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The Motley Fool April 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wachovia's Bleeding Continues More capital infusions, more writedowns, more bad news. What's next for Wachovia?
The Motley Fool June 6, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	This Week in Banking Banking news: It was a roller-coaster in subprime land this past week.
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The Motley Fool March 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	Washington Mutual's Shady Compensation Plan Poor performance plus huge write-offs plus big layoffs equals big executive bonuses.
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Registered Rep. October 26, 2007 David Geracioti	O'Neal Rumored To Be On the Chopping Block Apparently Merrill Lynch has been gorging itself on risk. And, it may cost CEO Stan O'Neal his job. Merrill's shares are down by about 35% this year.
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U.S. Banker May 2008 John Engen	House of CARDS Few financial institutions have been left more imperiled by the subprime market fallout and liquidity and credit crunches than WaMu.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2011 Morgan Housel	A Good Example of How Not to Run a Bank The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is suing a handful of former Washington Mutual executives for gross negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	A Major Stumble at Merrill Lynch In quarterly results Merrill Lynch announces its writedown will be $7.9 billion, almost twice as much as announced just last month.
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The Motley Fool July 23, 2008 Morgan Housel	You Hang in There, WaMu The second quarter wasn't all bad news for Washington Mutual. Capital ratios improved. That's good. Its leaner-and-meaner cost structure could save the company $1 billion. That's great.
The Motley Fool May 2, 2008 Tom Hutchinson	Citigroup's Solution: Dilution A new stock offering raises another $4.5 billion -- at current shareholders' expense.
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BusinessWeek November 12, 2007 Der Hovanesian & Thornton	For Prince, the Pressure Builds The swift departure of Merrill Lynch's CEO is fueling dissent against Citi's chief.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Washington Mutual About to Explode? Explode? Nah. Crumble? Absolutely.
The Motley Fool April 24, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Commercial Capital Cashes Out Investors, wait on a value too long, and you might just lose it. Word broke that Washington Mutual had reached an agreement to buy this commercial real estate lender for about $983 million -- roughly $16 a share in cash.
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Tom Gardner	Hundreds Should Go to Jail The banking sector has wiped out its investors, is decimating companies that rely on credit, and is primarily responsible for our rising unemployment, and yet, the "leaders" of these organizations have continued to pay themselves obscenely.
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The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Bill Barker	How to Profit From This Incredible Fiasco The lessons learned from corporate scandals and insane compensation schemes can teach you much about what you need to know to succeed in mutual fund investing.
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The Motley Fool October 8, 2007 Matt Koppenheffer	The Kids Aren't All Right, Stan Investors, did the losses at Merrill really come out of the blue? An estimated total $20 billion of losses suggests that "limited" was a severe understatement.
The Motley Fool September 29, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu Richly Rewards CEO Failure 18 days of work ... $19 million. Are you still hiring, WaMu?
The Motley Fool October 16, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bank of America: Still Stumbling Another ugly quarter, but it could have been worse.
Registered Rep. July 17, 2008	Merrill Posts Huge 2nd Quarter Loss; Retail Less Bad Than Principal Trading and Investment Banking Merrill Lynch provided a damper to the financial sector rally that has occurred over the past two days.
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The Motley Fool February 25, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Risk, Rot, and the Road to Recovery It's high time shareholders demanded better corporate governance from boards.
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The Motley Fool February 27, 2008 Rich Duprey	A Backhanded Defense of CEO Pay Congress is hosting a tete-a-tete for the heads or former heads of Countrywide, Merrill Lynch, and Citigroup to discuss how they could reap such windfalls in the face of their company's failures.
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