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09.01.2009 5:00 pm

Too big to fail, and unfortunately getting bigger

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Fed officials such as James Bullard, Thomas Hoenig and Gary Stern have spoken eloquently about the need to address banking’s too-big-to-fail problem, but in the real world, bank regulators haven’t done much about it. In fact, the Washington Post reported last week,…

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01.20.2009 2:03 pm

One theory: “Management bandwidth” dooms financial supermarkets

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

My column on Citigroup and Bank of America drew an insightful voice mail from Charles “Chip” Roame, managing principal of Tiburon Strategic Advisors in Tiburon, Calif. The financial-services consultant’s comments came too late to get into the column, but they’re too…

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10.08.2008 3:11 pm

Big banks are getting bigger here

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Bigger isn’t necessarily better in the banking business, as some recent failures prove, but the biggest banks in St. Louis have gained market share lately at the expense of regional players. U.S. Bank, No. 1 in the market, increased its lead over…

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