A financial regulation bill being written by U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., differs from ideas backed by the White House, the senator says. Dodd's bill, which is expected to play the same role in the effort to place tighter controls on Wall Street as the bill crafted by Sen.

The U.S. thrift industry has posted its first profit since the third quarter of 2007, U.S.

Regulatory change for U.S.

At least 30 U.S. banks since 2000 have sidestepped federal directives by switching to state supervision, a Washington Post study found. Over the past eight years 240 banks have chosen to make the switch from federal oversight to state charters.

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