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While well intended, Dodd-Frank only tinkers with our supervisory and regulatory structure rather than making the hard but needed changes.
Regulators should not allow any more bank mergers if the resulting entity would exceed $100 billion in assets. The return is just not worth the risk.

Chapter 13 Trustees Are Challenging the $200 Old Car Allowance

A new Chapter 13 controversy is brewing over whether a debtor can take an additional $200 “Old Car” operating allowance on the
When you outsource, your control is weakened. Vendors may not believe that their revenues depend much on whether your customers get more value - or even a fair deal.
Earlier this week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the Lake of Torches decision that invalidated a bond indenture as a “management contract” because it contained provisions that permitted lenders to influ
The FDIC announced on Sept. 8th that the agenda for their Sept.
This week on The Broke and the Beautiful, creditors of the Los Angeles Dodgers seek to hire investment bankers, Lenny “Nails” Dysktra pleads not guilty to indecent-exposure charges, and a special-effects company fades to black for good.
We promise not to make our next trivia contest too hard!  Not counting our one unfair question (see below), only four respondents missed fewer than two questions, so we are donating an additional $100 to inMotion’s second annual Story by Stor
Federal Bureau of Investigation agents on Thursday raided the headquarters of a California solar-panel maker that filed for bankruptcy this week and left U.S. taxpayers on the hook for as much as $527 million.
When you file bankruptcy, an “automatic stay” takes effect.
Anti-collision systems can protect you, but they can also help you save money. Find out how.
Tweaking your car loan with a better rate will cut your cost, but another way works, too.
Sprinkle tax cuts with government spending, and you have Obama's recipe for creating jobs.