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Regulators shut 7 banks in 5 states; 37 in 2010
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2010-03-19-bank-failures_N.htm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators have shut down seven banks in five states, bringing to 37 the number of bank failures in the U.S. so far this year.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday took over the banks: First Lowndes Bank, in Fort Deposit, Ala.; Appalachian Community Bank in Ellijay, Ga.; Bank of Hiawassee, in Hiawassee, Ga.; and State Bank of Aurora, in Aurora, Minn.
Greenspan & Bernanke still don't get it
http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/19/markets/thebuzz/index.htm
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke have a message for everyone who thinks the Federal Reserve isn't to blame for the housing bubble and Great Recession: It wasn't our fault.
In a 48-page paper that Greenspan presented at the Brookings Institution Friday called "The Crisis," the former Fed chairman wrote that it was low long-term rates, not the Fed's easy money policy from 2002-2004, that caused the spike in home prices.
Dollar On Verge Of Break Out; Goldman On Verge Of Being Stopped Out (Of Long EURUSD Reco)
The DXY is ripping, and is about to break out of recent resistance levels. News out of Europe that no bailout of Greece is to be expected, further compounded by some serious doom and gloom out of Evans-Pritchard about the EMU and the euro in general, means that the euro will soon make a date with the one point two-handle. This is certainly not good for Goldman clients who just one week ago bought into Goldman's pitch of going long the EURUSD, with a 1.35 stop. Looks like that stop is about to be breached.
Tony Blair's Secret Deal with a Multinational Oil Giant
by Jason Groves
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=18247
Blair's Fight to Keep His Oil Cash Secret: Former PM's Deals Are Revealed As His Earnings Since 2007 Reach £20Million
Tony Blair waged an extraordinary two-year battle to keep secret a lucrative deal with a multinational oil giant which has extensive interests in Iraq.
The former Prime Minister tried to keep the public in the dark over his dealings with South Korean oil firm UI Energy Corporation.
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