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Ken Lewis bows to pressure at Bank of America but defends big bet on Merrill Lynch.
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Andrew Cuomo, Financial Reformer
Arguably, the ambitious New York attorney general's office has done more to reshape the U.S. financial industry than any other government entity.
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Financial Services Authority Reins In UK Banks
By becoming the first major regulator to draw up liquidity rules early last month, the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority set a standard that until now had remained undefined — and placed itself directly in the firing line of the banking community.
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Matthew Koder Moves Forward at UBS
He misses the hands-on deal making, but as the head of UBS's global capital markets operation, Matthew Koder has big plans to propel the besieged bank up the European league tables.
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Alistair Darling: Britain’s Crisis Chancellor
U.K Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has bailed out banks and run up massive deficits to combat the crisis. Can he restore growth and stability — and save Labour’s electoral prospects?
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Amado Boudou Leads Argentina’s Turnabout Tango
An unlikely helmsman for the storm-tossed Argentinean economy, Amado Boudou dazzles in his winning dance with foreign creditors. His mission: carry out market-friendly initiatives without angering the government's first family.
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Russian Oligarch Alexander Lebedev Displays His Czar Survival Skills
The recent global financial crisis dealt Alexander Lebedev — whose investments include a German airline, a London tabloid and a swath of potato farms south of Moscow — a brutal blow. Yet he and other Russian oligarchs are displaying highly imaginative survival skills to meet the challenge.
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Morgan Stanley's Richard Portogallo Learns From Crisis
Richard Portogallo, head of Morgan Stanley's U.S. equities division, says last year's financial crisis was a game changer. He explains how the cataclysmic events of 2008 will reshape the financial services industry's future.
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Can James Gorman Revive Morgan Stanley?
Morgan Stanley's James Morgan vows to restore firm’s investment banking luster. Gorman, who has been groomed to succeed John Mack as CEO, faces a more daunting challenge than his predecessor did when he started.
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Adapt or Die Poorer
Investing in today’s subdued economic climate requires a focus on real returns.
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Investors Snap Up Distressed Debt in Emerging Markets
The credit crunch has created plenty of distressed debt, and several money managers see the best investment plays in emerging markets. Long-term investors are snapping up bonds or loans of troubled companies at deep discounts.
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Stefan Selig Has Grand Ambitions for BofA-Merrill
Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's Stefan Selig looks to capitalize on the broader reach of his newly combined firm's investment banking franchise to make it one of the top-three players in equity, debt and M&A in the U.S. and globally.
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Cashing In On Carbon Credits
Commodities traders exploit inefficiencies in U.S. carbon trading. But what if Washington adopts federal regulations, can it last?
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