It put forth the idea that millions of Americans might soon swap their high-cost lives on the urban coasts and head out to Green Acres.

FORBES: Wriston's Law Still Holds

The higher the cost of a credit default swap, the higher the implied risk.

FORBES: Connect

In recent weeks there has been a rise in both LIBOR (a gauge of banks' borrowing costs) and the credit-default-swap spreads on bank bonds (the cost of insuring against default risk).

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The, The cost incurred to buy Credit Default Swap protection on corporate bonds from climbed to the highest level this month.

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