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Description: Even as the nation’s biggest banks stepped further out of the government’s shadow on Friday, hundreds of financial institutions were still clutching to billions of taxpayers’ dollars.

Source: NYTimes.com

Date: 03/18/2011

Link:  http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/many-banks-are-clinging-to-billions-in-bailout-money/?ref=business

Questions for discussion:

  • Summarize the current situation with respect to the results of the bail-out and the status of the banks that were helped? 
  • In the end, how well did the government do with it’s investments?
  • How should investors approach banks today?

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