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2. Government intervention during the subprime mortgage crisis

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   Merrill Lynch was acquired by Bank of America in September 2008 for $50 billion. [9] Scottish banking group HBOS was acquired by UK rival Lloyds TSB on 17 September 2008, after "HBOS voiced concerns that depositors and lenders had begun to withdraw their credit from the bank". The UK government made this takeover possible by waiving its ...

3. Best CD rates today: Outsmart today's Fed rate cut with 6 ...

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   At the conclusion of its fifth rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on July 31, 2024, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds target interest rate at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.50% for an ...

4. Merrill Lynch & Co. - Wikipedia

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   Merrill Lynch & Co., formally Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, was a publicly-traded American investment bank that existed independently from 1914 until January 2009 before being acquired by Bank of America and rolled into BofA Securities. The firm engaged in prime brokerage and broker-dealer activities and was headquartered ...

5. Troubled Asset Relief Program - Wikipedia

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   The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is a program of the United States government to purchase toxic assets and equity from financial institutions to strengthen its financial sector that was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush. It was a component of the government's measures in 2009 to address the subprime ...

6. 6 best ways to FDIC-insure your excess bank deposits - AOL

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   1. Split your money among different banks. The simplest way to make sure your deposits of more than $250,000 are covered is to move any excess money into a new account at a different FDIC-insured ...

7. Fixed vs. variable interest rates: How these rate types work ...

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   Tiered interest offers different series of APY ranges depending on how much you deposit into a bank account — typically the more you deposit, the higher the rate of return. This is most common ...