Dodd quits dithering on bank reform

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:04 -0500

DODD QUITS DITHERING. ON BANK REFORM
After months of trying to get Republican support for tougher
regulations to prevent the next global financial crisis, Sen. Chris
Dodd has decided to move. Ahead with or without bipartisan backing.

THERE'S NO BASIS FOR PANDIT'S FORECAST FOR CITI
In one way, Vikram Pandit is doing what a good chief executive should:
talking up his company. Where he's risking trouble is setting a target
for those expectations, writes David Weidner.

'VOLCKER RULE' MAY NOT HIT GOLDMAN STOCK: ANALYST
The "Volcker rule" and other proposed regulation looming over Wall
Street may not hit shares of Goldman Sachs because the stock already
reflects such risk, analyst says.

BANK STOCKS EXTEND GAINS; CITI, REGIONALS IN LEAD
U.S. regional bank shares add to the past session's gains Thursday,
and Citigroup shares gained more than 1%, as investors looked ahead to
comments from a number of bank executives.

ASIA MARKETS PARE GAINS AFTER CHINA ECONOMIC DATA
Asian markets ended mixed on Thursday, with several markets paring
gains as resource stocks fell after Chinese economic data sparked
fresh worries of further tightening measures from Beijing.