Exclusive: Greek PM Papademos expects debt swap deal in days (Reuters)

Reuters – Greece expects to conclude difficult debt talks with private creditors within days and negotiations with the EU and the IMF on a new bailout deal by the middle of next week, Prime Minister Lucas Papademos told Reuters on Friday. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Banking Outlook: Happy Days Are Gone Again?

The banking industry has not yet returned to “normal” despite two years of earnings growth, and it will face more, not fewer, headwinds in 2012, according to a forecast report from Trepp LLC, a provider of information, analytics and technology to the CMBS, commercial real
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Anchor Commercial Given 90 Days To Raise Money or Be Sold

The Federal Reserve System has deemed Anchor Commercial Bank in Juno Beach, FL, undercapitalized and has yet to submit it an acceptable capital restoration plan as required. The Fed issued the bank a “Prompt Corrective Action Directive,” which gives it 90 days to increase
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Wall Street ends down after 3 days of gains (Reuters)

Reuters – U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday after three days of gains when a meeting between the heads of France and Germany failed to quell fears about euro zone leaders’ ability to contain the region’s sovereign debt woes. Yahoo! News: Business News
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