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banking collapse
Government Issued Secret Bank Bailouts: Report
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) issued a report this week detailing $114 billion the government gave banks during the economic downturn through indirect support.
Former Iceland PM Spared Punishment Over Role in Financial Crisis
Iceland’s former Prime Minister Geir Haarde was declared only partially guilty over negligence in office in the events leading up to the Iceland’s banking collapse of 2008.
Reporting on US Bank Failures
The list of bank failures, collected since Oct. 1, 2000, continues to be updated month after month by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC), which was appointed to take over the failed banks.
