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Banking 2012: Maneuvering to Survive the Desert Landscape of Zero Interest Rates

Dennis Santiago | Posted 04.07.2012

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Simply put, with zero interest rates pushing operating margins down to nothing, the only thing starving bankers have left to do to survive the drought is cannibalize the industry.

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Investors Biggest Worry: The End Of Fed's Cheap Money Era

Posted 06.08.2011

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CHICAGO (By Doris Frankel) - The end of super-cheap money from the Federal Reserve is trumping corporate earnings results as a key risk to hedge f...

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Ben Bernanke Defends Fed's Massive $900 Billion Program

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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What will the Federal Reserve's massive $900 billion plan actually accomplish? As HuffPost's Shahien Nasiripour pointed out yesterday, the Fed's new a...

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Low Interest Rates Are The Latest Sign Of A Stalled Recovery

nytimes.com | FLOYD NORRIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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As 2010 began, there was nearly unanimous agreement in financial circles on at least one thing: Interest rates were sure to rise during the year. ...

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How The Fed's Low Interest Rate Policy Is Hurting Savers, Retirees

The Huffington Post | Willam Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

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With the Fed's key interest rate approaching zero, there's rarely been a better time to borrow. It happens to be a particularly bad time to save, howe...

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Shahien Nasiripour

Bank Profits Soar, Lending Falls As Banks Pay Next To Nothing For Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bank profits jumped 21 percent last quarter to nearly $22 billion, the highest level in three years, as banks put away less money to cover future loss...

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