman says its unclear if regulators will approve CIT Group's prepackaged bankruptcy reorganization plan, which includes transferring its core businesses to CIT Bank.
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Madoff's stuff goes on the block

[Posted on November 13, 2009 at 10:55 AM]

If you're looking for a little piece of financial industry history, Bernie and Ruth Madoff's stuff is going up for auction this weekend.
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Paul Hastings' Cohen on horizontal merger reviews

[Posted on November 11, 2009 at 4:33 PM]

Paul Hastings' Michael Cohen discusses why the FTC needs to revise merger guidelines.
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AIG's Benmosche is a drama queen

[Posted on November 11, 2009 at 12:23 PM]

American International Group CEO Robert Benmosche has apparently told the insurer's board that he is considering stepping down due to government constraints over compensation.
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Dodd wants a single bank regulator

[Posted on November 10, 2009 at 2:39 PM]

Sen. Christopher Dodd thinks the Federal Reserve should get out of the business of banking regulation.
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FDIC seized 'healthy' banks

[Posted on November 10, 2009 at 10:19 AM]

Critics of the FDIC such as Sen. Chris Dodd may have new ammunition against the regulator as some of the 120 banks that failed this year were deemed 'healthy,' possibly as recently as 2008.
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Deal Stocks: KFT, CBY, AXA, NOC, GE, CMCSA, CLWR

[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 5:08 PM]

A look at the news moving deal-related stocks including Kraft Foods, Cadbury, Clearwire, Sprint Nextel and others.
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Will scandal deal blow to hedge fund recovery?

[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:18 PM]

Ongoing reports of scandal in the hedge fund industry are giving investors 'general fatigue,' says senior analyst Denise Valentine of Aite Group.
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Sullivan & Cromwell's Cohen on Glass-Steagall

[Posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:51 PM]

Sullivan & Cromwell managing partner Rodgin Cohen says that one of the myths of the Great Recession is that the abolition of Glass-Steagall was responsible for the financial crisis.
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