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11/15/13
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Moody's Downgrades 4 Major Banks; GAO Study Finds Big Bank Benefits; CIA Collecting Data on Money Transfers

11/15/13

Receiving Wide Coverage ...

Downgraded: Moody's downgraded four major U.S. banks — JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Bank of New York Mellon — Thursday, after the rating agency concluded that the government has become less likely to bail out big firms. "The lower credit ratings could raise the cost of capital for the banks, many of which were already downgraded by Moody's following another major review undertaken last year," the FT reports. Wall Street...

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Is Air Free?

11/14/13

You would think that air should be free, but of course air, or at least the right to send signals through it, has not been free for some time. The FCC controls the right to use air to transmit information, divvying the air up into all sorts of frequencies and selling them off to the highest bidder. From a bankruptcy perspective, the right to use the air is well understood as an asset, and can be transferred or even sold under the right conditions.

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Jury Is Still Out on Impact of New Bankruptcy Fee Rules

11/14/13
EPA

A government effort to crack down on the fees corporate bankruptcy lawyers charge quietly took effect this month, though time will tell how attorneys and judges alike react to the new rules.

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Jury Is Still Out on Impact of New Bankruptcy Fee Rules

11/14/13
EPA

A government effort to crack down on the fees corporate bankruptcy lawyers charge quietly took effect this month, though time will tell how attorneys and judges alike react to the new rules.

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Setting the Record Straight on FICO

11/14/13

A response to John Bowman.

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Fed Board Needs an Experienced Bank Supervisor

11/14/13

To set monetary policy and function as a lender of last resort, the Board of Governors must have the expertise to understand the operations and condition of financial institutions.

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The Daily Docket: Unions Want Detroit to Disclose Loan Fees

11/14/13
Carlos Osorio/Associated Press
A view of the city of Detroit from midtown.

Union leaders are criticizing Detroit’s attempt to hide the amount of money that

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The Daily Docket: Unions Want Detroit to Disclose Loan Fees

11/14/13
Carlos Osorio/Associated Press
A view of the city of Detroit from midtown.

Union leaders are criticizing Detroit’s attempt to hide the amount of money that

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