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The Motley Fool February 12, 2009 Morgan Housel	Which Banks Might Fail the Stress Test? How does the Treasury -- who didn't see this massacre coming in the first place -- expect to accurately predict what sort of massacre lies ahead by giving banks a "stress test"?
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 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 March 31, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Banks Can Exploit Geithner's Plan If the goal is to recapitalize banks in an efficient manner, there are other, more sensible ways to do it than Geithner's plan. Giving banks the ability to write their own ticket isn't one of them.
The Motley Fool March 31, 2011 Morgan Housel	Geithner: Should He Stay or Should He Go? Geithner hasn't commented on whether he'd be willing to serve a second term as Treasury secretary. The question is whether he deserves one or not.
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 April 2, 2009 Morgan Housel	Banks Are Repaying Bailout Money. Hooray? Banks are starting to pay it back. Surprisingly, some aren't happy about it.
The Motley Fool May 26, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Banks Are Getting a Great Deal at Our Expense! The Treasury may be giving TARP recipients a sweet deal that will keep money out of taxpayers' pockets.
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 Morgan Housel	Worst Stock for 2009: Citigroup Which 10 companies should you keep out of your portfolio? Find out in our special series on the Worst Stocks for 2009. Here, take a look at why Citigroup may not even be a stock next year.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2010 Morgan Housel	Bailout Cost Plummets: Good News? It seems the bailouts taxpayers ponied up to save the financial system are going to cost a lot less than we thought.
The Motley Fool December 3, 2008 Alex Dumortier	GAO to Paulson: Get Your TARP in Order The Government Accountability Office chides the Treasury Department for failing to address a number of key issues with respect to the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Gets the Government Out of Its Hair One step closer to freedom.
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 9, 2009 Morgan Housel	We're From the Government, and We're Here to Help This week could bring the most government intervention into the economy we've ever seen. Here's what to look for.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2009 Morgan Housel	Bank of America Needs a Regime Change After news of a $2.39 billion quarterly loss and the announcement that dividends are all but history Bank of America investors now have sincere reasons to question the capability of CEO Ken Lewis.
The Motley Fool February 4, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Will Obama Succeed Where Shareholders Have Failed? Delving beyond the headlines.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Morgan Housel	Don't Even Think About Buying Bank Stocks The obvious risk that still lies in these common bank stocks is just ridiculous. Take a look at: Citigroup... Bank of America... JPMorgan...Wells Fargo... Goldman Sachs... Morgan Stanley...
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The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	Small Victories for Taxpayers It's hard to argue that we haven't come a long way since the days of last fall, when saying the TARP plan would cost taxpayers $700 billion drew so much attention. It wasn't true then, and it's undeniably false now.
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 February 23, 2009 Morgan Housel	The Long, Slow, Death of Citigroup What the latest attempt to save the beleaguered bank means for the company, the market, and you.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Morgan Housel	Return of the TARP All signs point to the new Obama administration reverting to the original purpose that TARP, or Troubled Asset Relief Program, was intended to accomplish -- dealing with troubled assets.
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The Motley Fool May 20, 2009 Morgan Housel	Finding Fairness for Banks Our view of the banking industry might soon change for the better.
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The Motley Fool February 26, 2009 Morgan Housel	How Much Money Will It Take to Save the Banks? NYU economic professor Nouriel Roubini estimates banks still need at least $1.4 trillion of new capital to get back on a sustainable path, suggesting therefore that the U.S. banking system is effectively insolvent in the aggregate.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	It's Payback Time for Goldman Sachs Getting rid of TARP funds could be a turning point for Goldman Sachs -- a TARP-free Goldman would be one of the most powerful Goldmans you've ever seen.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 Chuck Saletta	Cheat on Your Taxes? Run the IRS! Inauguration Day hasn't even come yet, and we already find ourselves with Obama's first major presidential scandal. Timothy Geithner, the man Obama tapped as the next Treasury secretary, has reportedly cheated on his taxes.
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The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Shannon Zimmerman	The Plot to Take Over America's Banks Why it could work; what you should do.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2009 Morgan Housel	4 Things Obama Can Do to Help the Economy The new administration is already up to their ears in suggestions, but here are four more changes and ideas that should be considered to bolster the economy for the long term.
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The Motley Fool November 7, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Obama's Pick for Treasury Secretary Who should President-elect Obama pick as Treasury Secretary? Should JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon get the nod? Should Obama stick with current Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson? This video discusses this question.
The Motley Fool November 18, 2008 Morgan Housel	$700 Billion Bailout? Not So Fast Only $290 billion of the original $350 billion have been used so far, and Hank Paulson has said he's unlikely to use the remaining $410 billion, at least for the time being.
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The Motley Fool May 28, 2010 Rich Smith	Dump This Bank! U.S. government sheds Citi shares by the billions, but in baby steps.
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