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The Motley Fool April 3, 2009 Morgan Housel	More Proof Banks Will Exploit This Bailout This takes abusing the system to a whole new level.
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	A House-Poor Quarter for WaMu Just days after announcing plans to raise $7 billion in new capital, slashing its dividend, and rebuffing a preliminary buyout offer from JPMorgan Chase, the Seattle-based savings and loan posts very ugly quarterly earnings.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Death of Wall Street Wall Street as it's been known for decades got a dramatic makeover this weekend as the remaining independent investment banks -- Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley -- gained approval from the Federal Reserve to be recognized as bank holding companies.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan and WaMu: Was It a Good Deal? A look at one of the largest banking deals of all time, one year later.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is Washington Mutual About to Explode? Explode? Nah. Crumble? Absolutely.
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Morgan Housel	Paulson Backs Up the Truck After weeks of uncertainty, banks get exactly what they need.
The Motley Fool September 26, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu	WaMu Gets Failed Out Another one's gone. Another one gets bigger.
The Motley Fool November 29, 2010 Russ Krull	Betting on Bailouts Using the recent U.S. bailout track record as a guide for investing in Europe.
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The Motley Fool September 23, 2008 Morgan Housel	Bad Luck for Good Banks There are all sorts of negative consequences to the proposed bailout deal but what about other innocent victims of this mess: the few banks that aren't in trouble?
The Motley Fool June 9, 2009 Morgan Housel	Payback Time Has Come Ten of the largest banks to receive TARP funds -- the taxpayer money associated with last fall's $700 billion bank bailout -- have been approved to repay the Treasury in full, plus interest.
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Morgan Housel	Goldman Feels the Heat Though it wasn't a terrible quarter for Goldman Sachs, it's become apparent that banking is a terrible industry right now. And after a crazy week, some question even Goldman Sachs' future.
The Motley Fool September 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	Banking Brouhaha: Day 4 Every day is filled with more financial folly than you can shake a stick at. It's as if banks are lining up on an escalator that unloads at the edge of a cliff; as soon as one falls, the next in line becomes the crisis du jour.
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Morgan Housel	Market Meltdown: What Happens From Here It's official: Chicken Little has been vindicated.
The Motley Fool September 24, 2008 Alex Dumortier	Fed Throws a Bone to Buyout Funds To relieve the drought in capital that is crippling the banking sector, the Federal Reserve has eased restrictions on private investors who wish to invest in banks.
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.
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The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	Invest in the Bailout! Nasdaq OMX Group has created an index that tracks every U.S.-listed institution that has received more than $1 billion in bailout funds, called the Government Relief Index.
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu Rebuffs a Sweet Offer It now appears that talks had been well under way for JPMorgan to acquire Washington Mutual -- but not anymore.
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The Motley Fool October 6, 2008 Morgan Housel	The Incredible Shrinking Dow The last time anyone got this animated over Dow 10,000 was March of 1999, when it passed the mark for the first time.
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The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Morgan Housel	Is JPMorgan Back at WaMu's Doorstep? Rumor has it that JPMorgan Chase is back in talks to buy Seattle-based Washington Mutual, five months after it made its first offer.
The Motley Fool October 20, 2008 Morgan Housel	Why the Bailout Makes Sense No one said that the bailout would solve anything. They did say it would prevent the financial crisis from imploding beyond recovery. From that standpoint, it's been a raging success.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bailouts Gone Astray Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has extended the $700 billion bank bailout known as TARP for another ten months because, "the recovery of our financial system remains incomplete."
The Motley Fool February 10, 2009 Morgan Housel	Will This Plan Save the Banks? Treasury Secretary Geithner discloses revamped government plans -- or lack thereof.
Bank Systems & Technology October 29, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	With Mergers Complete, Banks Turn to Integration Planning The three U.S banks that acquired major institutions in the latest unfolding of the credit crisis said through spokespeople that it's too early to comment on their technical integration plans.
The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	AIG's Second Bailout $85 billion here, $37.8 billion there ... but who's counting?
The Motley Fool December 16, 2008 Dave Mock	A Big Upgrade for AIG While it may be hard to believe, more top-performing CAPS members are turning bullish on American International Group these days, exhibiting optimism for the future.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2010 Morgan Housel	For Banks, It's Been 800 Days of Christmas A short list of little-known goodies.
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 September 8, 2008 Morgan Housel	WaMu to CEO: You're Fired! Killinger's out. Thank goodness.
The Motley Fool July 20, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	WaMu Seems to Zig While Others Zag WaMu is a bank that seems to confound normal expectations. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	Market Panic Is Back But you don't have to.
The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Morgan Housel	Wells Fargo Doubles Down Wells Fargo raises $11 billion in fresh equity by issuing common stock, down from the $20 billion it planned on raising to help usher in its pending of acquisition of Wachovia.
The Motley Fool June 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	Where Did All the Bailout Money Go? Now that several banks have repaid taxpayers about $70 billion of the $700 billion bank bailout know as TARP, a common question is: "Great, now where's the other $630 billion?" The answer isn't as clear-cut as many may assume.
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Fool Blog: Paulson's Mother of All Boondoggles Congressional Democrats are trying to insert some limits on executive compensation, among other things, into the massive bailout package. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson doesn't like the idea.
The Motley Fool September 12, 2008 Morgan Housel	Another Blow for WaMu After releasing a mid-quarter update on the health of its books, the besieged bank had its credit downgraded by Moody's.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2009 Anand Chokkavelu	Is It Time to Buy Banks? The banks will survive. They must. But -- and this is why temptation hasn't turned to action -- survival doesn't necessarily mean that shareholders will benefit.
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The Motley Fool December 10, 2008 Morgan Housel	5 Stocks to Avoid in 2009 There's value in today's market, but you won't find it in these five stocks. Read on to see which stocks to avoid right now.
Bank Systems & Technology February 26, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan	J.P. Morgan Chase to Cut 12,000 Jobs, as WaMu Merged J.P. Morgan Chase anticipates saving about $2 billion through its acquisition of WAMU last September. Most of the savings, to be realized this year relate to the job cuts.
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