Cramer vs Stewart: An Aside

Thief13x on 18/3/2009 at 17:37

Quote Posted by Scots Taffer

I also argue that most private companies pursue only their own end without regard for the economy, the environment, and in some extreme cases even their customers. Ultimately it's all about profit, profit, profit, not service and not enrichment.

Fortunately, in a free market they also pay the price (See Detroit and AIG). I think alot of people are fuming because they wanted to see these companies get what was coming to them.

Also, I find it very refreshing to see the initiatives being taken by alot of large corporations in recent years to 'go green' and to give back to the community, as well as treat their employees well.

Granted some corporations are all about profit without a care for the environment or the their employees, but this seems to be becoming a very unpopular approach that will no doubt be extinguished by consumers in coming years. Especially after some of the CEO scandal shit being made public.

Thief13x on 20/3/2009 at 14:14

Even the evil corporate giant is dolling out the loot

(http://www.clickorlando.com/money/18973265/detail.html#-)

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Retail giant Wal-Mart will hand out its largest annual award -- $2 billion -- which includes bonuses to every part-time and full-time hourly employee.

The $2 billion includes 401k contributions, about $1 billion in profit-sharing, millions of dollars in merchandise discounts and $933 million in bonuses. The average cash bonus for employees will be $667.

Apart from fucks in the financial sector who would sell their mother for a stock increase, I think the free market is moving perhaps slowly in the right direction. I just don't think you can look at the financial sector and claim that capitalism has failed, especially considering that the vast majority of financial institutions are actually playing by the rules..

Old and Cunning on 23/3/2009 at 00:16

I've been groping my through the murk vis a vis allowing the capitalist model the relative freedom to find its own way and still have no reason to change my mind about it. It's still the healthiest way. But I think that we have erred in allowing the financial sector to dictate the rules of engagement.

Essentially, we have placed sole control over how money will be valued and used in the hands of a very VERY small group of people and those people tell US what our goods and services are worth, what interest shall be paid or charged on our savings and our loans, and thus have a disproportionate amount of of control over us and how we conduct our affairs. That is NOT how a free market should work.

A free market is supposed to be determined by the buyers and sellers acting on legitimate market forces like supply and demand. What we have is a complex daily manipulation of the value and availability of money that is more focused on social or economic goals determined by a few guys in suits.

I'll never believe that they make those decisions solely for the good of the less powerful. They are rich beyond belief. And though that is not something that I have a problem with, from the standpoint of fairness, I DO think that those gains should be made without robbing substance from everyone else. I'd like to have the same opportunity to be rich as hell, but that is unlikely if we continue to be raided by financial sector banditry.

This is the one thing that we have no defense against because our collective power to determine the value of our assets has been stripped from us over the years. A monopoly of power in the financial sector is every bit as harmful as a monopoly in any other economic sector.

BEAR on 23/3/2009 at 01:02

I love when people have no idea what they are talking about and try to sound like they do.

"Yeah, well obviously we need....something....uh..keeping..the banks from screwing everyone...but they need...freedom...but not regulation...or something"

Seriously, you don't even know what you think. You have this sense that the free market should be allowed to work, but you can't possibly deny the failure of that ideology, so you admit SOMETHING needs to be done by SOMEONE but its not regulation and its not by the EBIL GOVERNMENT.

Its like hearing a libertarian try to explain his/her version of the perfect government. All you people know is what you don't want.

Scots Taffer on 23/3/2009 at 01:06

Quote Posted by BEAR

I love when people have no idea what they are talking about and try to sound like they do.

Not really sure who that post is directed at or, really, what purpose it serves. Just because a situation is incredibly complex doesn't mean that from the outside looking in you can't fathom that something is either fundamentally or systemically broken, and then try to pose a series of questions that enable you to understand better what the problem(s) might be and what might be done to fix them.

Thief13x on 23/3/2009 at 02:34

Quote Posted by BEAR

I don't think anyone besides you, BEAR, is claiming to have all the answers, not even our president. Proping up AIG and the likes is a step that was taken with quite a bit of uncertainty. As Pres. Obama said, he (and alot of other people) basically made an educated bet that the money we will spend proping up these institutions will be less in the long run than the GDI that would be lost otherwise.

As far as I'm concerned, anyone being critical of those who are tossing around ideas to solve this crisis for tossing around said ideas are the only ones holding this country back. I don't think you can argue that letting some of these corporations fail is undoubtedly the wrong approach. In my opinion, this would be about as big as a gamble as the one we're taking now (see the updated budget, federal deficit, Hillary begging China for more money, etc...).

edit - I especially like the phrase "failure of an Ideology," ... thrown around so much by numbnuts, spouting off like this didn't happen ....

