2015-03-17
A new book by the American Enterprise Institute's Peter Wallison reveals how a government push to lower credit standards brought about the housing crisis Â-- and why a new effort to expand homeownership could inadvertently set the stage for a fresh d
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2015-03-17
A study from the State University of New York at Buffalo’s School of Management has found that the JOBS Act seems to be having its intended effect – creating jobs, by helping more startups go public.
2015-03-17
Undersecured creditors may breathe a little easier. In a recent decision, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois denied the debtors’ request to use an undersecured creditor’s cash collateral, in the form of postpeti
Read More from: Business Finance & Restructuring News - Weil
2015-03-17
In its opinion in Gray v. Warfield (In re Gray), 523 B.R. 170 (9th Cir. BAP 2014), the Ninth Circuit BAP held that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Law v. Siegel, 134 S. Ct.
Read More from: Creditors' Rights
2015-03-17
The smaller banks in the FDIC's deposit insurance fund are subsidizing the activities of the largest banks. A two-tiered approach would go a long way toward addressing moral hazard and the too big to fail problem.
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2015-03-17
This is the next post in Plan Proponent’s series on the confirmation-related recommendations in the ABI Commission Repor
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2015-03-16
Landlords may be able to recover attorneys’ fees incurred when a debtor-tenant seeks to assume the lease, or assume and assign the lease to a third party. To recover attorney’s fees, however, the landlord must meet several criteria. First, the leas
Read More from: Delaware Bankruptcy Litigation
2015-03-16
I'm testifying before the House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday at a hearing entitled "Preserving Consumer Choice and Financial Independenc
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2015-03-16
The biggest threat to one’s nest egg or the assets that they wish to leave their loved ones isn’t necessarily a recession or tumbling stock market, but rather the debilitating march of time that might see them facing the kind of chronic illness or di
2015-03-16
The press has been writing articles about people abusing the Social Security Disability system, claiming that these people are filing for disability when they can work and are otherwise being lazy.
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2015-03-16
Two activist groups want regulators to investigate whether OneWest Bank used philanthropic contributions to win the support of community organizations. But this could set a precedent that would discourage banks from making much-needed donations.
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2015-03-16
One of the most successful startup banks in a generation is turning over its keys to a California bank. Institutional ownership and the prospect of slower growth may have prompted Square 1 to make the deal.
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2015-03-16
Men stand outside a Banco de Madrid branch office in Madrid, on March 11.
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2015-03-16
Men stand outside a Banco de Madrid branch office in Madrid, on March 11.
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2015-03-16
Wall Street Journal Tap the brakes on those hopes for a rebound in bank stocks in the near future. The same old worries bank investors know so well are expected to continue this year, analysts and investors told the Wall Street Journal.
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2015-03-15
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