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Is the White House pushing bank failures onto the next administration's plate?

The Washington Post reports that the number of bank failures has been surprisingly low. But the crunch count is likely to grow as the problem bank list triples from 90 to 300 over the next three years. Full Article at Blogging Stocks

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