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Date of Capital Injection Financial Institution City State Amount
10/28/2008 Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco Calif. $25,000,000,000
10/28/2008 JPMorgan Chase & Co. New York N.Y. $25,000,000,000
10/28/2008 Citigroup Inc. New York N.Y. $25,000,000,000
10/28/2008 Bank of America Corp.1 Charlotte N.C. $15,000,000,000
10/28/2008 Morgan Stanley New York N.Y. $10,000,000,000
10/28/2008 Goldman Sachs Group Inc. New York N.Y. $10,000,000,000
10/28/2008 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. New York N.Y. $3,000,000,000
10/28/2008 State Street Corp. Boston Mass. $2,000,000,000
11/17/2008 U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis Minn. $6,599,000,000
11/17/2008 Capital One Financial Corp. McLean Va. $3,555,199,000
11/17/2008 Regions Financial Corp. Birmingham Ala. $3,500,000,000
11/17/2008 SunTrust Banks Inc. Atlanta Ga. $3,500,000,000
11/17/2008 BB&T Corp. Winston-Salem N.C. $3,133,640,000
11/17/2008 KeyCorp Cleveland Ohio $2,500,000,000
11/17/2008 Comerica Inc. Dallas Texas $2,250,000,000
11/17/2008 Marshall & Ilsley Corp. Milwaukee Wis. $1,715,000,000
11/17/2008 Northern Trust Corp. Chicago Ill. $1,576,000,000
11/17/2008 Zions Bancorporation Salt Lake City Utah $1,400,000,000
11/17/2008 Huntington Bancshares Columbus Ohio $1,398,071,000
11/17/2008 First Horizon National Corp. Memphis Tenn. $866,540,000
11/17/2008 TCF Financial Corp. Wayzata Minn. $361,172,000
11/17/2008 Valley National Bancorp Wayne N.J. $300,000,000
11/17/2008 UCBH Holdings Inc. San Francisco Calif. $298,737,000
11/17/2008 Umpqua Holdings Corp. Portland Ore. $214,181,000
11/17/2008 Washington Federal Inc. Seattle Wash. $200,000,000
11/17/2008 Provident Bancshares Corp. Baltimore Md. $151,500,000
11/17/2008 Bank of Commerce Holdings Redding Calif. $17,000,000
11/17/2008 1st FS Corp. Hendersonville N.C. $16,369,000
11/17/2008 Broadway Financial Corp. Los Angeles Calif. $9,000,000
11/21/2008 First Niagara Financial Group Lockport N.Y. $184,011,000
11/21/2008 HF Financial Corp. Sioux Falls S.D. $25,000,000
11/21/2008 Centerstate Banks of Florida Inc. Davenport Fla. $27,875,000
11/21/2008 City National Corporation Beverly Hills Calif. $400,000,000
11/21/2008 First Community Bankshares Inc. Bluefield Va. $41,500,000
11/21/2008 Western Alliance Bancorporation Las Vegas Nev. $140,000,000
11/21/2008 Webster Financial Corporation Waterbury Conn. $400,000,000
11/21/2008 Pacific Capital Bancorp Santa Barbara Calif. $180,634,000
11/21/2008 Heritage Commerce Corp. San Jose Calif. $40,000,000
11/21/2008 Ameris Bancorp Moultrie Ga. $52,000,000
11/21/2008 Porter Bancorp Inc. Louisville Ky. $35,000,000
11/21/2008 Banner Corporation Walla Walla Wash. $124,000,000
11/21/2008 Cascade Financial Corporation Everett Wash. $38,970,000
11/21/2008 Columbia Banking System, Inc. Tacoma Wash. $76,898,000
11/21/2008 Heritage Financial Corporation Olympia Wash. $24,000,000
11/21/2008 First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. Chula Vista Calif. $19,300,000
11/21/2008 Severn Bancorp, Inc. Annapolis Md. $23,393,000
11/21/2008 Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. Boston Mass. $154,000,000
11/21/2008 Associated Banc-Corp Green Bay Wis. $525,000,000
11/21/2008 Trustmark Corporation Jackson Miss. $215,000,000
11/21/2008 First Community Corporation Lexington S.C. $11,350,000
11/21/2008 Taylor Capital Group Rosemont Ill. $104,823,000
11/21/2008 Nara Bancorp, Inc. Los Angeles Calif. $67,000,000
12/5/2008 MB Financial Inc. Chicago Ill. $196,000,000
12/5/2008 First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. Itasca Ill. $193,000,000
12/5/2008 United Community Banks, Inc. Blairsville Ga. $180,000,000
