Last Friday seven more banks failed, bringing the total bank failures to 103.
U.S. bank failures this year have surpassed a bleak milestone of 100 as regulators shut down banks in Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Kansas, Nevada, Minnesota, and Oregon.
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The number of banks on the FDIC's confidential "problem" list jumped to 775 in the first q
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http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2010/07/william-black-unlimited-taxpayer.html
At a GOP conference, Gov.
Haley Barbour (R-MS) thanked the Bush administration for its handling of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, which slammed Mississippi's coast: "The federal government gets a very bad rap about what happened after Katrina. The federal government was very generous to us after the storm and I want to say thank you for that."
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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/haley-barbour-loves-a-good-federal-bailout.php
One view of this new populist uprising is that its about Main Street versus Wall Street, and is grounded in voters fury at the bailout of irresponsible bankers.
But thats too simple. While the banks are public enemy No. 1, theres a much wider-ranging anger out there.
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http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2010/02/15/100215ta_talk_surowiecki
