Current FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair has said in recent weeks she could raise these contributions.
That vacancy was filled in June with the confirmation of former Treasury Department staffer Sheila Bair.
The plan falls short of what Bair has recommended to rein in the too-big-to-fail menace.
Ben Bernanke and Sheila Bair also believe that a two-tier system will not be effective.
In a speech this past week, Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
Earlier this year, Bair said about 13 percent of the banks on the list typically fail.
"More banks will come on the list as credit problems worsen, " says FDIC Chairwoman Sheila Bair.
The decline in earnings was largely due to increased expenses from credit losses, says Bair.
Bair pointed to a glimmer of hope in the line item about reserving for losses.
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Alas, I doubt if President Obama would nominate Bair or the Senate would confirm her.
Bair: So, I think derivatives and structured finance had a lot to do with it.
Bair studied philosophy at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence, then graduated from its law school.
Bair has said she expects bank failures to peak this year before beginning to taper off.
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Bair got much of what she wanted in the financial reform legislation, but her feelings seem mixed.
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Mr. Geithner succeeded in bailing out Citigroup and prevailed over Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Sheila Bair.
Bair, who eschews power pants suits and salon-perfect hair for a more off-the-rack and unfussy look, is fifty-five.
They hosted a series of afternoon seminars, inviting guests such as Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, and Sheila Bair.
Chairman Sheila Bair seems to think that the real task lies ahead.
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Ms Bair sets forth evidence on the various charges against Jung, on the whole coming down in his favour.
The boldest suggestion has come from Sheila Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a guarantor and supervisor.
Sheila Bair had another chance, before coming out with her book, to change the course of the foreclosure reviews.
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In 1991, Dole helped Bair get appointed to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates commodity futures and option markets.
Bair is instead diplomatic and lukewarm in her critique of the planned process during questioning from Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA).
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But after the 1984 elections Dole became Majority Leader, and Bair rose with him, taking top staff positions in his office.
"We're urging all institutions to make sure their reserves are large enough to cover expected losses, " the FDIC's Bair said Thursday.
But Bair, the only woman among the six candidates in the primary, was also the only one to support abortion rights.
Bair is opposed to any banking regulator getting a job working for a bank they used to be the watchdog over.
But, Bair said, she has found some resistance from Washington critics who say the proposal is a subsidy for troubled homeowners.
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Mike Bair, in charge of developing Boeing's 737 business, says a new aircraft ordered today might not be delivered until 2015.
Bair would like to see banks hold onto the loans they make rather then sell them off to Wall Street for securitization.
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