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• Gensler Expresses Renewed Doubt Over Libor Integrity

  By Liam Vaughan, Bloomberg  |  April 23, 2013

  Libor and similar benchmarks ‘unsustainable in the long run,' CFTC head says.

• Basel III Expected to Boost Trade Finance Costs in Europe

  By Susan Kelly  |  November 16, 2012

  Large companies in Europe seen shifting some trade finance business to global banks.

• Ratings Not Trusted: Former S&Per

  By Zeke Faux, Bloomberg  |  July 10, 2012

  Institutional investors no longer trust credit ratings, says former head of structured finance at S&P.

• Ezrati’s Economic Outlook: Where is Blücher?

  By Milton Ezrati  |  July 2, 2012

  Debt crisis could prove euro’s Waterloo, yet the ECB is on the sidelines.

• Less Need for Easing: Fed Officials

  By Joshua Zumbrun and Aki Ito  |  April 5, 2012

  Four Fed bank presidents speak out against additional accommodation.

• Stress Tests Show Fed Push

  March 14, 2012

  Regulators succeeded in encouraging banks to improve their balance sheets.

• Europe Banks Vow $1 Trillion Cuts

  By Anne-Sylvaine Chassany and Liam Vaughan, Bloomberg  |  October 19, 2011

  But asset sales may be difficult in current markets, which could limit shrinkage.

• Trichet Sees ‘Systemic’ Risk for Europe

  By Jana Randow, James C. Neuger, Bloomberg  |  October 11, 2011

  ECB president says stress is migrating from smaller to larger countries.

• EU Pushes Coordinated Bank Aid

  By Rebecca Christie, Tony Czuczka, Bloomberg  |  October 6, 2011

  Merkel says European rescue fund should be last resort.