12/5/2008 Wesbanco Bank Inc. Wheeling W.Va. $75,000,000
12/5/2008 Encore Bancshares Inc. Houston Texas $34,000,000
12/5/2008 Manhattan Bancorp El Segundo Calif. $1,700,000
12/5/2008 Iberiabank Corporation Lafayette La. $90,000,000
12/5/2008 Eagle Bancorp, Inc. Bethesda Md. $38,235,000
12/5/2008 Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. Olney Md. $83,094,000
12/5/2008 Coastal Banking Company, Inc. Fernandina Beach Fla. $9,950,000
12/5/2008 East West Bancorp Pasadena Calif. $306,546,000
12/5/2008 South Financial Group, Inc. Greenville S.C. $347,000,000
12/5/2008 Great Southern Bancorp Springfield Mo. $58,000,000
12/5/2008 Cathay General Bancorp Los Angeles Calif. $258,000,000
12/5/2008 Southern Community Financial Corp. Winston-Salem N.C. $42,750,000
12/5/2008 CVB Financial Corp Ontario Calif. $130,000,000
12/5/2008 First Defiance Financial Corp. Defiance Ohio $37,000,000
12/5/2008 First Financial Holdings Inc. Charleston S.C. $65,000,000
12/5/2008 Superior Bancorp Inc. Birmingham AL $69,000,000
12/5/2008 Southwest Bancorp, Inc. Stillwater Okla. $70,000,000
12/5/2008 Popular, Inc. San Juan P.R. $935,000,000
12/5/2008 Blue Valley Ban Corp Overland Park Kan. $21,750,000
12/5/2008 Central Federal Corporation Fairlawn Ohio $7,225,000
12/5/2008 Bank of Marin Bancorp Novato Calif. $28,000,000
12/5/2008 Bank of North Carolina Thomasville N.C. $31,260,000
12/5/2008 Central Bancorp, Inc. Somerville Mass. $10,000,000
12/5/2008 Southern Missouri Bancorp, Inc. Poplar Bluff Mo. $9,550,000
12/5/2008 State Bancorp, Inc. Jericho N.Y. $36,842,000
12/5/2008 TIB Financial Corp Naples Fla. $37,000,000
12/5/2008 Unity Bancorp, Inc. Clinton N.J. $20,649,000
12/5/2008 Old Line Bancshares, Inc. Bowie Md. $7,000,000
12/5/2008 FPB Bancorp, Inc. Port St. Lucie Fla. $5,800,000
12/5/2008 Sterling Financial Corporation Spokane Wash. $303,000,000
12/5/2008 Oak Valley Bancorp Oakdale Calif. $13,500,000
12/5/2008 Old National Bancorp Evansville IN $100,000,000
12/12/2008 Capital Bank Corp. Raliegh NC $41,279,000
12/12/2008 Pacific International Bancorp Seattle WA $6,500,000
12/12/2008 SVB Financial Group Santa Clara CA $235,000,000
12/12/2008 LNB Bancorp Inc. Lorain OH $25,223,000
12/12/2008 Wilmington Trust Corp. Wilmington DE $330,000,000
12/12/2008 Susquehanna Bancshares Inc. Lititz PA $300,000,000
12/12/2008 Signature Bank New York NY $120,000,000
12/12/2008 HopFed Bancorp Hopkinsville KY $18,400,000
12/12/2008 Citizens Republic Bancorp Inc. Flint MI $300,000,000
12/12/2008 Indiana Community Bancorp Columbus IN $21,500,000
12/12/2008 Bank Of the Ozarks Inc. Little Rock AR $75,000,000
12/12/2008 Center Financial Corp. Los Angeles CA $55,000,000
12/12/2008 NewBridge Bancorp Greensboro NC $52,372,000
12/12/2008 Sterling Bancshares Inc. Houston TX $125,198,000
12/12/2008 The Bancorp Inc. Wilmington DE $45,220,000
12/12/2008 TowneBank Portsmouth VA $76,458,000
12/12/2008 Wilshire Bancorp Inc. Los Angeles CA $62,158,000
12/12/2008 Valley Financial Corp. Roanoke VA $16,019,000
12/12/2008 Independent Bank Corp. Ionia MI $72,000,000
12/12/2008 Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. Nashville TN $95,000,000
12/12/2008 First Litchfield Financial Corp. Litchfield CT $10,000,000
12/12/2008 National Penn Bancshares Inc. Boyertown PA $150,000,000
12/12/2008 Northeast Bancorp Lewiston ME $4,227,000
12/12/2008 Citizens South Banking Corp. Gastonia NC $20,500,000
12/12/2008 Virginia Commerce Bancorp Arlington VA $71,000,000
12/12/2008 Fidelity Bancorp Inc. Pittsburgh PA $7,000,000
12/12/2008 LSB Corp. Andover MA $15,000,000
12/19/2008 Intermountain Community Bancorp Sandpoint ID $27,000,000
12/19/2008 Community West Bancshares Goleta CA $15,600,000
