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Published 2/6/2009 at Reuters: Politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It might be possible to modify mark-to-market accounting rules for U.S. banks facing steep write-downs of troubled assets without abandoning the underlying accounting standard, a senior Senate Democrat said.
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