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Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal

On Wednesday in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena will seek a bankruptcy judge’s permission to proceed with a plan to pay $16.4 million to compensate hundreds of people who allege they were sexually abused by the diocese’s cl

Big banks are making critical risk management decisions with data that is old, incomplete or even inaccurate. This endangers the safety of the global financial system in more ways than one.

Michael E. Wiles

Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, is seen in a file picture taken July 14, 2004.

During Congressional testimony this week, Fed Chair Janet Yellen was sharply questioned about remarks made by Fed General Counsel Scott Alvarez expressing mild concern about a provision of Dodd-Frank.

Models display creations at the end of the Victoria’s Secret fashion show in London on Dec. 2.

As it stands, the bankruptcy code allows companies to file for bankruptcy in a location where they have a domicile, residence, principal place of business or principal assets–to includes the location of the company’s incorporation.

The Obama administration's proposed bank tax would apply to all liabilities of large financial institutions Â-- including their deposits. It's bad policy to tax the funding that banks use to make loans to consumers and businesses.