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Big banks may push for simpler Basel rules

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Some big U.S. banks that once demanded flexible international capital standards have been chastened by the subprime credit crisis and now hope to qualify for a simpler and cheaper capital adequacy plan designed for small American banks.

The Federal Reserve and the other U.S. banking regulators are expected to issue on Thursday a so-called "standardized" version of the Basel II international capital adequacy framework for smaller banks that were not required to adopt a more costly and complex set of requirements.

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