In This Issue:

- Sequestration

- It Was A Wonderful Life - How Banks Can Revive Their Reputations

- The 'Ick ' Factor - Carnival's Long-Haul Challenge Ahead

- Blogs Worth Following

- LEVICK In the News

- Excerpt from It Was A Wonderful Life - How Banks Can Revive Their Reputations:

Here in 2013, conjuring the ghosts of It’s a Wonderful Life likely strikes most in the financial services industry as the height of naivety. But I do it for two reasons. First, it reminds us that there was indeed a time when banks were trusted, respected, and a part of the fabric of our communities. As a child, I knew my father’s bankers. They were there to help. That was a time when they were seen as true enablers of the American Dream; and when a screenplay about consumers coming to a distressed banker’s aid wouldn’t be laughed out of Hollywood. The movie is a testament to what banks once were and what they can be again.

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