BBC News -- Historic US Banking Reform «
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/506207.stm | | Bbc news report that us congress passes banking reform , allowing insurance companies , banks and stockbrokers to own each other - and possibly triggering a new merger wave. (11-5-99) |
Clinton, Republicans Agree to Deregulation of US Financial System «
http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/nov1999/bank-n01.shtml | | News article critical of bank reform and deregulation alleding it encouages financial monopolies , loss of privacy and other harmful effects. from world socialist web site. (11-1-99). |
Goodbye Glass-Steagall, Hello Big Mergers -- and Big Fees? «
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct1999/nf91029b.htm?scriptFramed | | Article in business week online (10-29-99) contending bank mergers will not bring higher consumer fees because of other competition. |
