February 9, 2011 Testimony by Chairman Bernanke Before the Committee on the Budget, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. Cross References Transcript

February 8, 2011 The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released Subprime Foreclosures and the 2005 Bankruptcy Reform, the latest article in its Economic Policy Review series from the Research and Statistics Group. Cross References Press Release

February 1, 2011 Fed Chairman Bernanke gave this speech at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on February 3, 2011.

FINRA Regulatory Notice 11-07 February 8, 2011 FINRA published a regulatory notice to advise firms of modifications made to the FINRA Sanction Guidelines. Among other things, the modifications (i) remove the Minor Rule Violation Plan Letter from the definition of disciplinary "action" for purposes of considering prior actions; (ii) modify guidelines for violations as to sales of unregistered securities to advise adjudicators to consider higher fines and suspensions in egregious cases; (iii) incorporate into the FINRA Rule 8210 guidelines certain federal court and SEC precedents; (iv) provide

February 8, 2011 First, the proposed rule establishes the requirements for determining if a company is "predominantly engaged in financial activities." Under the Dodd-Frank Act, a company generally can be designated by the Council only if 85 percent or more of the company's revenues or assets are related to activities that have been determined to be financial in nature under the Bank Holding Company Act. Second, the proposed rule defines the terms "significant nonbank financial company" and "significant bank holding company." Among the factors the Council must consider in determining whether