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Central banks squash goldbugs
Heidi N. Moore 2010-07-10 02:43We've all seen those commercials where shouting announcers urge consumers to trade in their old gold for cash. Who knew that central banks would be th...
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Central banks start to abandon the U.S. dollar
Heidi N. Moore 2010-07-14 01:22There are those who would argue that the financial crisis was caused by over-enthusiastic worship of the Almighty Dollar. Call it brutal financial kar...
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Russian 'spies,' goldbugs and the struggling dollar
Heidi N. Moore 2010-07-02 01:53When federal officials arrested 11 alleged Russian spies yesterday, it seemed natural that the accused agents would be interested in the CIA leadershi...
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European banks walk tightrope with no net
Heidi N. Moore 2010-07-09 09:57Corporate retreats sometimes feature a trust-building exercise in which participants fall backwards into the arms of their colleagues. European banks ...
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Banks get scary again
Colin Barr 2010-05-28 10:44Market-based anxiety measures have crept steadily higher over the past month, reflecting a marked shift in investor psychology. Less than two years af...
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Stress week for Europe's banks
Colin Barr 2010-07-22 01:26European banking regulators will announce the results of their stress tests at noon Eastern time Friday, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors...
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Banks brace for derivatives 'big bang'
Colin Barr 2009-04-10 12:08Credit default swap dealers are cleaning up a dark corner of the derivatives market, but the risk of a blowup remains.By Colin Barr, senior writerNEW...
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Sick banks may mean feeble recovery
Colin Barr 2010-02-25 09:13By Colin BarrThe rot in the U.S. banking system threatens to warp an already weak economic recovery.The dynamics that made 2009 such a downer for bank...
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Feasting on failed banks
財富中文網 2009-08-18 01:02Big banks are scooping up troubled, smaller institutions at a time when growth is hard to come by -- and thanks to favorable FDIC rules, more deals ar...
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Small banks, big problems
Colin Barr 2009-12-24 09:11By Colin BarrThe New Year is shaping up to be a rough one for community lenders.Dozens if not hundreds of small banks figure to disappear in 2010, as ...
