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Bernanke weighs Basel bank capital changes

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The Federal Reserve Board decided to exempt insurers with thrifts organized as savings and loan holding companies from tighter capital standards. Critics have said all along that it is inappropriate for the Fed to apply bank-centric capital requirements on life insurers.