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How Will FinReg Affect Regional Banks?

Mariner Kemper, UMB Financial chairman & CEO, shares his thoughts on the impact of financial regulation.

What do Those Abroad Feel About Commercial Real Estate’s Impact on the Economy?

French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde shares her thoughts

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Philip Blumberg of Blumberg Capital Partners thinks the U.S. commercial office market is offering the best discounts in decades.

According to Tai Hui, regional head of economic research in Southeast Asia at Standard Chartered Bank, people in Vietnam buy property…with Gold!

The Fed is Maintaining its Securities Holdings in an Effort to Spur Economic Growth

Richard Yorke from Real Capital Analytics Suggest it May Be Time to Buy Commercial Real Estate

Viva Las Vegas Building? - Discussing whether there are signs of a bottom in Vegas construction, with Dick Rizzo, Tutor Perini Corp.

After suffering heavy losses, is pricing on commercial property in the UK back? Sabina Kalyan of CBRE Investors thinks so.

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Can commercial real estate recover without securitization?

Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee Barney Frank Discusses Financial Regulation

National Economic Council Director Larry Summers discusses the Wall Street reform bill

It is more important to know the parameters of the EU’s bank stress tests than it is to know the results, Richard Portes from London Business School told CNBC Tuesday. Andy Brough from Schroders joined the discussion.

There are “tentative signs of recovery” in the US real estate market, but “there are still enormous challenges,” says Richard York from Real Capital Analytics.

The Congressional Oversight Panel is out with their latest TARP report, with Elizabeth Warren, Congressional Oversight Panel chair.

Discussing financial regulatory reform’s impact on community banks and the real estate market with James Hyman, CEO of Hopewell Valley Community Bank; Frank Sorrentino, CEO of North Jersey Community Bank; and Dennis McCormack, managing partner of Prominent Properties Sotheby’s International Realty.

Private equity firm Fortress Investment Group has made two deals in the commercial real estate arena. Daniel Mudd, CEO of the Fortress Investment Group, discusses the deals.

Are we headed for a double dip recession? Nouriel Roubini, professor of NYU’s Stern School of Business, and recent author of the book “Crisis Economics” weighs in on the Kudlow Report.

Julia Coronado, senior US economist at BNP Paribas, and Stuart Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial, share their economic outlooks for the second-half of 2010.

To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II:

In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).

Your new Prime Minister, David Cameron, will appoint a Governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded.

A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed. To aid in the transition to a British Crown dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

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