12/19/2008 Synovus Financial Corp. Columbus GA $967,870,000
12/19/2008 Tennessee Commerce Bancorp, Inc. Franklin TN $30,000,000
12/19/2008 Community Bankers Trust Corporation Glen Allen VA $17,680,000
12/19/2008 BancTrust Financial Group, Inc. Mobile AL $50,000,000
12/19/2008 Enterprise Financial Services Corp. St. Louis MO $35,000,000
12/19/2008 Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. Millersburg PA $10,000,000
12/19/2008 Summit State Bank Santa Rosa CA $8,500,000
12/19/2008 VIST Financial Corp. Wyomissing PA $25,000,000
12/19/2008 Wainwright Bank & Trust Company Boston MA $22,000,000
12/19/2008 Whitney Holding Corporation New Orleans LA $300,000,000
12/19/2008 The Connecticut Bank and Trust Company Hartford CT $5,448,000
12/19/2008 CoBiz Financial Inc. Denver CO $64,450,000
12/19/2008 Santa Lucia Bancorp Atascadero CA $4,000,000
12/19/2008 Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida Stuart FL $50,000,000
12/19/2008 Horizon Bancorp Michigan City IN $25,000,000
12/19/2008 Fidelity Southern Corporation Atlanta GA $48,200,000
12/19/2008 Community Financial Corporation Staunton VA $12,643,000
12/19/2008 Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. Pittsfield MA $40,000,000
12/19/2008 First California Financial Group, Inc Westlake Village CA $25,000,000
12/19/2008 AmeriServ Financial, Inc Johnstown PA $21,000,000
12/19/2008 Security Federal Corporation Aiken SC $18,000,000
12/19/2008 Wintrust Financial Corporation Lake Forest IL $250,000,000
12/19/2008 Flushing Financial Corporation Lake Success NY $70,000,000
12/19/2008 Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. Chesapeake VA $14,700,000
12/19/2008 StellarOne Corporation Charlottesville VA $30,000,000
12/19/2008 Union Bankshares Corporation Bowling Green VA $59,000,000
12/19/2008 Tidelands Bancshares, Inc Mt. Pleasant SC $14,448,000
12/19/2008 Bancorp Rhode Island, Inc. Providence RI $30,000,000
12/19/2008 Hawthorn Bancshares, Inc. Lee's Summit MO $30,255,000
12/19/2008 The Elmira Savings Bank, FSB Elmira NY $9,090,000
12/19/2008 Alliance Financial Corporation Syracuse NY $26,918,000
12/19/2008 Heartland Financial USA, Inc. Dubuque IA $81,698,000
12/19/2008 Citizens First Corporation Bowling Green KY $8,779,000
12/19/2008 FFW Corporation Wabash IN $7,289,000
12/19/2008 Plains Capital Corporation Dallas TX $87,631,000
12/19/2008 Tri-County Financial Corporation Waldorf MD $15,540,000
12/19/2008 OneUnited Bank Boston MA $12,063,000
12/19/2008 Patriot Bancshares, Inc. Houston TX $26,038,000
12/19/2008 Pacific City Finacial Corporation Los Angeles CA $16,200,000
12/19/2008 Marquette National Corporation Chicago IL $35,500,000
12/19/2008 Exchange Bank Santa Rosa CA $43,000,000
12/19/2008 Monadnock Bancorp, Inc. Peterborough NH $1,834,000
12/19/2008 Bridgeview Bancorp, Inc. Bridgeview IL $38,000,000
12/19/2008 Fidelity Financial Corporation Wichita KS $36,282,000
12/19/2008 Patapsco Bancorp, Inc. Dundalk MD $6,000,000
12/19/2008 NCAL Bancorp Los Angeles CA $10,000,000
12/19/2008 FCB Bancorp, Inc. Louisville KY $9,294,000
12/31/2008 SunTrust Banks, Inc. Atlanta GA $1,350,000,000
12/31/2008 The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. Pittsburgh PA $7,579,200,000
12/31/2008 Fifth Third Bancorp Cincinnati OH $3,408,000,000
12/31/2008 Hampton Roads Bankshares, Inc. Norfolk VA $80,347,000
12/31/2008 CIT Group Inc. New York NY $2,330,000,000
12/31/2008 West Bancorporation, Inc. West Des Moines IA $36,000,000
12/31/2008 First Banks, Inc. Clayton MO $295,400,000
1/9/2009 Bank of America Corp.1 Charlotte N.C. $10,000,000,000
1/9/2009 FirstMerit Corporation Akron OH $125,000,000
1/9/2009 Farmers Capital Bank Corporation Frankfort KY $30,000,000
