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10:00FDIC Chair Sheila Bair and the U.S. banking industry

Guest host: Susan Page

F-D-I-C Chair Sheila Bair says now is the time to address the root causes of the economic meltdown: what she thinks is needed to restore confidence in the U-S financial sector and analysis of different strategies being considered to improve the health of U.S. banks and encourage new lending.

Guests

Sheila Bair, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Eugene Ludwig, founder and CEO, Promontory Financial Group former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and Vice Chair of Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank.

Michael Greenberger, professor, University of Maryland Law School, director, Center for Health and Homeland Security, and former senior regulator, Commodities Futures Trading Commission

Steve Verdier, SVP, Independent Community Bankers of America

11:00Helen Scales: "Poseidon's Steed" (Gotham Books)

Guest host: Susan Page

A marine biologist describes mankind's fascination with seahorses and explains their unusual appearance.

Guests

Helen Scales, marine biologist, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, and a host on the BBC radio shows "The Naked Scientists" and "Home Planet."

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