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Banks Keeping Mum on TARP Bailout Funds; Only Morgan Stanley Coming Clean
Morgan Stanley Is One Bank That Cites a Loan From TARP Money Other Financial Banks Including Goldman Sachs and CitiGroup Keep Mum on How They Are Using TARP Cash By CHARLES HERMAN, DAN ARNALL, LAUREN PEARLE and ZUNAIRA ZAKI ABC NEWS Dec. 17, 2008— Banks that were rescued with billions of dollars in public funds […]
MoreSmall Banks Getting Short End of Tarp Bat
SEEKING ALPHA William Patalon III Bank of American Corp. (BAC), which is getting $15 billion from the U.S. government as part of the Treasury Department’s $250 billion “recapitalization” effort, is doubling its stake in state-owned China Construction Bank Corp., and will hold a 20% stake worth $24 billion in China’s second-largest lender when that deal […]
MoreThe 17th Floor, Where Wealth Went to Vanish
The 17th floor, where wealth went to vanish By Diana B. Henriques and Alex Berenson Monday, December 15, 2008 The epicenter of what may be the largest Ponzi scheme in history was the 17th floor of the Lipstick Building, an oval red-granite building rising 34 floors above Third Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. A busy stock-trading […]
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