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  1. Plenty of groups already scrutinize the Fed – would GAO audits really have a big impact? Find out Thursday in American Banker.
  2. TBTF banks face higher premiums, additional capital obligations and many, many other requirements. Read more in American Banker Wednesday.
  3. People’s United finally gets off the M&A sidelines, but its $738 million deal isn’t for a bank. Read more in American Banker Tuesday.
  4. Coning Monday in American Banker: Find out how the wheels came off the regulatory reform bus.
  5. RBS is in turmoil in the U.K., but in Friday’s American Banker its Citizens Financial unit explains why “it’s business as usual” in the U.S.
  6. BofA’s search for outside CEO prospects is undermining the reputations of the top inside candidates. Read more Thursday in American Banker.
  7. Newly-named GMAC CEO Michael Carpenter explains in Wednesday’s American Banker how he plans to turn around the troubled financial company.
  8. Blank-check buyout firm Western Liberty Bancorp has all the time in the world to complete a bank deal. Read why Tuesday in American Banker.
  9. Bankers are still parsing Senator Dodd’s 1,136-page regulatory reform bill. Read what they’ve found in Monday’s American Banker.
  10. Veteran banker John Kanas is overhauling BankUnited using the same playbook from his days at North Fork. More in American Banker Friday.
  11. After weathering the crisis, many bank CEOs may retire and few have named successors. Experts predict trouble, in American Banker Wednesday.
  12. A decade after Gramm-Leach-Bliley took effect, some backers say the law helped create the TBTF banks. Read how in American Banker Tuesday.
  13. Coming Monday in American Banker: Will ‘living wills,’ blueprints to dismantle big banks if necessary in a crisis, ever really be necessary?
  14. Critical decisions, including repaying TARP, have been put on hold as B of A tries to find a new CEO. Learn more in American Banker Friday.
  15. GMAC will no longer break out financial results for its ResCap mortgage unit, angering investors. Read more Thursday in American Banker.
  16. U.K. regulators force the breakups of two big banks. Will the U.S. follow suit? Dive into the TBTF debate in American Banker Wednesday.
  17. When seven FBOP banks failed Friday, FDIC forced its two 2 remaining viable banks into failure, too. Read why in American Banker Tuesday.
  18. Despite a pro-transparency stance, the Fed won’t release its findings on compensation at top banks. Find out why in American Banker Monday.
  19. Banks are dumping overdraft fees – how will that affect their popular free checking accounts? Find out Friday in American Banker.
  20. The new CEO at mortgage lender PHH is looking for nontraditional sources of warehouse funding. Read more in Thursday’s American Banker.