Washington Mutual Collapse

Ex-Banker Writes 'Cautionary Tale' Based On The Hobbit

Reuters | Posted 04.21.2012

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By Lou Carlozo CHICAGO, April 20 (Reuters) - Since T.S. Eliot's brief career at Lloyds Bank of London, the connections...

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Catherine New

In WaMu Settlement, An Easy Way Out For Former Executives

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.13.2011

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In what essentially amounts to pocket change when compared to the billions that Washington Mutual made in risky loans, three former top executives of ...

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WaMu Failure

nytimes.com | SEWELL CHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Regulators failed for years to properly supervise the giant savings and loan Washington Mutual, even as the company wobbled under the we...

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WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history

AP | MADLEN READ | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — As the debate over a $700 billion bank bailout rages on in Washington, one of the nation's largest banks _ Washington Mutual Inc. _ h...

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Eighty Percent Of Washington Mutual Chicago Branches Could Close: Report

Crain's Chicago Business | Ann R. Weiler, Alby Gallun and Lorene Yue | Posted 05.25.2011

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"J. P. Morgan Chase & Co. is likely to shut down all but 15% to 20% of Washington Mutual Inc.'s Chicago-area branches, according to the real estate br...

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Chase Buys Washington Mutual: Fewer Chicago Branches?

Chicago Tribune | Posted 05.25.2011

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The shotgun acquisition of Washington Mutual by JPMorgan Chase & Co. to prevent the former's collapse could mean the consolidation of a number of bank...

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