1/9/2009 Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation Gladstone NJ $28,685,000
1/9/2009 Commerce National Bank Newport Beach CA $5,000,000
1/9/2009 The First Bancorp, Inc. Damariscotta ME $25,000,000
1/9/2009 Sun Bancorp, Inc. Vineland NJ $89,310,000
1/9/2009 Crescent Financial Corporation Cary NC $24,900,000
1/9/2009 American Express Company New York NY $3,388,890,000
1/9/2009 Central Pacific Financial Corp. Honolulu HI $135,000,000
1/9/2009 Centrue Financial Corporation St. Louis MO $32,668,000
1/9/2009 Eastern Virginia Bankshares, Inc. Tappahannock VA $24,000,000
1/9/2009 Colony Bankcorp, Inc. Fitzgerald GA $28,000,000
1/9/2009 Independent Bank Corp. Rockland MA $78,158,000
1/9/2009 Cadence Financial Corporation Starkville MS $44,000,000
1/9/2009 LCNB Corp. Lebanon OH $13,400,000
1/9/2009 Center Bancorp, Inc. Union NJ $10,000,000
1/9/2009 F.N.B. Corporation Hermitage PA $100,000,000
1/9/2009 C&F Financial Corporation West Point VA $20,000,000
1/9/2009 North Central Bancshares, Inc. Fort Dodge IA $10,200,000
1/9/2009 Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. Greensboro NC $16,000,000
1/9/2009 First Bancorp Troy NC $65,000,000
1/9/2009 First Financial Service Corporation Elizabethtown KY $20,000,000
1/9/2009 Codorus Valley Bancorp, Inc. York PA $16,500,000
1/9/2009 MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. Lafayette LA $20,000,000
1/9/2009 First Security Group, Inc. Chattanooga TN $33,000,000
1/9/2009 Shore Bancshares, Inc. Easton MD $25,000,000
1/9/2009 The Queensborough Company Louisville GA $12,000,000
1/9/2009 American State Bancshares, Inc. Great Bend KS $6,000,000
1/9/2009 Security California Bancorp Riverside CA $6,815,000
1/9/2009 Security Business Bancorp San Diego CA $5,803,000
1/9/2009 Sound Banking Company Morehead City NC $3,070,000
1/9/2009 Mission Community Bancorp San Luis Obispo CA $5,116,000
1/9/2009 Redwood Financial Inc. Redwood Falls MN $2,995,000
1/9/2009 Surrey Bancorp Mount Airy NC $2,000,000
1/9/2009 Independence Bank East Greenwich RI $1,065,000
1/9/2009 Valley Community Bank Pleasanton CA $5,500,000
1/9/2009 Rising Sun Bancorp Rising Sun MD $5,983,000
1/9/2009 Community Trust Financial Corporation Ruston LA $24,000,000
1/9/2009 GrandSouth Bancorporation Greenville SC $9,000,000
1/9/2009 Texas National Bancorporation Jacksonville TX $3,981,000
1/9/2009 Congaree Bancshares, Inc. Cayce SC $3,285,000
1/9/2009 New York Private Bank & Trust Corporation New York NY $267,274,000
1/16/2009 Home Bancshares, Inc. Conway Ark $50,000,000
1/16/2009 Washington Banking Company / Whidbey Island Bank Oak Harbor Wash. $26,380,000
1/16/2009 New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. Newport N.H. $10,000,000
1/16/2009 Bar Harbor Bankshares/Bar Harbor Bank & Trust Bar Harbor Maine $18,751,000
1/16/2009 Somerset Hills Bancorp Bernardsville N.J. $7,414,000
1/16/2009 SCBT Financial Corporation Columbia S.C. $64,779,000
1/16/2009 S&T Bancorp Indiana Pa. $108,676,000
1/16/2009 ECB Bancorp, Inc./East Carolina Bank Engelhard N.C. $17,949,000
1/16/2009 First BanCorp San Juan Puerto Rico $400,000,000
1/16/2009 Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. Dallas Texas $75,000,000
1/16/2009 Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation Elkin N.C. $36,000,000
1/16/2009 Carver Bancorp, Inc New York N.Y. $18,980,000
1/16/2009 Citizens & Northern Corporation Wellsboro Pa. $26,440,000
1/16/2009 MainSource Financial Group, Inc. Greensburg Ind. $57,000,000
1/16/2009 MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. Houston Texas $45,000,000
1/16/2009 United Bancorp, Inc. Tecumseh Mich. $20,600,000
1/16/2009 Old Second Bancorp, Inc. Aurora Ill. $73,000,000
