Davos: Future of Finance
DAVOS-Bankers play contrite, offer olive branch at Forum
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 29 - Top bankers adopted a softer tone after high-level meetings at the World Economic Forum on Saturday, thanking governments for shoring up the financial system in the hope of avoiding tighter regulation.
DAVOS FOCUS-No meeting of minds for banks, regulators
* Liquidity, shadow banking also need tackling-Hildebrand
Deutsche chief sides with Dimon in regulation spat
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 28 - The head of Germany's top lender Deutsche Bank said on Friday excessive regulation could destroy markets, joining a growing list of peers opposing French President Nicolas Sarkozy's hardline approach.
UPDATE 3-Bernanke: all but one major firm at risk in 2008
* Bankers seek to put reputational damage behind them (Adds transcript comments from Blankfein, news conference comments from Georgiou)
WRAPUP 8-Obama touts investment plan on middle America trip
* In State of the Union, he seeks 5-year spending freeze
Live Blog
China’s economy absent from concerns on Davos panel
If policymakers and financial markets outside the Swiss alps are concerned about China’s economic outlook, those worries were missing from a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
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