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Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Mortimer Zuckerman, chairman of Boston Properties Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Matt Miller about the outlook for financial regulation. Zuckerman said U.S. lenders need "systemic regulation" and that the Federal Reserve did "brilliant work" under chairman Ben S. Bernanke. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal talks about his state’s plans to join Ohio in suing Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Corp. and Fitch Ratings for their “negligent, reckless and incompetent work” in grading investments made by state pension funds. Blumenthal, speaking from Stamford, Connecticut, said his office and a “number of other states” are preparing legal action against the credit rating companies. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Lindsey Arent reports on the latest banking crisis in comparison to the financial crunch of the 1980's. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- James Chessen, chief economist at the American Bankers Association, talks with Bloomberg’s Peter Cook and Deirdre Bolton about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s report on banks and the outlook for the U.S banking industry. The FDIC had 552 banks with $345.9 billion in assets on its confidential problem list in the third quarter, a 33 percent increase from 416 lenders with $299.8 billion in assets at the end of the previous quarter. Chessen also discusses the prospects for consolidation within the industry and the FDIC's reserves. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Jason Tyler, senior vice president of portfolio management at Ariel Investments LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Peter Cook about Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman Sheila Bair's remarks on the state of the banking industry and the outlook for more bank failures. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Townsend, president and chief executive officer of Hill-Townsend LLC, talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about the outlook for the U.S. banking industry. Townsend, speaking from Washington, also discusses the prospects for more bank failures and the outlook for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.'s report on banks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Ben McLannahan of the Financial Times' Lex commentary team talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the capital position of China's banks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Christopher Whalen, managing director of Institutional Risk Analytics, talks with Bloomberg's Deirdre Bolton and Erik Schatzker about the outlook for the U.S. banking industry. Whalen also discusses the risk of more bank failures and funding of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn talks with Mark Barton about the risks of political influence at Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Lloyds Banking Group Plc. The U.K. has accumulated stakes of 70 percent in RBS and 43 percent in Lloyds in the wake of the global financial crisis. Lynn speaks in London. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Martin Rosen, founder of Health Advocate Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Mark Crumpton about his new book "The Healthcare Survival Guide: Cost-Saving Options for the Suddenly Unemployed and Anyone Else Who Wants to Save Money." (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- H.H. Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al-Nahayan, the minister of higher education and scientific research for the United Arab Emirates, talks with Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan about the UAE's education policies. Al-Nahayan also discusses efforts to attract business investment to the UAE and the impact of the financial crisis on Dubai. Al-Nahayan is also chairman of Abu Dhabi Group, Union National Bank, and United Bank Ltd. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum fired one senior aide and removed three others from the board of Dubai’s main holding company as the debt-laden emirate seeks sustainable industries to replace a real-estate market that was the worst affected by the global financial crisis. Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Jon Erlichman reports on how some hedge funds are profiting from buying home loans at a discount. The funds reduce the size of the mortgages and make them qualify for government guarantee. These loans are then sold to federal agencies, which then package them into securities that are sold to investors. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Daniel Clifton, director of policy research at Strategas Research Partners, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the prospects for a resolution fund for large financial firms as part of an overhaul of U.S. financial regulation. Clifton also discusses the outlook for a consumer financial protection agency and derivatives legislation. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Gary Gorton, Yale University finance professor, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Deirdre Bolton about credit default swaps and the collapse of the financial system. (This is an excerpt of the full interview. Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama handed the U.S. Congress a road map for an overhaul of financial-services regulation in June, including greater oversight of derivatives and system-wide risks, new ways to wind down failed companies and a consumer agency to regulate credit cards and mortgages. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker and Dawn Kopecki report on progress being made on the legislation. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp.’s board may extend its search for a permanent new chief executive officer into 2010 if directors can’t settle on a candidate in the next three days, according to people familiar with the matter. The directors, who met Nov. 20, may be willing to go past their Nov. 26 target and the Dec. 31 retirement of CEO Kenneth Lewis if it means getting a better choice. Options include an interim chief or a delay in Lewis's retirement. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Arthur Henderson, an analyst at Jefferies & Co., talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about his investment strategy for U.S. health-care stocks. Henderson also discussses health-care legislation now moving through Congress. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The ex-Pequot Capital Management Inc. employee now at the center of a U.S. insider-trading probe told his therapist that the hedge-fund firm fired him in 2001 after he stopped delivering secret information on Microsoft Corp., the psychologist said in a deposition. Bloomberg's Jesse Westbrook reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- William Cohan, author of "House of Cards" and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks with Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker about the Federal Reserve's scrutiny of the biggest U.S. banks to ensure the lenders can withstand a reversal of soaring global-asset prices. Cohan also discusses the Fed's regulatory authority and bank bonuses. (Source: Bloomberg)