1/16/2009 Pulaski Financial Corp Creve Coeur Mo. $32,538,000
1/16/2009 OceanFirst Financial Corp. Toms River N.J. $38,263,000
1/16/2009 Community 1st Bank Roseville Calif. $2,550,000
1/16/2009 TCB Holding Company, Texas Community Bank The Woodlands Texas $11,730,000
1/16/2009 Centra Financial Holdings, Inc./Centra Bank, Inc. Morgantown W.Va. $15,000,000
1/16/2009 First Bankers Trustshares, Inc. Quincy Ill. $10,000,000
1/16/2009 Pacific Coast National Bancorp San Clemente Calif. $4,120,000
1/16/2009 Community Bank of the Bay Oakland Calif. $1,747,000
1/16/2009 Redwood Capital Bancorp Eureka Calif. $3,800,000
1/16/2009 Syringa Bancorp Boise Idaho $8,000,000
1/16/2009 Idaho Bancorp Boise Idaho $6,900,000
1/16/2009 Puget Sound Bank Bellevue Wash. $4,500,000
1/16/2009 United Financial Banking Companies, Inc. Vienna Va. $5,658,000
1/16/2009 Dickinson Financial Corporation II Kansas City Mont. $146,053,000
1/16/2009 The Baraboo Bancorporation Baraboo Wisc. $20,749,000
1/16/2009 Bank of Commerce Charlotte N.C. $3,000,000
1/16/2009 State Bankshares, Inc. Fargo N.D. $50,000,000
1/16/2009 BNCCORP, Inc. Bismarck N.D. $20,093,000
1/16/2009 First Manitowoc Bancorp, Inc. Manitowoc Wisc. $12,000,000
1/16/2009 Southern Bancorp, Inc. Arkadelphia Ark. $11,000,000
1/16/2009 Morrill Bancshares, Inc. Merriam Kan. $13,000,000
1/16/2009 Treaty Oak Bancorp, Inc. Austin Texas $3,268,000
1/22/2009 1st Source Corporation South Bend Ind. $111,000,000
1/22/2009 Princeton National Bancorp, Inc. Princeton Ill. $25,083,000
1/22/2009 AB&T Financial Corporation Gastonia N.C. $3,500,000
1/22/2009 First Citizens Banc Corp Sandusky Ohio $23,184,000
1/22/2009 WSFS Financial Corporation Wilmington Del. $52,625,000
1/22/2009 Commonwealth Business Bank Los Angeles Calif. $7,701,000
1/22/2009 Seaside National Bank & Trust Orlando Fla. $5,677,000
1/22/2009 CalWest Bancorp Rancho Santa Margarita Calif. $4,656,000
1/22/2009 Fresno First Bank Fresno Calif. $1,968,000
1/22/2009 First ULB Corp. Oakland Calif. $4,900,000
1/22/2009 Alarion Financial Services, Inc. Ocala Fla. $6,514,000
1/22/2009 Midland States Bancorp, Inc. Effingham Ill. $10,189,000
1/22/2009 Moscow Bancshares, Inc. Moscow Tenn. $6,216,000
1/22/2009 Farmers Bank Windsor Va. $8,752,000
1/22/2009 California Oaks State Bank Thousand Oaks Calif. $3,300,000
1/22/2009 Pierce County Bancorp Tacoma Wash. $6,800,000
1/22/2009 Calvert Financial Corporation Ashland Mo. $1,037,000
1/22/2009 Liberty Bancshares, Inc. Jonesboro Ark. $57,500,000
1/22/2009 Crosstown Holding Company Blaine Minn. $10,650,000
1/22/2009 BankFirst Capital Corporation Macon Miss. $15,500,000
1/22/2009 Southern Illinois Bancorp, Inc. Carmi Ill. $5,000,000
1/22/2009 FPB Financial Corp. Hammond La. $3,240,000
1/22/2009 Stonebridge Financial Corp. West Chester Penn. $10,973,000
1/30/2009 Peoples Bancorp Inc. Marietta Ohio $39,000,000
1/30/2009 Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc. Madison Wisc. $110,000,000
1/30/2009 Parke Bancorp, Inc. Sewell N.J. $16,288,000
1/30/2009 Central Virginia Bankshares, Inc. Powhatan Va. $11,385,000
1/30/2009 Flagstar Bancorp, Inc. Troy Mich. $266,657,000
1/30/2009 Middleburg Financial Corporation Middleburg Va. $22,000,000
1/30/2009 Peninsula Bank Holding Co. Palo Alto Calif. $6,000,000
1/30/2009 PrivateBancorp, Inc. Chicago Ill. $243,815,000
1/30/2009 Central Valley Community Bancorp Fresno Calif. $7,000,000
1/30/2009 Plumas Bancorp Quincy Calif. $11,949,000
1/30/2009 Stewardship Financial Corporation Midland Park N.J. $10,000,000
1/30/2009 Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc. Oak Ridge N.C. $7,700,000
1/30/2009 First United Corporation Oakland Md. $30,000,000
1/30/2009 Community Partners Bancorp Middletown N.J. $9,000,000
