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ABI Blog Exchange

Cut through the political ruckus to see what's proposed, what it means and who supports it.
Congrats for finding a long-lost portrait of Andrew Jackson! May we suggest how to spend it?
Still waiting for your IRS check? Try these tips for tracking down your tax cash.
Pump up your retirement account while paying in interest on a loan from your Thrift Savings Plan.
Experts are divided about whether investors should dabble in foreign currencies.
Think renting your own private isle is just for the rich and famous? Even you can live on island time.
The largest bank holding company by assets in the United States, with operations spanning the globe, is shooting for only 6.75% to 7% of Basel III Tier 1 common equity. Come again?
Boston bankruptcy lawyer Neil Burns reports good news: the rate of personal bankruptcies was lower in the first half of 2011 than the first half of the prior year.
If regulators significantly raise capital requirements, the fundamental bank financial model will change. It will require greater risk taking or it will relegate banking to a utility status.
By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
Is it getting increasingly difficult to use the bankruptcy of an affiliate to obtain the benefits of an asbestos injunction under section 524(g) of the Bankruptcy Code?  Within the course of about a month, two courts have limited the scope of
Major League Baseball says the hedge fund keeping the Los Angeles Dodgers afloat while in bankruptcy has collected a surreptitious $5.25 million fee that the lender and baseball team’s owner have intentionally withheld from the court.