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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 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 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.
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Christie & Katz	GM IPO: A Good Day for Obama's Auto Bankers GM's initial stock offering was a nail-biter for the two U.S. Treasury officials who were the architects of the deal
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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 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.
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BusinessWeek June 3, 2010 Sterngold & Son	AIG's Declaration of Independence The botched Prudential deal may not be another blow to the crippled, government-supported insurance giant as much as a sign of a tenacious new board motivated to save the company. So sit tight, taxpayers, getting your money back could take a while
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CFO January 1, 2009 Scott Leibs	The Year That Was A look back at the lows and ultra-lows of an all-too-historic year.
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.
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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.
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The Motley Fool October 9, 2008 Morgan Housel	AIG's Second Bailout $85 billion here, $37.8 billion there ... but who's counting?
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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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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.
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