joe schwieterman says many of those cities may be passed over if flights are cut. "small towns are already hit with higher prices, but if they're hit with that and they lose their non-stop service, they're going to cease being attractive for conventions and corporate travel." antitrust observers say the justice department could ask for divestitures at another u.s. airways hub - charlotte, north carolina, and american's hub at dallas-forth worth. $10 million - the largest penalty ever against an exchange - levied against nasdaq because of its bungling of facebook's ipo. the sec announced the settlement yesterday, citing nasdaq's "poor systems and decision-making during the ipo." the offering last may was marred by technical problems. earlier, nasdaq said it would pay $62 million to trading firms that lost money that day. it was a record quarter for u.s. banks. banks brought in more profits than ever before, thanks to higher fees and fewer losses. profits reached $40 billion, up 15% from the same time last year. however, the chair of the fdic says there are a few cav