1/30/2009 Guaranty Federal Bancshares, Inc. Springfield Mo. $17,000,000
1/30/2009 Annapolis Bancorp, Inc. Annapolis Md. $8,152,000
1/30/2009 DNB Financial Corporation Downingtown Penn. $11,750,000
1/30/2009 Firstbank Corporation Alma Mich. $33,000,000
1/30/2009 Valley Commerce Bancorp Visalia Calif. $7,700,000
1/30/2009 Greer Bancshares Incorporated Greer S.C. $9,993,000
1/30/2009 Ojai Community Bank Ojai Calif. $2,080,000
1/30/2009 Adbanc, Inc Ogallala Neb. $12,720,000
1/30/2009 Beach Business Bank Manhattan Beach Calif. $6,000,000
1/30/2009 Legacy Bancorp, Inc. Milwaukee Wisc. $5,498,000
1/30/2009 First Soutdern Bancorp, Inc. Boca Raton Fla. $10,900,000
1/30/2009 Country Bank Shares, Inc. Milford Neb. $7,525,000
1/30/2009 Katahdin Bankshares Corp. Houlton Maine $10,449,000
1/30/2009 Rogers Bancshares, Inc. Little Rock Ark. $25,000,000
1/30/2009 UBT Bancshares, Inc. Marysville Kan. $8,950,000
1/30/2009 Bankers' Bank of tde West Bancorp, Inc. Denver Colo. $12,639,000
1/30/2009 W.T.B. Financial Corporation Spokane Wash. $110,000,000
1/30/2009 AMB Financial Corp. Munster Ind. $3,674,000
1/30/2009 Goldwater Bank, N.A. Scottsdale Ariz. $2,568,000
1/30/2009 Equity Bancshares, Inc. Wichita Kan. $8,750,000
1/30/2009 WashingtonFirst Bank Reston Va. $6,633,000
1/30/2009 Central Bancshares, Inc. Houston Texas $5,800,000
1/30/2009 Hilltop Community Bancorp, Inc. Summit N.J. $4,000,000
1/30/2009 Nortdway Financial, Inc. Berlin N.H. $10,000,000
1/30/2009 Monument Bank Betdesda Md. $4,734,000
1/30/2009 Metro City Bank Doraville Ga. $7,700,000
1/30/2009 F & M Bancshares, Inc. Trezevant Tenn. $4,609,000
1/30/2009 First Resource Bank Exton Penn. $2,600,000
2/6/2009 MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc. Iowa City Iowa $16,000,000
2/6/2009 Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. Oak Ridge N.J. $59,000,000
2/6/2009 Monarch Community Bancorp, Inc. Coldwater Mich. $6,785,000
2/6/2009 The First Bancshares, Inc. Hattiesburg Miss. $5,000,000
2/6/2009 Carolina Trust Bank Lincolnton N.C. $4,000,000
2/6/2009 Alaska Pacific Bancshares, Inc. Juneau Alaska $4,781,000
2/6/2009 PGB Holdings, Inc. Chicago Ill. $3,000,000
2/6/2009 The Freeport State Bank Harper Kan. $301,000
2/6/2009 Stockmens Financial Corporation Rapid City S.D. $15,568,000
2/6/2009 US Metro Bank Garden Grove Calif. $2,861,000
2/6/2009 First Express of Nebraska, Inc. Gering Neb. $5,000,000
2/6/2009 Mercantile Capital Corp. Boston Mass. $3,500,000
2/6/2009 Citizens Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Versailles Ky. $6,300,000
2/6/2009 Liberty Financial Services, Inc. New Orleans La. $5,645,000
2/6/2009 Lone Star Bank Houston Texas $3,072,000
2/6/2009 First Market Bank, FSB Richmond Va. $33,900,000
2/6/2009 Banner County Ban Corporation Harrisburg Neb. $795,000
2/6/2009 Centrix Bank & Trust Bedford N.H. $7,500,000
2/6/2009 Todd Bancshares, Inc. Hopkinsville Ky. $4,000,000
2/6/2009 Georgia Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Atlanta Ga. $8,700,000
2/6/2009 First Bank of Charleston, Inc. Charleston W.V. $3,345,000
2/6/2009 F & M Financial Corporation Salisbury N.C. $17,000,000
2/6/2009 The Bank of Currituck Moyock N.C. $4,021,000
2/6/2009 CedarStone Bank Lebanon Tenn. $3,564,000
2/6/2009 Community Holding Company of Florida, Inc. Miramar Beach Fla. $1,050,000
2/6/2009 Hyperion Bank Philadelphia Pa. $1,552,000
2/6/2009 Pascack Community Bank Westwood N.J. $3,756,000
2/6/2009 First Western Financial, Inc. Denver Colo. $8,559,000
2/13/2009 QCR Holdings, Inc. Moline Ill. $38,237,000
2/13/2009 Westamerica Bancorporation San Rafael Calif. $83,726,000
2/13/2009 The Bank of Kentucky Financial Corporation Crestview Hills Ky. $34,000,000
2/13/2009 PremierWest Bancorp Medford Ore. $41,400,000
