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Debating the Export-Import Bank: Supporters of the Export-Import Bank are fighting back against the House Republicans who want to scrap it. Each member of Congress will receive in the coming weeks, "a personalized index card laying out exactly which companies in their districts benefit from the financing agency and how many people they employ" according to the Wall Street Journal. Companies including General Electric and Boeing, along with industry groups such as...

JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon has no shortage of detractors. But the public response to his cancer diagnosis has been surprisinglyÂ--and reassuringlyÂ--civil.

Yellen Holds on Low Rates: The Federal Reserve should not raise interest rates in order to battle financial bubbles, according to a speech delivered by the central bank's chairwoman Janet Yellen Wednesday. Her remarks suggest that the Fed is "more interested in having a resilient financial system that can cope when asset bubbles burst than it is in popping them through rate rises," the Financial Times reports. While monetary policy is an efficient means ofÂ...

If banks can develop processes that show their credit decisions are consistent, transparent, and easily auditable they will be in a better position insulate themselves from disparate impact judgments, writes Zoot EnterpriseÂ's Eric Lindeen.

A payment and currency exchange system called the Ripple protocol makes dollars, yen, euros, Bitcoins, gold and even frequent flyer miles virtually interchangeable.