Is market-to-market hurting economic recovery? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about the short-sighted practice of requiring banks to value their holdings on a short-term liquidation basis, instead of the more realistic longer-term life of the asset.

What do we do about the big banks? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to explain why banks that are too big to fail should be broken up before they completely ruin the economy and capitalism.

How will the FinReg legislation impact your small business? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the new financial regulations being debated and how this will impact small banks and therefore, small businesses.

What does the future of small banks look like? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what the future of small independent bankers will look like and how that will impact your small business.

What will be the impact of new financial legislation on small banks and the small businesses they serve? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the dangerous provisions for small banks and small businesses in the financial reform legislation being debated.

Will more money in community banks create more small business jobs? Mike Menzies and Jim Blasingame discuss how community banks will respond to Obama's plan to give them access to $30 billion to lend to small businesses. Mike says it may help create jobs, Jim disagrees.

What will small business banking look like in 2010? Mike Menzies talks to Jim Blasingame about some of the key issues small businesses and their banks will face as they work together in 2010. They also discuss some of the new regulations that are being proposed by Congress.

Reporting on the truth about small business and capital acquisition, community banker, Mike Menzies, talks with Jim Blasingame about what's really happening with small businesses and capital acquisition. The problem is not lack of capital, but lack of business and therefore, worthiness to support a loan proposal.

How will proposed banking regulations negatively impact small businesses? Mike Menzies talks with Jim Blasingame about his recent testimony before a Congressional committee on how new regulations could hurt independent banks and therefore, small businesses.

How is the big bank industry doing amidst trying to survive while dealing with government intervention? Mike Menzies joins Jim Blasingame to talk about some of the issues around the challenges of the banking industry, plus how independent community banks are not part of the banking collapes, but in fact, are strong and never stopped lending to small businesses.