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Morning Links 1-22
Geithner has reservations on US banks (Wutkowski/Eder, Reuters) More evidence that Geithner is a goner. Will Volcker replace him? Sheila Bair could be a dark horse. She has lots of Democratic fans on the Hill despite being appointed by a Republican. In any case, Geithner was on PBS last night defending the plan.
A closer look at the Volcker rule (Felix) Capitol Hill may not be taking Obama's rule very seriously. They think it was just a way to spin the news cycle away from the fact that healthcare will fail now that the Dems have lost their 60th vote in the Senate. Moreover, they don't think Obama's actually going to wage the fight against Wall Street that he claims he's ready for.
Bernanke faces tougher vote in Senate (Reddy/Paletta, WSJ)
Fed secrecy claims bogus redacted AIG details already public (Adams, Naked Capitalism) More detail in a second post here.
FDIC and Bank of England to cooperate on resolution of troubled cross-border financials (FDIC) Next time a big financial blows itself up, Sheila Bair and Mervyn King want to make sure they're prepared to deal with it in tandem.
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