Finance
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Yellen says bank situation stabilizing, different from 2008
Mar 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen projected calm on Tuesday after recent regional bank collapses but told a gathering of bankers that additional rescue arrang...
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Army of lobbyists helped water down banking regulations
Mar 21, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - It seemed like a good idea at the time: Red-state Democrats facing grim reelection prospects would join forces with Republicans to slash bank regulations - ...
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Thanks to a slowing economy, SBA loans have been growing in popularityMar 19, 2023 1:00 am - As interest rates continue to increase and fears of a recession loom, it is becoming harder for some small businesses to get financing. However, one very good option re...
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UBS and Credit Suisse to combine in $3.2 billion deal to rein in global banking turmoil
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - GENEVA - Banking giant UBS is buying its smaller rival Credit Suisse for $3.2 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking, Swiss Presi...
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New York Community Bank to buy failed Signature Bank of N.Y.
Mar 19, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - New York Community Bank has agreed to buy a significant chunk of the failed Signature Bank in that state in a $2.7 billion deal, the Federal Deposit Insurance...
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Credit Suisse shares soar after central bank offers lifeline
Mar 16, 2023 1:00 am - GENEVA - Credit Suisse shares surged Thursday after the Swiss central bank agreed to loan the bank up to 50 billion francs ($54 billion) to bolster confidence in the cou...
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FACT CHECK: Were 'woke' policies to blame for bank's demise?
Mar 16, 2023 1:00 am - As Wall Street reels from the swift demise of Silicon Valley Bank - the biggest American bank failure since the 2008 financial meltdown - some social media users are hon...
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Experts, banks look for ideas to stop next bank failure
Mar 16, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The warning signs were all there. Silicon Valley Bank was expanding at a breakneck pace and pursuing wildly risky investments in the bond market. The v...
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How the last banking tumult fuels today's populist politics
Mar 15, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Mike Pence and Bernie Sanders are hardly political allies. But in the aftermath of two large bank failures, the conservative former vice president and the d...
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Silicon Valley Bank's demise disrupts the disrupters in tech
Mar 14, 2023 1:00 am - Silicon Valley Bank's collapse rattled the technology industry that had been the bank's backbone, leaving shellshocked entrepreneurs thankful for the government reprieve...