Increasing Capital a Signal of Declining High Grade Bank Bond Values?
Houston Chronicle
In its most recent analysis of large and medium-sized institutional asset manager's views, Capital Market Exchange found that measures of capital were a consistent consensus factor for both the Banks and Diversified Financials sectors.

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Florida Capital Bank board member issues notice to buy stock
Business Journal
One of the board of director members at Florida Capital Bank recently gave notice to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to possibly buy additional shares of the bank's common stock that could amount to as much as 85.58 percent of its total common ...



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Thousands March Against Austerity in Frankfurt
New York Times
BERLIN — Thousands of people on Saturday marched through the heart of Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital and the home of the European Central Bank, to protest against unchecked capitalism and Chancellor Angela Merkel's insistence on austerity ...
Thousands march in Frankfurt against austerity measuresReuters
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Hundreds Are Arrested in Protest in FrankfurtWall Street Journal
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Venture Capital Bank registers $8m profit
Gulf Daily News
MANAMA: Bahrain-based regional Islamic investment institution Venture Capital Bank bounced back into the black in the first quarter of the year. The bank yesterday posted a profit of $8 million for the first three months of 2012 against a loss of $2.9m ...

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Capital Bank Corporation Announces Financial Results for the First Quarter of 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
Operating and financial highlights include the following: The Company increased the equity investment balance in Capital Bank, NA by $3.1 million based on its equity in Capital Bank, NA's net income and decreased the equity investment balance by $625 ...

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Capital Bank Reports Strong Asset Growth, Ongoing Profitability & Expansion ...
MarketWatch (press release)
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif., May 07, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Capital Bank (OBB:CBJC) today announced results of operations for the first quarter of 2012 marked by strong asset growth and ongoing profitability. Assets expanded $15.8 million to $118.3 ...

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USA TODAY

Obama cites bank's loss to push for Wall Street regs
USA TODAY
In his weekly radio address Saturday morning, Obama cited the loss -- without mentioning the bank -- as an object lesson. While this particular bank can absorb that much, he said, other banks might not have sufficient capital.
Obama: Other Banks Can't Handle JPMorgan-Type LosseseCreditDaily.com
How will JPMorgan's $2B loss affect banking rules?San Antonio Express

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Bloomberg

Banks May Need $566 Billion to Plug Capital Gap, Fitch Says
BusinessWeek
By John Glover on May 17, 2012 The world's biggest banks may have to raise about $566 billion of common equity to meet rules on capital to be implemented by 2019, curtailing shareholder returns, according to analysts at Fitch Ratings.
The Future Of Banks Hangs In Their Balance SheetsForbes
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Black market emerges in Argentina as government imposes controls to curb ...
Washington Post
Argentina has been kept from global capital markets since defaulting on its debt during a financial crisis a decade ago, so Fernandez's government wants to keep dollars in the country to replenish central bank reserves and pay government debts.
Argentina Foreign Currency Bank Deposits Resume Their DeclineWall Street Journal
Argentines withdraw dollars slowly amid crackdownReuters

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Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Announces R. Terry Bennett as the Chairman of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
FRANKFORT, Ky., May 8, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- Farmers Capital Bank Corporation (NASDAQ:FFKT) (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors elected R. Terry Bennett as its Chairman after its annual meeting of shareholders on May 8, ...

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