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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.
U.S. Banker February 2010 Rob Garver	What Now? If Washington really wants to get credit flowing to small businesses, it could modify TARP, relax capital requirements and rethink its stance on industrial loan companies. Or it could do nothing at all.
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.
CFO March 1, 2009 Vincent Ryan	The Big Freeze CFOs hope government intervention will soon thaw frozen credit markets. That's not likely.
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 2010 Rob Garver	SBA Aims to Attract More Banks The lower fees and higher guarantees enacted for the government s small-business lending programs have some in the industry optimistic that interest by banks might surge.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2009 Morgan Housel	TARP's Next Victim: Small Banks Providing capital to banks that might simply feel left out of the party is tiptoeing dangerously close to socialized banking.
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.
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.
U.S. Banker March 2009 Rosta & Fest	Pulling a Plan from Under the TARP While the unraveling of the financial sector demanded quick government response, they may have thrown things at the wall without thinking the measures through.
U.S. Banker February 2009 Joseph Rosta	Credit Markets Cooler But By No Means Frozen The relative robustness of the credit market can be seen in both the business and consumer sectors.
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."
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.
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.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2009 Ivan Martchev	Catch-22: Why Banks Can't Lend Lots of banks aren't willing or able to help kick-start the economy that would bring them back to health.
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.
BusinessWeek January 7, 2009 Der Hovanesian & Palmeri	Why Banks Still Won't Lend Despite more than $1 trillion in federal largesse, they still may not have the capital cushions to bear the risks of making fresh loans.
U.S. Banker December 2008 Michael Sisk	First Niagara Articulates Its TARP Tactics With $9 billion in assets and 114 branches in the Buffalo, NY area, First Niagara Bank falls into that grey area between community bank and super-regional, exactly the size some say will be squeezed by the financial crisis and the government's intervention through the Trouble Asset Relief Program.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Tom Keene	Tom Keene Talks to Neil Barofsky The outgoing Special Inspector General for TARP anticipates new financial crises and discusses the limits of the Dodd-Frank reform law.
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.
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.
Bank Systems & Technology June 24, 2008 Ann Grochala	In the Aftermath of the Credit Crisis, Some Banks See a Silver Lining The current problems in the credit markets bring both challenges and opportunities to banks. Many community banks still have plenty of liquidity and capital, and they all have ready access to the Federal Home Loan Bank system.
CFO March 1, 2010 Ryan & Leone	Brighter Days Bank CFOs describe how they've weathered the storm, dealt with TARP, and learned many invaluable lessons.
The Motley Fool January 21, 2010 Morgan Housel	What's Clearly Wrong With the Bank Tax If the bank tax were presented as a way to compensate taxpayers for programs like TLGP, we'd have no problem. Instead, it's been presented as a way to recoup money that, to be fair, has already been recouped. That makes the whole thing look groundless and vengeful.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Morgan Housel	Pardon Me, George Soros Clearing up misconceptions about TARP.
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.
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.
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Cheyenne Hopkins	The Obama Agenda: Reforming Regulation The fight for the presidency is over, but the battle over the future of financial services has just begun.
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 March 25, 2011 Isac Simon	Small Banks Are Still Having a Financial Crisis Yet to recover from losses, smaller banks are adopting desperate measures to pay back federal debt.
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 May 2009 Joseph Rosta	Don't Count on the Consumers This Time The president warned G-20 leaders in early April that the age of "voracious" American consumption is over.
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Alyce Lomax	Fool Blog: Too [Blank] to Fail, Part II For entertainment purposes only, and not meant to comment on whether these particular businesses are particularly failure-ready, there's a lot to mock in these crazy times.
BusinessWeek October 28, 2010 Robert Schmidt	Living Nicely Off the Crumbs of TARP Private companies also benefited from the financial bailout.
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Gardner et al.	Tell Congress: We Demand Equity The Paulson Plan needs to respect the tenets of the free market.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011	FDIC Lawsuit Targets Directors at Failed Banks and Thrifts; TARP'S Uncertain Legacy In a complaint filed in November of last year, the agency is seeking at least $20 million from 11 executives and directors, including five outsiders.
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 Ben Johnson	Regulators Turn Up Heat On Local Banks Community and mid-size banks, which comprise the bulk of all commercial real estate lending in this country, are once again under the watchful eye of regulators.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2007 Seth Jayson	More Housing Hanky-Panky Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson views the housing decline and crisis as the most significant current risk to our economy.
The Motley Fool November 26, 2008 Alex Dumortier	The $800 Billion Pick-Me-Up for Consumer Credit The central bank announces an $800 billion support package aimed at spurring mortgage lending and consumer credit, including car, credit card, and small business loans.
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 April 21, 2010 John Rosevear	General Motors Still Owes You GM's ability and willingness to pay its debt now could well be a sign that GM's financial picture, believed to be looking up after a $4.3 billion post-bankruptcy loss in 2009, is solidly on track. Or, it could also be a sign of something else.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Morgan Housel	Citigroup Gets the Government Out of Its Hair One step closer to freedom.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Deborah Scally	Toughing It Out in 2009 The results of the Bank Director/Grant Thornton LLP 16th Bank Executive Survey show that bankers are determined to shore up their foundations and capitalize on strengths to survive the year ahead.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 Jim Freer	Capital Management: Banking's Trickiest Juggling Act More than ever, directors are keeping their eyes fixed on the balance sheet, in an effort to reach perfect harmony between regulatory soundness and profitability.
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 February 19, 2009 Christopher Barker	$8.6 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total potential outlays puts the scale of the crisis in context.
On Wall Street March 1, 2010	Five Questions with Timothy Ryan Jr. Ryan held senior positions in the industry, from the vice chairman level at JPMorgan to Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, where he helped in the S&L cleanup. He talks about today's regulatory needs.
U.S. Banker January 2009 Michael Sisk	Lessons From the S&L Bailout It's inevitable that today's financial crisis gets compared to the nation's savings and loan bailout, which cost taxpayers about $250 billion in today's dollars. What lessons did we learn from it?
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.