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		<title><![CDATA[After Calm Year, Bank of America Faces Storms]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/10003272/after-calm-year-bank-of-america-faces-storms/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[    For Bank of America, 2009 has been a relatively stable year. Management turmoil, Troubled Asset Relief Program TARP loans, and potential earnings volatility have all been handled very much business as usual, rewarded with a gain of 21.5 percent in the firm's stock price. For America's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:54:38 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bernanke Sees Recession's End]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke sees an end to the recession in just a few months, but expects unemployment to keep rising. Chip Reid reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:45:55 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bernanke On AIG]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After taxpayers were forced to spend another $30 billion to bail out AIG, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke lashed out at the insurance giant. Katie Couric reports.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: Citi Reaches U.S. Deal, "Say on Pay" Sped Up, WaMu Brings Savings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Citi reaches deal with U.S. -- After days of intense negotiating, the U.S. government has reached a deal to exchange $25 billion in emergency bailout money for a 36 percent equity stake in Citigroup. Shareholders will see their ownership shrink to 26 percent and dividends on common shares are being...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:18:36 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: "Stress Test" Due, Questions at Citi, SEC to Grill Bank Directors]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bank "stress tests" due -- President Barack Obama, scheduled to address Congress and the nation on the matter tonight, will push for stress tests later this week to check the health of 20 of the country's largest banks. Obama's aim is to identify future loan problems and dispel a cloud...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:39:20 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: Obama to Guarantee Private Equity, Probe Bank Chiefs, Directors, Cramdowns Lightened Up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000440/financial-roundup-obama-to-guarantee-private-equity-probe-bank-chiefs-directors-cramdowns-lightened-up/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Obama to unlock lending -- President Barack Obama is drawing up a plan to subsidize the profits of big private investment firms in bond markets. As much as $1 trillion could be spent for guarantees to hedge funds and private equity firms so they will continue buying securitized consumer and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 06:08:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Obama's Financial Regulation Is Shaping Up]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000286/how-obamas-financial-regulation-is-shaping-up/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Â Just a week after his inauguration, Barack Obama's plans to regulate the financial industry are starting to take shape.    Nothing definite has been put together yet and whatever does evolve must get through Congress and possibly hostile Republican opposition. But it is clear that an entirely new...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:15:14 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Are Conflicts of Interest Destroying American Business?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.bnet.com/ceo/?p=1624]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[When you look at the addressable aspects of our current economic predicament, a single phenomenon is at the heart of it all: conflict of interest. People talk about regulation, but our regulatory processes are wrought with conflicts of interest. It's a dysfunctional system that infects American business. by Steve Tobak]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:05:15 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: SEC Decides To Keep Mark-To-Market, Citadel Retreats, New Bank Failure, Mortgage Mess]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000226/financial-roundup-sec-keeps-mark-to-market-citadel-exits-asia-new-bank-failure-more-mortgage-mess/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mark-to-market sticking around - Despite protests from the banking industry, the Securities and Exchange Commission will not suspend the controversial mark-to-market accounting rule. Some in the banking industry have blamed the accounting rule for worsening the credit crunch. The SEC, however, is open to discussing ways to refine the rule's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:21:58 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Financial Roundup: Greenspan Admits Error, Feds Invest in Regionals, Cox Defends Self, WaMu In Auction and More]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/financial-services/1000165/financial-roundup-greenspan-admits-error-feds-invest-in-regionals-cox-defends-self-wamu-in-auction-and-more/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenspan admits "mistakes"Â  --Â  Former Fed chief Alan Greenspan admitted yesterday that his hands-off regulatory philosophy had been a mistake. Speaking before a congressional comittee for four hours, Greenspan said he had been wrong in thinking that banks would be able to assess risk competently and discipline themselves. [Source: Wall...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:26:18 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2008 Earnings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Oct_20/ai_n30914828]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc. today reported earnings for the quarter ending September 30, 2008.  THIRD QUARTER 2008 HIGHLIGHTS:  * Quarterly Net Income increases 39% year/year  * Quarterly Deposit growth of 27% year/year, with no brokered deposits  * Dothan Regional Office opened in 3rd Quarter...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Nightmare on Wall Street]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4184/is_20081015/ai_n30901993]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The fear and trepidation surrounding the financial markets came to realization in the month of September. The broad market fell 8.9 percent in the month, with the average U.S. equity mutual fund down 10.5 percent. This brings the market down 25.6 percent from its Oct. 9, 2007 high through Sept....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ONN.tv Report: The Government's Bank Bailout Saga Continues]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_26/ai_n29462062]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Today, Options News, the daily video news program on www.ONN.tv, reports on JPMorgan Chase's purchase of Washington Mutual operations from the US government, the continuing saga of the bailout negotiations, and the SEC no short sale list.  For the full video report, visit: http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1697139148/bclid18158279 59/bctid1818365160 (Due to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Merchants Corporation Announces the Signing of a Definitive Agreement to Acquire Lincoln Bancorp]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Sept_3/ai_n28050461]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MUNCIE, Ind. & PLAINFIELD, Ind. -- First Merchants Corporation (NASDAQ: FRME) and Lincoln Bancorp (NASDAQ: LNCB) today announced they have executed a definitive agreement for First Merchants Corporation to acquire Lincoln Bancorp through a merger of Lincoln into First Merchants.  First Merchants ($3.8 billion) and Lincoln ($890 million) will...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Republic Services Announces Bank Facility Commitments for Proposed Merger with Allied Waste Industries]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_August_18/ai_n28008467]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[New Bank Facility Oversubscribed  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) today announced that Bank of America Securities LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. have arranged a syndicate of lenders committed in writing to the entire amount of Republic's proposed new $1.75 billion senior unsecured revolving credit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Community Bancshares Announces Signing of Definitive Merger Agreement With Coddle Creek Financial Corp]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_July_31/ai_n27965385]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BLUEFIELD, Va. & MOORESVILLE, N.C. -- First Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCBC) (www.fcbinc.com) and Coddle Creek Financial Corp. jointly announce the signing of a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which First Community will acquire Coddle Creek, the Mooresville, North Carolina-based holding company and parent of Mooresville Savings Bank, SSB, in a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SemGroup LP founder, former CEO sued for $12.8 million by Bank of]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20080728/ai_n27959253]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SemGroup LP founder and former CEO Tom Kivisto and a Kivisto trust were sued for $12.8 million plus interest Friday by Bank of America.   The lawsuit involves a $15 million loan to the trust that was guaranteed by Kivisto and secured by the trust's limited partnership interest in...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Journal Register Company Enters Forbearance Agreement With Banks; Hires Chief Restructuring Officer]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_pwwi/is_200807/ai_n27955705]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Journal Register Company (the "Company") (PINKSHEETS: JRCO) today announced that it has entered into a Forbearance Agreement and Amendment No. 3 (the "Forbearance Agreement") to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 25, 2006, as amended (the "Credit Agreement"), between the Company, the lenders party thereto (the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed, SEC join to bolster security]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20080708/ai_n27905324]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Financial regulators on Monday announced an information-sharing agreement aimed at better detecting potential risks to the U.S. financial system.   The pact between the Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission should enhance regulatory cooperation between the two agencies, allowing them to more effectively carry out...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[US central bank, SEC deepen bank policing ties]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200807/ai_n27896779]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The US Federal Reserve and the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that they had agreed to deepen ties to better monitor cash-strapped banks which are reeling from a credit crunch.  The closer ties were announced as US lawmakers review possible changes to the regulatory environment...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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