<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="max-width: 100%; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 33px; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); position: static; z-index: auto; font-size: 18px;">They say the devil is in the details. Regarding the Volcker Rule, the devil is in the details of its abundant exemptions. These include a laundry list of practices and businesses that mega-banks have performed under one roof, since the 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall, as well as the myriad perks they won along the way to that power-consolidating event.</p><p style="max-width: 100%; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 33px; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); position: static; z-index: auto; font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/volcker_rule_made_meaningless_by_abundant_exemptions_20131218">http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/volcker_rule_made_meaningless_by_abundant_exemptions_20131218</a></p><p style="max-width: 100%; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: Georgia, Palatino, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 33px; background-color: rgb(251, 251, 251); position: static; z-index: auto; font-size: 18px;"><br></p><div><br></div></body></html>