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If the program ends, most TAG deposits held by community banks will quickly migrate to the biggest banks as investors still expect the federal government to protect all deposits held by these financial behemoths.

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Romney's Reserve: Various news outlets are following up on a Times article from Binyamin Applebaum that focuses on potential Federal Reserve chairman replacements for Ben Bernanke should Republican candidate Mitt Romney win the upcoming presidential election. (It should be noted some attention is also being given to potential Obama appointees, given Andrew Ross Sorkin's recent disclosure Bernanke isn't interested in another term once his current one expires in January 2014, but with...

The flood of new regulation, demands for more capital, harsh enforcement and an unexplained three-year-old de facto moratorium on de novo charters lead one to believe Washington wants fewer community banks

Romney may have worded it awkwardly, but he has never expressed a more pro-female sentiment than when he talked about those "binders full of women." Oftentimes, you need to deliver the resumes of female candidates directly to the decision makers in order to promote gender equity.

The simmering controversy over American Express' Bluebird card typifies a classic debate: When do regulations that ostensibly protect the public from shady operators really just protect incumbent businesses from competition?