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Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood, Colorado

Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood, Colorado, is the 84th FDIC-insured institution to fail in the nation this year. The FDIC estimates that the cost to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) will be $224.9 million. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today was appointed receiver for Community Banks of Colorado, Greenwood, Colorado, ...

Constitution Corporate Federal Credit Union, Wallingford, Conn.

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Constitution Corporate Federal Credit Union, Wallingford, Conn., was one of three credit unions to be place into conservatorship by the National Credit Union Administration last night. The seizures may cost as much as $50 billion, and brings a number of unions seized by the agency and wide and why did this year ...

Get ready for a bruising day on Wall Street

Monday, September 15th, 2008

This post contributed by Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns In case you missed it, the financial system in the US is near collapse. This weekend was unbelievable. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The world's largest insurer AIG is looking for the Fed to help it avoid collapse and Merrill ...

Freddie Mac – GSE

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Less than a month after acquiring the power, Treasury Secretary Paulson has put Freddie Mac into government-backed conservatorship. You can read Paulson's joint press release is here, but don't forget how he said this wouldn't be necessary. The government's take down of its own agency purportedly came about when an ...

Fannie Mae – GSE

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

Less than a month after acquiring the power to do so, Treasury Secretary Paulson has put Fannie Mae into conservatorship. You can read Paulson's joint press release here, but let's not forget how he previously said he wouldn't need to do this. The government take down of its own agency ...

Sleight of Hand

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

2008-04-01: Say you have warehouse full of toxic Alt-A bio hazard stored on your balance sheet you need to dispose of so no one notices (mono-liners). If the Alt-A waste is temporarily worth 96c on the dollar you have yourself a 4c write down you are happy to take, but not ...

Comerica Incorporated – $63M

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

2008-02-22: According to its news release, Comerica Incorporated (CMA)'s net income for fiscal 2007 fell to $682 million from $782 million in 2006. Provisions for bad debt surged to $212 million from $37 million in 2006. For the fourth quarter the bank saw a 60% drop in net income. The bank's total ...