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MetLife's Floodgates: The day after a federal judge sided with MetLife in its case against federal regulators regarding their designating the insurer as systemically important, another non-bank has filed to end regulatory oversight. General Electric wants to do away with Federal Reserve oversight, arguing it has scaled down its financial-services arm to the point where it no longer could pose a threat to the overall financial system. If GE's request is approved,...

Chaparral Energy Inc. said it may have to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy as commodity prices for the oil and gas producer keep falling.

Did Lehman Brothers pick Erin Callan Montella for CFO at a desperate hour so that she could be the one to fall on the sword? Kelly Evans of "Closing Bell" suggests so. Are women focusing too much on performance? Carla Harris offers a more effective alternative. Also, Bank of America gives new parents more time off and an activist investor demands gender pay equality.

Regulators are right to target overdraft and other fees as obstacles to banks offering affordable checking account options, but thatÂ's just the beginning in developing transactional products that work for consumers.