Archive for July, 2009

First National Bank of Danville, Danville, IL

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The FDIC busied itself this holiday weekend by seizing seven banks after the close of business on Thursday. The First National Bank of Danville, Danville, IL, marked the 50th bank to be shut down by the agency in 2009. Here is the story from TribStar: As part of a federal government bank ...

Elizabeth State Bank, Elizabeth, IL

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The FDIC busied itself this holiday weekend by seizing seven banks after the close of business on Thursday. Elizabeth State Bank became the 49th bank to be shut down by the agency in 2009. From theofficial FDIC press release: The Elizabeth State Bank, Elizabeth, Illinois, was closed today by the Illinois Department ...

Rock River Bank, Oregon, IL

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The FDIC busied itself this holiday weekend by seizing seven banks after the close of business on Thursday. The Rock River Bank, Oregon, IL, became the 48th bank to be shut down by the agency in 2009. Here is the story from Marketwatch: Rock River Bank of Oregon, Ill. became the 48th ...

First State Bank of Winchester, Winchester, IL

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The FDIC busied itself this holiday weekend by seizing seven banks after the close of business on Thursday. The First State Bank of Winchester, Winchester, IL,  became the 47th bank to be shut down by the agency in 2009. Here is the story from Marketwatch:  First State Bank of Winchester of Winchester, ...

The John Warner Bank, Clinton, IL

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The FDIC busied itself this holiday weekend by seizing seven banks after the close of business on Thursday. The John Warner Bank, Clinton, IL, became the 46th bank to be shut down by the agency in 2009. Here is the story from Bloomberg: John Warner Bank of Clinton, Illinois, was closed ...

The Times

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Long, long ago, doing our best for others meant bringing ourselves into the streets, where the political machine could not touch us.  Those days of yore entailed missiles in October, a place called Vietnam, a precarious risk for defenders of the status quo and outright danger for those who challenged it. ...