fdic.gov - 2/28/2009
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Bank of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada Assumes All of the Deposits of Security Savings Bank, Henderson, Nevada Security Savings Bank, Henderson, Nevada was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. To ...
fdic.gov - 2/28/2009
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fdic.gov —
MB Financial Bank, N.A., Chicago, Illinois, Assumes All
of the Deposits of Heritage Community Bank, Glenwood, Illinois...
Heritage Community Bank, Glenwood, Illinois, was closed today by the Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation, ...
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Press Releases - PR-31-2009 2/27/2009
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Bank Failure #16 in 2009: Security Savings Bank, Henderson, Nevada
Calculated Risk —
From the FDIC: Bank of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada Assumes All of the Deposits of Security Savings Bank, Henderson, Nevada Security Savings Bank, Henderson, Nevada was closed today by the Nevada Financial Institutions Division, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver. ... As of December 31, 2008, Security Savings Bank had total assets of approximately $238.3 million and total deposits of $175.2 million. Bank of Nevada did not pay a premium to acquire the deposits of Security Savings Bank. ... The FDIC estimates that the ...
High on the Hill
Calculated Risk —
Tomorrow morning at 8AM ET, the Buffett letter to investors will be released, and later I'll post a February Economic Summary in Graphs. The AIG deal might be announced Sunday evening or Monday morning. Today real GDP growth was revised down to minus 6.2% (annualized), the Citi deal was announced, two banks failed (Heritage Community Bank, Glenwood, Illinois and Security Savings Bank, Henderson, Nevada), and the S&P; 500 is back to 1996 prices. Also, the Restaurant Performance Index for January was released, and ...
Lunchtime Links 2-28
Rolfe Winkler —
... Buffett’s Annual Letter to Shareholders (Berkshire Hathaway) “…the economy will be in shambles throughout 2009 - and, for that matter, probably well beyond.” Contrast with his NYT Op-Ed from October: “Today my money and my mouth both say equities.”
More bad news from Asia (Setser)
VIDEO: Roubini says fully nationalizing Citi and BofA would be better (Tech Ticker)
Bank Failures #15 and #16 … two more small banks. FDIC estimates $101m cost to deposit insurance ...
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