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Bank profits rise, but revenues sag

Jan 19, 2011
Banks are bouncing back with strong profits as they purge bad loans. But new regulations are cutting into what's needed most for growth: revenue.

Potential fallout from WikiLeaks obtaining Swiss bank data

Jan 17, 2011
A former Swiss banker gave the website WikiLeaks the names of around 2,000 alleged tax-dodgers with accounts in the Cayman Islands. The website plans to release the names shortly. Jeff Tyler reports.

AIG prepares to sell 'damaged goods'

Jan 17, 2011
It may take a little while, but AIG is on the road to repaying billions it got in bailout money. But to do that, the company needs to repair a damaged image. Mitchell Hartman explains.

Banks' profits may include reserves -- but that may be a good thing

Jan 15, 2011
As banks start to report their earnings for the year, some analysts may warn that the numbers a bit inflated because the banks are counting the reserves they set aside before the meltdown. But counting those reserves now isn't really being untruthful, report Bob Moon.

Is it possible to predict what's "too big to fail"?

Jan 14, 2011
Next week a new government panel is supposed to come up with a list of "systemically important financial institutions" -- those companies that are supposed to be vital to the financial system. But Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says you'll only know it when you see it.

Weekly Wrap: Bank profits

Jan 14, 2011
Kai Ryssdal talks to Leigh Gallagher from Fortune Magazine and John Carney from CNBC about the week's news from Wall Street and beyond.

Bank dividends could be back, according to analysts

Jan 14, 2011
For a couple of years, big banks stopped paying out dividends to their investors. But with big profits returning to the banking sector, analysts say those dividends could be back.

For public good, not for profit.

Curbing the pay of London's 'City Boys'

Jan 12, 2011
In an effort to try and curb hefty bonuses, and perhaps risky behavior, in the financial sector, a group of labor unionists, journalists and academics from the U.K. have launched a high pay commission. Stephen Beard reports on their efforts.

Goldman Sachs expected to announce accounting changes

Jan 11, 2011
The investment bank Goldman Sachs will announce 39 accounting changes to disclose how it deals with clients and how it makes money through its own investments. John Dimsdale explains.

New bank fees are aimed at lower income customers

Jan 10, 2011
Now that there are new rules for credit cards and overdraft fees, banks are trying to find money in other places. And as Stacey Vanek Smith reports, this means going after lower income customers, which in turn could move these customers out of the banking system altogether.
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