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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

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Many of the issues which the OCC will be focusing on ring true for all banks regardless of regulator and region. As portfolios grow and banks enter new risk scenarios, it would be prudent to reflect upon the key areas outlined above to mitigate the various manifestations of risk and to ensure that recent and future growth will be sound.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Massachusetts: Frozen Growth In The Frozen North

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New Englanders are known nationwide for several things: a stoic disposition, a fondness for chowders, a congenital love of wool and a weird horror at the letter “r.” The vagaries of the New England economy show up, encapsulated, in Massachusetts. The overall region was up 2.3 By The Store Front Numbers.