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Regulators in the Caribbean took over Antiguan banks owned by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford on Friday, hoping to contain damage to the local economy as U.S. investigators explore an alleged fraud scheme involving billions of dollars.
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Regulators are asking Wells Fargo & Co. to raise more capital after government “stress tests” showed the bank would have trouble surviving if the...
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Regulators shut down Silverton Bank in Georgia on Friday and set up a temporary government-controlled bank until a buyer can be found. Silverton, which operated as a...
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Regulators shut down Silverton Bank in Georgia on Friday and set up a temporary government-controlled bank until a buyer can be found. The bank fell victim to large...
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Regulators have shut down Silverton Bank in Georgia and set up a temporary government-controlled bank until a buyer can be found. It was the 30th bank failure this year...
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Regulators have shut down American Southern Bank in Georgia, boosting the number of failures this year to 26 _ more bank closures than in all of last year.
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WASHINGTON _ Regulators trying to stabilize the financial system could unwittingly roil it when they explain their methods Friday for stress-testing the largest banks.
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Regulators on Friday shut down two more banks, boosting the number of failures this year to as many as in all of last year.
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Regulators have shut down American Sterling Bank in Missouri, raising the number of bank failures so far this year to 24.
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Regulators have shut down Freedom Bank of Georgia, marking the 17th failure this year of a federally insured bank.
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Regulators on Friday closed Heritage Community Bank in Illinois, and Security Savings Bank in Nevada, marking 16 failures this year of federally insured institutions.
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Regulators on Friday closed Silver Falls Bank in Silverton, Ore. _ the 14th federally insured institution to fail this year, and the second based in Oregon.
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Regulators on Friday closed banks based in Nebraska, Florida, Illinois and Oregon, marking 13 failures this year of federally insured institutions.
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Regulators on Friday closed Sherman County Bank in Nebraska and Riverside Bank of the Gulf Coast in Florida, marking eleven failures this year of federally insured...
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Regulators have closed Sherman County Bank in Nebraska, the 10th failure this year of a federally insured bank.
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Regulators on Friday closed FirstBank Financial Services in Georgia and two California banks, Alliance Bank and County Bank, marking nine failures this year of...
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A branch of the First National Bank is seen on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. Pressure on banks to keep more capital on their books comes just as Congress is growling at them to boost lending.
