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Calling It Quits

11/09/2009|Latest Video

Calling It QuitsDissatisfied AARP member canceling membership

'Responsibility Not Recklessness'

09/14/2009|Latest Video

'Responsibility Not Recklessness'President Obama pushes financial regulation overhaul on anniversary of Lehman Brothers collapse

Political Grapevine: 8/20

08/20/2009|Special Report

Political Grapevine: 8/20What one network didn't tell viewers after saying white people with guns were a threat to President Obama

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01/03/2009|Latest Video

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Surviving the Crisis

11/16/2008|Latest Video

Surviving the CrisisFirst Nat'l. Bank of Orwell, Vt. flourishes in economic crisis

Risky Business

10/14/2008|US

Risky BusinessFormer Washington Mutual employee: Execs encouraged reckless lending

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Talking Points: 10/7

10/07/2008|Latest Video

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Get Back to Work

09/30/2008|Special Report

Get Back to WorkPresidential candidates turn up the heat on Congress to pass a bailout bill

Heeeere's Huckabee!

09/29/2008|Brian & Judge

Heeeere's Huckabee!Gov. Huckabee on the bailout!

LATEST STORIES

CIT Files Bankruptcy, and Retailers Get Nervous

AP| U.S.

alternatives." CIT's Chapter 11 filing is one of the biggest in U.S. corporate history, following Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual , WorldCom and General Motors. The bankruptcy filing shows $71 billion in finance and leasing assets against total

Story|11/02/2009

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financial institutions had fallen, either bankrupt, bought, or bailed out: Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG, Washington Mutual , Wachovia. A week before this began, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had been taken over by the government. Other

Blogs|09/14/2009

Network Omits Crucial Information

By Bret Baier| FOXNews.com| Special Report with Bret Baier

the front lawn and a strange man demanding she get out of his newly purchased home. It turns out that her bank, Washington Mutual , had accidentally auctioned off her home without giving her a foreclosure letter or any other notice. Bloomberg

Story|08/21/2009

Banks Earn $7.6 Billion in First Quarter After Record Loss in Fourth Quarter

AP| Politics

to have lost $10.7 billion. The largest U.S. bank failure ever also came last year: Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual Inc. fell in September, with about $307 billion in assets, and was acquired by JPMorgan Chase & Co. for $1

Story|05/27/2009

Zurich Financial shares drop after AIG deal

Business

S. unit. Zurich Financial has suffered losses from the collapse of financial services firms Lehman Brothers, Washington Mutual and Sigma Finance Corp., but has done better than some of its competitors and still reported a profit of $205

Story|04/17/2009

JPMorgan Chase posts better-than-expected profit

By MADLEN READ| AP| Business

compared with last year's loss of $311 million. That business was helped by last year's acquisition of the thrift Washington Mutual Inc. Average total deposits rose 62 percent to $345.8 billion from a year ago, and 2 percent from the fourth

Story|04/16/2009

2 more banks fail, lifting this year's tally to 23

By MADLEN READ| AP| Business

when 25 U.S. banks were seized by regulators. Two of the nation's largest savings and loans failed that year: Washington Mutual Inc. and IndyMac Corp. A growing number of banks are becoming insolvent as home prices fall and unemployment rises

Story|04/10/2009

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Big Biz has friend in Locke

By SHARON THEIMER| AP| Politics

nation's capital, gave to Locke: Northwest Airlines; Coca-Cola; grocer Safeway; brewer Anheuser-Busch; Washington Mutual Bank, Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank; drugmakers Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck & Co., and Schering

Story|04/08/2009

Top bank regulator placed on leave pending review

Business

mortgages and other consumer loans _ making them particularly vulnerable to the housing downturn. Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual was the largest bank to collapse in U.S. history, with around $307 billion in assets. It was later acquired

Story|03/27/2009

Top U.S. Bank Regulator Placed on Leave

AP| Politics

and other consumer loans — making them particularly vulnerable to the housing downturn. Seattle-based thrift Washington Mutual was the largest bank to collapse in U.S. history, with around $307 billion in assets. It was later acquired

Story|03/27/2009

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