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  2. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the "bank bailout of 2008" or the "Wall Street bailout", was a United States federal law enacted during the Great Recession, which created federal programs to "bail out" failing financial institutions and banks.

  3. Troubled Asset Relief Program - Wikipedia

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    Banks that received bailout money had compensated their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in 2007, including salaries, cash bonuses, stock options, and benefits including personal use of company jets and chauffeurs, home security, country club memberships, and professional money management. [83]

  4. What is a bank bailout? - AOL

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    A look at what a bank bailout is with some examples of notable bank bailouts from the past. ... The bailout provides much-needed funds to reduce or eliminate debt completely, and the new bank ...

  5. Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act created the Troubled Asset Relief Program to administer up to $700 billion. Several oversight mechanisms are established by the bill, including the Congressional Oversight Panel, the Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP), the Financial Stability Oversight Board, and additional requirements for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the ...

  6. Small banks that got bailout money may need more - AOL

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    If you keep up on banking news, you may have heard the most recent dire report on small banks: If your small bank has taken bailout money from the federal government, ...

  7. Bailout - Wikipedia

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    A bailout is the provision of financial help to a corporation or country which otherwise would be on the brink of bankruptcy.A bailout differs from the term bail-in (coined in 2010) under which the bondholders or depositors of global systemically important financial institutions (G-SIFIs) are forced to participate in the recapitalization process but taxpayers are not.

  8. Lawmakers press US bank regulators on implicit risks of ... - AOL

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    The DIF — the fund that pays out depositor losses — is primarily funded through quarterly assessments on insured banks and, to a lesser extent, through interest earned on investments and ...

  9. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Wikipedia

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    The main funding differences between the Senate bill and the House bill were: More funds for health care in the Senate ($153.3 vs $140 billion), renewable energy programs ($74 vs. $39.4 billion), for home buyers tax credit ($35.5 vs. $2.6 billion), new payments to the elderly and a one-year increase in AMT limits.