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Friday, March 20, 2009

Bell NEWS - EU bids for world leadership on financial reform (News Feature) - Monsters and Critics

Brussels - European Union leaders Friday set high stakes for next month's Group of 20 (G20) meeting in London by urging tight regulation of the global financial markets and a fierce crackdown on risky investments and tax havens. At a summit in San Francisco NEWS

It would be nice if the average American was prepared for ups and downs in the economy, but many simply aren't. More than a third of Americans have less than $10,000 in total savings and investments outside of their home and retirement plans San Francisco NEWS

WASHINGTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators and law enforcement officials said on Friday they are aggressively cracking down on fraud related to the financial crisis and are seeking more powers to prevent predatory lending in the future. The FBI San Francisco NEWS

GMAC Financial Services LLC will expand operations in Charlotte and add more than 200 high-paying jobs in return for a package of state and local incentives, officials said. The expansion is a glint of good news for the city, where both Bank of San Francisco NEWS

When I addressed this convention three years ago, with all of five weeks under my belt as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, I opened my remarks with three observations: that community banks played a critical role in the U.S. economy, that San Francisco NEWS

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