Run on Banks

Kabul Bank Bailout? Mahmoud Karzai, President's Brother, Calls For U.S. To Shore Up Bank

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hamid Karzai's older brother wants the U.S. to guarantee deposits at Afghanistan's largest bank to stop a developing bank run fueled by fears of fraud...

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Burr Encourages Run On Banks

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE 5/1: Sen. Richard Burr, widely criticized for telling his wife to pull cash out of the bank during the banking crisis, has no regrets. "Absol...

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