Paul Kiel
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Bailout Bucks to Banks
November 20, 2008 5:50 pm EST
Here’s our running tally of the banks that have announced preliminary approval by the Treasury Department for participation in the Capital Purchase Program. We'll update as more names come in. And if you've heard of new recipients, drop us a line.
Note: A number of banks have announced their applications for the program, but haven’t yet received approval. We’ve left them off this list until they’re approved.
Also, it takes some time for Treasury to actually execute these transactions after preliminary approval – time … more…
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Paul Kiel wrote for TPMmuckraker, Talking Points Memo’s investigative reporting blog, from 2006 to 2008. TPM’s coverage of the firings of U.S. attorneys and politicization of the Department of Justice won a George Polk Award for legal reporting.
