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Receiving Wide Coverage ... Devil's in the Details: Goldman Sachs has agreed to a $5.1 billion settlement to end the investigation into its role in the mortgage bubble and financial crisis. The FT says the deal failed to satisfy critics, citing one that called it Â"more of the same non-punishment, non-accountability ritualÂ" and said the bank should publicly disclose its profits and total investor losses from its misconduct. A look at the fine print of theÂ...

How an undocumented immigrant rose through the ranks at Goldman Sachs; why one bank embraced a highly unusual strategy (and why you may want to copy it); and what Ally Bank's Diane Morais and Bank of America's Andrea Smith are up to now. Also, a pot (Hollywood) calls out a kettle (Wall Street) for a lack of women in leadership roles, and a high demand for airline pilots could make for more female-friendly skies.

Wall Street Journal The paper suggests five things to watch for in the minutes from the Federal Open Market CommitteeÂ's March 15-16 policy meeting, due out Wednesday. Investors and analysts will attemot to parse the minutes for clues about future action. At the meeting, the central bank opted to maintain the current short-term interest rate. Â"The minutes could shed light on the FedÂ's internal debate over the inflation outlook, which will be a key factor inÂ...

When negativity threatens to stall progress, some surprisingly simple Â"little tricksÂ" can help resolve conflict and get employees more engaged, says Michelle Stacy, who spoke at a recent Pennsylvania Bankers Association conference.

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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,...