Bank Assets

FDIC, Reluctant Landlord, Owns $1.8 Billion In Real Estate

Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

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Sheila Bair, de facto real estate magnate? As the mortgage market imploded over the past few years, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor...

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The Choice for the G-20

Ann Pettifor | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: US Economy, Unemployment, G-20 Summit, Economic Crisis, Finance Sector, Credit Crunch, Housing Crisis, Personal Debt, Bank Assets, Business News
Ann Pettifor

The hype around the stock bubble will most likely weaken any resolve to deal with the huge challenges posed by an out-of-control finance sector and a failing global economy.

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Sam Stein

Geithner Bank Plan Faces New Wave Of Criticism

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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Two weeks after being introduced, Timothy Geithner's bank rescue plan is facing a new round of withering criticism from economists who say the proposa...

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Treasury To Offer Details On Toxic-Asset Plan In Coming Week

Reuters | Glenn Somerville | Posted 04.14.2009 | Business

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The Treasury will offer more details in the coming week about how proposed public-private partnerships to take bad assets off banks' books will work, ...

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Cost Of Shoring Up Banks May Reach $4 Trillion

Reuters | Emily Kaiser | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business

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The cost of restoring confidence in U.S. financial firms may reach $4 trillion if President Barack Obama moves ahead with a "bad bank" that buys up so...

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