Meredith Whitney Predicts More Than 300 Bank Failures
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a5_XmLUK1JRc
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a5_XmLUK1JRc
So FDIC is broke. They're now propping up failed banks with counterfeit T-bills?!?!Quote from turkeyneck:
Dec. 4, 2009, 7:27 p.m. EST
AmTrust, three Georgia banks closed by regulators
By John Letzing, MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Cleveland-based AmTrust Bank, with 66 branches and roughly $8 billion in deposits, was closed by regulators Friday, as the ongoing credit crunch continued to claim victims.
Three smaller banks in Georgia, an Illinois-based bank and a Virginia bank were also shuttered, bringing the 2009 total to 130.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amtrust-bank-puts-2-billion-dent-in-fdic-fund-2009-12-04