Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race - The Associated Press

Woes at family bank loom over Ill. Senate race
The Associated Press
The 140 bank failures last year were the highest since 1992 at the height of the savings and loan crisis, and came after just 25 bank failures in 2008. ...

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Struggling Emigrant Calls Family Its Backstop - US Banker

Struggling Emigrant Calls Family Its Backstop
US Banker
... and noted that the Milsteins had "rescued" Emigrant Bank once before — when the family acquired the bank during the savings and loan crisis. ...

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AIG's Next Step - Forbes

AIG's Next Step
Forbes
"It's very critical that we stay on top of things," he said, adding that a crucial lesson of the savings and loan crisis was an incentive for institutions ...

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Making Money In Bank Buyouts - Forbes


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Making Money In Bank Buyouts
Forbes
As with the savings and loan crisis two decades ago, strong institutions stand to benefit from the mistakes of their weaker peers by acquiring their assets ...
FDIC seen stepping up sales of failed bank assetsReuters
FDIC says list of troubled banks still growingMilwaukee Small Business Times
Failing Banks and The FDIC—Will There Be More Troubled Banks Fail In 2010?Red, White, and Blue Press (blog)

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FDIC Readies Sales of Bonds of Failed Banks Assets - BusinessWeek

FDIC Readies Sales of Bonds of Failed Banks Assets
BusinessWeek
With bond sales and structured-loan deals, the FDIC is harkening back to the period after the savings-and-loan crisis and tactics of the Resolution Trust ...
More Than 700 Banks Are on FDIC's 'Troubled' ListDailyFinance
Number of banks in danger of failure hits highest level since 1993Los Angeles Times
U.S. 'problem bank' list grows by 27 percentBizjournals.com
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Inside Report for March 10, 2010 - 2TheAdvocate

Inside Report for March 10, 2010
2TheAdvocate
But it's also true that no definitive studies appear to have been done on suicides that followed the financial upheavals of the savings & loan crisis of the ...

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Thrift Charter-Flipping Just One More Strain for OTS - US Banker

Thrift Charter-Flipping Just One More Strain for OTS
US Banker
After the savings and loan crisis, a number of thrifts switched charters because they were concerned about the perception that potential investors might ...
OTS lifts order on First Marblehead's bank unitBusinessWeek

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