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Articles Tagged With 'TARP'

Behind Administration Spin: Bailout Still $123 Billion in the Red

The administration has been on a charm offensive about the TARP. We check in with our bailout database to show where things really stand.

The Bailout Yearbook: The Stars and the Slackers

A half-trillion dollars later, the TARP bailout has produced moneymakers, slow payers and underachievers.

Your Bailout Update: $315 Billion in the Red

Another big investment in Fannie Mae pushes the taxpayers' bailout tab higher.

TARP Watchdog Launches Audit of Bailout Contracts

The TARP inspector general is looking at whether Treasury has gotten its money's worth from financial companies and legal firms.

With Bank Money Returning, Bailout Burden Shifts Toward Housing

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac now account for about one-third of the outstanding bailout money, with more sure to come.

Bailout Breakdown: Losses Likely to Be Larger Than Treasury Estimates

Yes, TARP will cost less than originally envisioned. But how much less is still unknown.

Bailout Balance Sheet (December 2009): Taxpayers’ Revenues Grow, but So Do Losses

The total amount that taxpayers have likely lost forever reaches $9 billion, but for now, that's offset by earnings.

AIG May Soon Lose Crown as Biggest Bailout Debtor

AIG shaves $25 billion off its bailout debt, leaving only $62 million to go.

GM Announces It Will Pay Back Gov’t Loan … With Gov’t Money

General Motors has some of its bailout money set aside to repay debt to the U.S. and Canadian governments.

Regulators Seize Another Recipient of TARP ‘Healthy Bank’ Bailout

One bank collapse in California and two in Florida push the number of failures to 123 this year.

Bank Failure Friday Fells a ‘Healthy Bank’ Bailout Recipient

United Commercial Bank of San Francisco goes under after getting $299 million in TARP money.

Your Bailout Update (Nov. 2009): $400 Billion Outstanding

Keeping track of the TARP money that has gone out -- and the money that's never coming back.

Taxpayers Lose $2.3 Billion with CIT Bankruptcy

CIT files for protection less than a year after it got bailout money, leaving preferred shareholders -- including the Treasury -

Freddie Mac, Given Oversight of Mortgage Mod Program, Falls Down on Job

The Treasury and consumer advocates are complaining about Freddie Mac's performance in auditing loan servicers.

Four Banks in Govt’s ‘Healthy Bank’ Bailout Struggle to Survive

Questions are raised about how some troubled banks got approval by regulators for the Capital Purchase Program.

Adding Up the Financial Rescue: Fall Edition

The cost of the government's bailouts depends on who is doing the counting.

Happy Birthday, Bailout: $390 Billion Outstanding

A year into the financial rescue effort, we take stock of the spending on Fannie, Freddie and those involved in the TARP.

Some Banks in Govt’s ‘Healthy Bank’ Bailout Are Struggling

At least 18 banks that got money from taxpayers have stopped paying dividends to the government.