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Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	Tough as Nails Lockport, New York-based First Niagara Financial Corp. keeps hammering out high performance in good times and bad.
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Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Jim Freer	Capital Management: Banking's Trickiest Juggling Act More than ever, directors are keeping their eyes fixed on the balance sheet, in an effort to reach perfect harmony between regulatory soundness and profitability.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 John R. Engen	M&A in 2010: The Year of the No-frill Deal There are pockets of opportunity everywhere this year, as most analysts and dealmakers agree. But you won't find anyone more risk averse than bankers these days.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 John Engen	Eat or Be Eaten Banks that have strong balance sheets, excellent credit quality and first-rate regulatory compliance skills will thrive in today's challenging operating environment. Banks that lack those characteristics may be forced to sell out.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	The Market for M&A in 2009: What Happens Next? With billions in government-spawned capital poised to funnel through the financial industry pipelines, many deal watchers are wondering whether such financing will pop the cork on a flood of deals -- or stall potential transactions until the outlook is clearer.
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The Motley Fool March 17, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz	Bailouts: The Final Word We should be doing everything we can now to prevent the possibility of ever having to have another TARP program.
U.S. Banker July 2009 John Engen	Match Game If the investments in companies like BankUnited result in stronger franchises, it will confirm that perhaps there is a greater role for private equity in the banking industry.
U.S. Banker February 2010 Rob Garver	What Now? If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies. Or it could do nothing at all.
The Motley Fool October 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger	How You Can Profit From TARP TARP warrants sold by the Treasury have a lot of appeal.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	The Sinking of a Titan In a saga that involved marathon board meetings and dramatic offers/counteroffers, the forced sale of one of the nation's largest institutions serves as a reminder that liquidity and market perception matter most in the end.
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Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011	FDIC Lawsuit Targets Directors at Failed Banks and Thrifts; TARP'S Uncertain Legacy In a complaint filed in November of last year, the agency is seeking at least $20 million from 11 executives and directors, including five outsiders.
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Finance & Development March 2010	Big Bad Bonuses? Pros and cons of bankers' bonuses: one defends bankers' bonuses; one says they are a symptom of a bigger problem -- reckless risk taking by big financial players.
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BusinessWeek September 30, 2010 Rebecca Christie	TARP Didn't Bust the Bank The much-maligned bailout program made money on most Wall Street investments and cost less than expected.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	Winds of Change These are truly challenging times for banks, and for bank directors. A weak U.S. economy has made it difficult for most institutions to find enough good lending opportunities to go around.
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U.S. Banker December 2008 Michael Sisk	First Niagara Articulates Its TARP Tactics With $9 billion in assets and 114 branches in the Buffalo, NY area, First Niagara Bank falls into that grey area between community bank and super-regional, exactly the size some say will be squeezed by the financial crisis and the government's intervention through the Trouble Asset Relief Program.
Registered Rep. May 8, 2009 Kristen French	Morgan Dresses Up For TARP Exit The firm raised $8 billion in new capital on Friday through the sale of debt and equity, over 50 percent more than it announced on Thursday.
Finance & Development December 2010	Stimulus Worked Without the quick and massive policy response, the Great Recession might still plague the United States.
BusinessWeek April 8, 2010	Book Excerpt: Roger Lowenstein's "The End of Wall Street" The Street isn't dead - but a certain laissez-faire idea of it is. So argues Lowenstein in his new book.
U.S. Banker December 2010 Rob Garver	SBA Aims to Attract More Banks The lower fees and higher guarantees enacted for the government s small-business lending programs have some in the industry optimistic that interest by banks might surge.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Will Obama Succeed Where Shareholders Have Failed? Delving beyond the headlines.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	A Look at the Hill and Beyond Steve Bartlett, head of a financial services lobbying group, talks about political gyrations in Congress and the concerns all banks ought to be having about the impact of banking reform on the U.S. economy.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2009 Keoun & Mildenberg	TARP: Last Bank Out Is a Rotten Egg Citi, the only major bank left with "exceptional" federal aid, is racing to arrange payback terms.
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Registered Rep. January 27, 2009 Kristen French	Citi: Suffering Some Serious "Jet Nag" The fancy corporate jet Citi ordered a few years back for 2009 has now been Cancelled.
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