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- Americans took 10.4 billion rides on public transportation in 2011, the second highest total since 1957. [New York Times]
- U.S. exports to China are surging. [Washington Post]
- The latest round of bank stress tests are expected to show improving balance sheets at the nation’s financial firms. [New York Times]
- Business groups are pushing back on a provision of Wall Street reform that subjects certain too-big-to-fail financial firms to enhanced regulation. [The Hill]
- Greece’s debt swap may provide only a short-term reprieve from the Eurozone crisis. [CNBC]
- How banks won concessions in the $25 billion foreclosure fraud settlement. [Wall Street Journal]
- Scams targeting older Americans are on the rise. [Huffington Post]
- House Financial Services Committee Ranking Member Barney Frank (D-MA) has joined the calls for the nation’s top housing regulator, Edward DeMarco, to be replaced. [The Hill]
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