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Bank Systems & Technology November 21, 2008 Orla O'Sullivan	TARP Can't Stanch Financial Crisis, Experts Say Experts agree that the U.S. government's $700 billion bank bailout program is insufficient to spur lending because banks still have far from an optimal balance of debts to assets.
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Robert Schmidt	Living Nicely Off the Crumbs of TARP Private companies also benefited from the financial bailout.
Bank Systems & Technology June 21, 2009 Katherine Burger	Herbert Allison Confirmed as Department of Treasury's Assistant Secretary for Financial Stability Former Fannie Mae and TIAA-CREF CEO's responsibilities include overseeing TARP.
Reason January 2009 Radley Balko	Artifact: Transparency in Action Secrets of the bailout -- examples are given of the Treasury Department's redacting the details of bailout-related contracts.
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.
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009	On the Dole Bank of America, which agreed to buy Merrill Lynch in September, has been a prime beneficiary of the bailout.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Michael Sisk	Looking Under the TARP Government oversight panels finally get up and running and take a closer look at the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program -- and aren't happy with what they see.
Registered Rep. April 13, 2009 Halah Touryalai	Treasury Extend TARP to Life Insurers--If They Qualify The Treasury made an announcement last Wednesday that sent life insurance stocks soaring the following day.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2011 Housel & Moscovitz	Bailouts: The Final Word We should be doing everything we can now to prevent the possibility of ever having to have another TARP program.
U.S. Banker December 2008	Hank's Group Think The Troubled Asset Relief Program was supposed to purchase toxic securities from banks to stabilize their finances. But in short order, given the difficulty valuing those assets, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and company switched gears and chose to take equity stakes in big banks.
BusinessWeek October 14, 2010 Robert Schmidt	Brush Up Your Beltway-Speak Acronyms are everywhere in Washington. Here's a cheat-sheet to help decipher them.
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.
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 May 21, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer	Banks to Geithner: It's Payback Time Major banks are lining up to pay back TARP borrowings and keep the government from further mucking up their business.
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Russ Krull	The Government: Worst Investor Ever? Here's a closer look at the U.S. Treasury's recent investments.
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Robert Schmidt	Neil Barofsky: The Bailout Cop the White House Loathes Insisting that TARP is nowhere near over, the Treasury's Special Inspector General, is in open warfare with the Administration.
BusinessWeek September 30, 2010 Rebecca Christie	TARP Didn't Bust the Bank The much-maligned bailout program made money on most Wall Street investments and cost less than expected.
The Motley Fool November 14, 2008 Alyce Lomax	I Think We Just Got Mugged Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's recent comments about his shifting strategy for tackling the financial crisis have made many people wonder whether they're being robbed blind.
The Motley Fool January 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Buying Treasuries Direct You can buy bonds commission-free from the federal government.
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.
BusinessWeek December 9, 2009 Keoun & Mildenberg	TARP: Last Bank Out Is a Rotten Egg Citi, the only major bank left with "exceptional" federal aid, is racing to arrange payback terms.
Bank Systems & Technology March 30, 2010 Penny Crosman	Treasury to Sell Citi Stake Government could potentially earn $7 billion on its crisis-driven investment in the bank.
U.S. Banker February 2011 Rachel Witkowski	For Some, TARP Burden Drives Decision to Sell Pay close attention to Hancock Holding Co.'s takeover of Whitney Holding Corp., because there will be more like it this year.
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 October 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger	How You Can Profit From TARP TARP warrants sold by the Treasury have a lot of appeal.
Registered Rep. May 8, 2009 Kristen French	Morgan Dresses Up For TARP Exit The firm raised $8 billion in new capital on Friday through the sale of debt and equity, over 50 percent more than it announced on Thursday.
Bank Systems & Technology October 12, 2008 Maria Bruno-Britz	Eric Kamback to Head Treasury Services at The Bank of New York Mellon Eric Kamback has been named CEO of The Bank of New York Mellon's treasury services group.
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.
BusinessWeek January 29, 2009 Theo Francis	Creating a Bank to Take on Toxic Assets Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner proposes, a "bad bank" to buy up some of the toxic securities weighing down financial institutions. Here's one way the approach could be structured.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	Fear of the Unknown Receiving government funding right now is a little akin to the devil you don't know.
Bank Systems & Technology June 13, 2007 Nancy Feig	Avian Flu: Are Banks' IT Systems Ready? The U.S. financial services industry will test its ability to respond to an avian flu pandemic with an exercise to begin in late September that will be sponsored by the U.S. Treasury Department.
CFO March 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan	The Big Freeze CFOs hope government intervention will soon thaw frozen credit markets. That's not likely.
Bank Systems & Technology October 4, 2006 Nancy Feig	Treasury Management Technology: Businesses Look to Banks Treasury's ability to impact the bottom line is gaining increased recognition at the C-levels of leading organizations, driving adoption of more-sophisticated and better integrated treasury automation solutions.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2009 Alyce Lomax	We Just Got Mugged Again. And Again. We're all getting mugged by the TARP program, again and again -- and it all gets a little scarier with every passing day. Get the ice packs ready for your aching head and your bleeding wallet -- and those of your descendants.
The Motley Fool July 1, 2010 Rich Smith	Keep Dumping This Bank! The U.S. bides its time when selling Citi shares.
The Motley Fool November 19, 2008 Liz Peek	What's So Great About Being a Bank? Getting classified as a "bank" gives companies more access to our money.
BusinessWeek December 10, 2009	Tim Geithner Is Starting to See Daylight Bloomberg TV's Al Hunt talks to the Treasury Secretary about TARP.
The Motley Fool November 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	Accountants Bail Out the Treasury Saving money that was never there. If Washington could focus on real ways to reduce the deficit -- not just saving money by not spending money that was never there -- we'd appreciate it.
The Motley Fool May 20, 2009 Morgan Housel	Finding Fairness for Banks Our view of the banking industry might soon change for the better.
The Motley Fool November 17, 2009 Morgan Housel	TARP's Problem Children Forty-six banks not only still hold funds, but aren't paying the preferred dividends they owe.
Financial Planning January 1, 2010	On the Job The CFP Board of Standards named three new members to its board of directors... Gregory Francfort rejoined New York City-based Neuberger Berman as managing director and director of equity research... etc.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Melanie Waddell	Treasury Calls for Regulatory Overhaul Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson is on a mission to reform the U.S. financial services regulatory structure to enhance the nation's global competitiveness.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Gets the Government Out of Its Hair One step closer to freedom.
Investment Advisor May 2010 Vaughan Scully	The ETF Advisor: Treasury ETFs Offer Measure of Safety, but Still Carry Risks There is one place you can put your money that is almost certain to pay you back: U.S. Treasury debt.
Financial Planning November 1, 2005 Alison L. McConnel	The Muni Market The Treasury Department is flat-out opposed to providing federal guarantees for tax-exempt municipal bonds issued by hard-hit Gulf Coast states/localities, according to Treasury Secretary John W. Snow.
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 November 29, 2010 Russ Krull	Betting on Bailouts Using the recent U.S. bailout track record as a guide for investing in Europe.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Christopher Barker	$10.2 Trillion? A Mere Drop in the Bucket The tally zooms out to include monies under serious consideration for future outlays.
The Motley Fool October 22, 2009 Morgan Housel	Farewell, Dear Bailout Almost a year to the day after the Treasury dumped tens of billions into banks, the heart of the $700 billion bank bailout called TARP is coming to an end. How did it do?
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Christopher Barker	$3.9 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total outlays puts the unfathomable scale of the crisis in context.