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FDIC insurance fund closes quarter $8.2 billion in debt
(RawStory) – As the number of problem U.S. banks swells to the hundreds, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is increasingly hard-pressed to fill in the gaps where institutions have put de… more →
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FDIC insurance fund closes quarter $8.2 billion in debt
sakerfa wrote 1 month ago: (RawStory) – As the number of problem U.S. banks swells to the hundreds, the Federal Deposit I … more →
Smash Bros Melee: Aerials Per Minute Challenge.
zomgrob wrote 1 month ago: i found this both interesting and entertaining. i’m just going to quote the More Info section … more →
Yes I can, I’m the Chief Inspector…
edspolitics wrote 2 months ago: It had all the trappings of a scene from the movie“Hot Fuzz” wherein Sergeant Nicholas Angel, whose … more →
Recovery is here?
Mritunjay wrote 2 months ago: Even as various analyst and economists are falling head over heels with claims of economic recovery … more →
More on the FDIC
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pavanvan wrote 3 months ago: As I mentioned in an earlier post the FDIC has seen its reserves dwindle under the weight of this ye … more →
MSM: The Coming Deposit Insurance Bailout
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sakerfa wrote 3 months ago: (WSJ) – Americans are about to re-learn that bank deposit insurance isn’t free, even as … more →
MSM: Toxic Loans Topping 5% May Push 150 Banks to Point of No Return
sakerfa wrote 4 months ago: (Bloomberg) – More than 150 publicly traded U.S. lenders own nonperforming loans that equal 5 … more →
Do We Really NEED The Giant Banks?
sakerfa wrote 4 months ago: Bernanke, Summers and Geithner say that we can’t let the giant banks fail, because – wit … more →
FDIC Insurance Fund: It Doesn’t Actually Exist
sakerfa wrote 5 months ago: When FDIC head Shelia Bair says her agency might have to bolster the FDIC’s insurance fund wit … more →
Is the Fed Juicing the Stock Market?
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sakerfa wrote 6 months ago: Why has the stock market been on a 3-month tear when the economy is undergoing the worst economic co … more →
Comment on "Sheila Bair vs. John Dugan"
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Economic Darwinism wrote 6 months ago: Barry Ritholtz is a phenomenal blogger and has been a huge influence on the way I think about things … more →
Treasury Secretary's Secret Talking Points Reveal That Banks Were Forced to Surrender Ownership Stakes to Government
sakerfa wrote 6 months ago: Last October, then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson ordered nine banks that the Treasury Department … more →
MSM: Stiglitz Says White House Ties to Wall Street Doom Bank Rescue
sakerfa wrote 8 months ago: (Bloomberg) – The Obama administration’s bank- rescue efforts will probably fail because the p … more →
In Support of Nouriel Roubini
Benjamin Solomon wrote 8 months ago: Nouriel Roubini’s article The ‘Stress Test’ Are Really ‘Fudge Test’ i … more →
MSM: North Carolina, Colorado Banks Shut as 2009 Failures Reach 23
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sakerfa wrote 8 months ago: (Bloomberg) – Banks in Colorado and North Carolina were shut as rising unemployment and a loss … more →
Fed Said to Order Banks to Stay Mum on ‘Stress Test’ Results
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sakerfa wrote 8 months ago: (Bloomberg) – The U.S. Federal Reserve has told Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and o … more →
"Solution" to the Financial Crisis: Game Theory Exposes PPIP As Fraudulent
sakerfa wrote 8 months ago: Game theory tells us that a risk neutral gambler would pay $50 dollars for a coin flip that paid $0 … more →
PPFI: Going to be a disaster
vanderghast wrote 9 months ago: The Toxic Asset Plan detail trial balloons are starting to be floated. This piece in the NYT has som … more →
Obama's biggest mistake
askiatek2008 wrote 9 months ago: The most visible sign of whether the economic initiatives of President Obama work will be the recove … more →
