Joel Griffith is a Research Fellow specializing in financial regulations in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation (heritage.org).
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Without oversight or transparency, federal banking regulators at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and FDIC are rolling out onerous new restrictions on bank mergers...
Japanese steelmaker Nippon agreed in December 2023 to acquire U.S. Steel at a 40 percent premium to its stock price. It’s no surprise shareholders welcomed the proposal. But...
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