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Here's another problem with America's skyrocketing student-loan debt. Bonds backed by student loans are become more risky, as investors fear new programs to lower monthly payments means they won't get paid in time, or at all. Withot the revenues generated by securitizing the debt, andbanks have less capital to make new loans. ...

One of the things that struck me in getting to know the women in our rankings better is that some of them have had significant career setbacks along the way. But they exude confidence anyway, because they have learned how to be fearless.

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B of A Board Reckoning: A special meeting of Bank of America shareholders Tuesday will determine whether chief executive Brian Moynihan is permitted to hang on to the additional title of chairman. The bank's board made a unilateral decision to put Moynihan in the dual role last fall, disregarding a binding 2009 shareholder vote to keep the positions separate. Disgruntled investors saw the move as "a classic case of a too-big-to-fail bank...

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Reactions to Fed: The Federal Reserve opted not to raise short-term interest rates at its two-day policy meeting, putting an end to weeks of speculation — and setting off a rash of think pieces and retorts, naturally. The Wall Street Journal delves into banks' disappointment, noting that Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp plan to look for ways to cut costs further to make up for the continued low-interest-rate environment. American Banker...

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Fed Watch: The financial world is on tenterhooks over the outcome of today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Some of Wall Street's most prominent leaders are betting the Federal Reserve will opt to hold off raising short-term interest rates, according to the Wall Street Journal. "I wouldn't do it," Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein tells the paper, citing subpar wage growth and inflation rates as factors likely to delay a rate...