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PNC Buys National City and Hits the TARP
By Kirk Shinkle -
The Ticker
- October 24, 2008
Consolidation goes regional.
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FDIC: Use IndyMac Model to Prevent Foreclosures
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 23, 2008
Chairman outlines how the agency has worked to limit foreclosures.
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Banks, Feds Get Suspicious Powder-Laced Letters
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 22, 2008
Powder is reportedly not poisonous; case being investigated as backlash over the financial crisis
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Mortgage Bankers Heckled at Annual Convention
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 22, 2008
Protesters angered by industry's role in the financial crisis.
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Bankers Told to Fly Coach
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 22, 2008
Moves come as banks look to trim costs.
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Audio: How Uncle Sam's Plan Affects Consumers
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- October 21, 2008
New bank account insurance limits and easier access to loans are among the measures.
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The Benefits of Credit Unions
By Kimberly Palmer -
Money & Business
- October 21, 2008
Many consumers may be surprised to discover that they're eligible to join.
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Feds: Why Banks Will Lend Their Bailout Cash
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 20, 2008
Government officials say it's in banks' economic interests to lend out the capital.
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Merrill Lynch, B of A Layoffs to Be in 'Thousands'
By Liz Wolgemuth -
The Inside Job
- October 20, 2008
More financial sector workers to flood job search market.
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Bailout Impact: Libor Improving
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 20, 2008
Key indicator of bank lending is moving in the right direction.
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Bank of America on <i>60 Minutes</i>
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 20, 2008
The newsmagazine profiled B of A on Sunday.
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Fewer Loan Mods: Unanticipated Bailout Fallout?
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 16, 2008
Senator says Treasury's plan could be delaying loan modifications.
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Eugene Ludwig: 7 Keys to Financial Regulation
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 16, 2008
Former top bank regulator outlines the keys to a successful financial regulatory framework.
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Fear, Greed, and the Financial Crisis—an American Expat's View From Abroad
By Erica Johnson Debeljak -
Opinion
- October 16, 2008
An expat of Wall Street and the United States reflects on the economic crisis.
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JPMorgan: Earnings Down, Credit Costs Way Up
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 15, 2008
Big bank hit hard by higher loan delinquencies.
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Libor Loosens Up: Why You Should Care
By Katy Marquardt -
New Money
- October 15, 2008
The rate sways student, home equity, and small-business loans.
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A Bailout for Small Business?
By Matthew Bandyk -
Risky Business
- October 15, 2008
The FDIC's bold new move.
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Bailout's Early Impact? Mortgage Rates Jump
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 15, 2008
30-year fixed mortgage rates increase sharply amid expensive plans to fix the financial system.
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Wall Street Bankers Won't Say "Sorry"
By Liz Wolgemuth -
The Inside Job
- October 14, 2008
Bad investments won't make for mea culpas.
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How Uncle Sam's New Financial Plan Will Affect Consumers
By Kimberly Palmer -
Money & Business
- October 14, 2008
The injection of capital into banks raises insurance limits and encourages lending.
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The $700 Billion Bailout Plan (Take Two)
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 14, 2008
The Fed unveils new details about its sweeping intervention into the financial markets.
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Wall Street Bailout: The End of Free Markets?
By Bonnie Erbe -
Bonnie Erbe
- October 14, 2008
President Bush finally manages to do something right—entirely by mistake.
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Partial Bank Nationalization—a Good Idea?
Opinion
- October 14, 2008
The federal government is investing $250 billion in the banking industry, buying parts of banks.
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News Buzz: Bush's Plan to Buy Banking Shares, North Korea Resumes Nuclear Disablement
Nation & World
- October 14, 2008
The U.S. government will spend $250 billion of the bailout package to buy stakes in nine major banks.
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Will the Government Buy Stakes in U.S. Banks?
By Luke Mullins -
The Home Front
- October 9, 2008
The Feds may go deeper into the private markets by taking equity positions in banks.
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