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The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Chuck Saletta	Nationalizing the Banks Is a Horrendous Idea If the government's goal is to help the debt market -- and by extension, the overall economy -- recover, assuring an orderly and controlled bankruptcy process for failing banks would be a better first step.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Morgan Housel	JPMorgan Chase Wants to Pay You Back More and more, banks are looking at ways to repay TARP funds.
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Christopher Barker	$8.6 Trillion Was a Drop in the Bucket Keeping a tally of total potential outlays puts the scale of the crisis in context.
Registered Rep. February 18, 2009 John Churchill	UBS Nailed With $780 Million Fine, Admits To Aiding Tax Dodge Clients The U.S. government has taken its pound of flesh from UBS today. According to a Department of Justice press release.
Chemistry World February 18, 2009 Rebecca Trager	Obama Signs Off on Billions of Dollars for Research US president Barack Obama has signed into law a massive economic stimulus bill that contains an extra $21.5 billion ( 15 billion) in federal research and development support, impressing the scientific community.
InternetNews February 18, 2009 Sean Michael Kerner	Black Hat: U.S. Needs 'Cyberweapons' for Security An expert asks whether it's time for the U.S. to take aggressive measures to rein in national network security.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2009 Morgan Housel	Homeowners Hit the Lottery Of all the government measures to right the economy, is President Obama's plan to aid homeowners the most irresponsible to date?
The Motley Fool February 18, 2009 Alex Dumortier	Greenspan Finally Gets It Right on Banks Federal Reserve ex-Chairman Alan Greenspan recommends that the government consider wholesale bank nationalization, calling it "the least bad solution."
AFP eWire February 17, 2009	Congress Removes Language Barring Prior Patient Solicitation Congress replaced the problematic nonprofit hospital provision that barred healthcare organizations from contacting prior patients with new language that gives patients an "opt-out" from solicitations.
Bank Systems & Technology February 9, 2009 Orla O'Sullivan	Geithner Has Four Choices for Banks Tomorrow, WSJ Editor says. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is to unveil his bank plan tomorrow.
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