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To: Katelew who wrote (134439)3/23/2010 6:50:43 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 542953
 
If a regulator had been there to stop AIG Financial Products from walking the plank, they would be in fine shape today as a company. One of those instances where government can actually improve the free market results.

The relative stability of Canadian and Spanish banks owes a lot to their national regulators, unlike most other Europeans and the big US players.