2/13/2009 Carrollton Bancorp Baltimore Md. $9,201,000
2/13/2009 FNB United Corp. Asheboro N.C. $51,500,000
2/13/2009 First Menasha Bancshares, Inc. Neenah Wis. $4,797,000
2/13/2009 1st Enterprise Bank Los Angeles Calif. $4,400,000
2/13/2009 DeSoto County Bank Horn Lake Miss. $1,173,000
2/13/2009 Security Bancshares of Pulaski County, Inc. Waynesville Mo. $2,152,000
2/13/2009 State Capital Corporation Greenwood Miss. $15,000,000
2/13/2009 BankGreenville Greenville S.C. $1,000,000
2/13/2009 Corning Savings and Loan Association Corning Ark. $638,000
2/13/2009 Financial Security Corporation Basin Wyo. $5,000,000
2/13/2009 ColoEast Bankshares, Inc. Lamar Colo. $10,000,000
2/13/2009 Santa Clara Valley Bank, N.A. Santa Paula Calif. $2,900,000
2/13/2009 Reliance Bancshares, Inc. Frontenac Mo. $40,000,000
2/13/2009 Regional Bankshares, Inc. Hartsville S.C. $1,500,000
2/13/2009 Peoples Bancorp Lynden Wash. $18,000,000
2/13/2009 First Choice Bank Cerritos Calif. $2,200,000
2/13/2009 Gregg Bancshares, Inc. Ozark Mo. $825,000
2/13/2009 Hometown Bancshares, Inc. Corbin Ky. $1,900,000
2/13/2009 Midwest Regional Bancorp, Inc. Festus Mo. $700,000
2/13/2009 Bern Bancshares, Inc. Bern Kan. $985,000
2/13/2009 Northwest Bancorporation, Inc. Spokane Wash. $10,500,000
2/13/2009 Liberty Bancshares, Inc. Springfield Mo. $21,900,000
2/13/2009 F&M Financial Corp. Clarksville Tenn. $17,243,000
2/13/2009 Meridian Bank Devon Pa. $6,200,000
2/13/2009 Northwest Commercial Bank Lakewood Wash. $1,992,000
2/20/2009 Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc. Narberth Penn. $30,407,000
2/20/2009 First Merchants Corporation Muncie Ind. $116,000,000
2/20/2009 Northern States Financial Corporation Waukegan Ill. $17,211,000
2/20/2009 Sonoma Valley Bancorp Sonoma Calif. $8,653,000
2/20/2009 Guaranty Bancorp, Inc. Woodsville N.H. $6,920,000
2/20/2009 The Private Bank of California Los Angeles Calif. $5,450,000
2/20/2009 Lafayette Bancorp, Inc. Oxford Miss. $1,998,000
2/20/2009 Liberty Shares, Inc. Hinesville Ga. $17,280,000
2/20/2009 White River Bancshares Company Fayetteville Ark. $16,800,000
2/20/2009 United American Bank San Mateo Calif. $8,700,000
2/20/2009 Crazy Woman Creek Bancorp, Inc. Buffalo Wyo. $3,100,000
2/20/2009 First Priority Financial Corp. Malvern Penn. $4,579,000
2/20/2009 Mid-Wisconsin Financial Services, Inc. Medford Wisc $10,000,000
2/20/2009 Market Bancorporation, Inc. New Market Minn. $2,060,000
2/20/2009 Hometown Bancorp of Alabama, Inc. Oneonta Ala. $3,250,000
2/20/2009 Security State Bancshares, Inc. Charleston Mont. $12,500,000
2/20/2009 CBB Bancorp Cartersville Ga. $2,644,000
2/20/2009 BancPlus Corporation Ridgeland Miss. $48,000,000
2/20/2009 Central Community Corporation Temple Texas $22,000,000
2/20/2009 First BancTrust Corporation Paris Ill. $7,350,000
2/20/2009 Premier Service Bank Riverside Calif. $4,000,000
2/20/2009 Florida Business BancGroup, Inc. Tampa Fla. $9,495,000
2/20/2009 Hamilton State Bancshares, Inc. Hoschton Ga. $7,000,000
2/27/2009 Lakeland Financial Corporation Warsaw Ind. $56,044,000
2/27/2009 First M&F Corporation Kosciusko Miss. $30,000,000
2/27/2009 Southern First Bancshares, Inc. Greenville S.C. $17,299,000
2/27/2009 Integra Bank Corporation Evansville Ind. $83,586,000
2/27/2009 Community First Inc. Columbia Tenn. $17,806,000
2/27/2009 BNC Financial Group, Inc. New Canaan Conn. $4,797,000
2/27/2009 California Bank of Commerce Lafayette Calif. $4,000,000
2/27/2009 Columbine Capital Corp. Buena Vista Colo. $2,260,000
2/27/2009 National Bancshares, Inc. Bettendorf Iowa $24,664,000
2/27/2009 First State Bank of Mobeetie Mobeetie Texas $731,000
2/27/2009 Ridgestone Financial Services, Inc. Brookfield Wis. $10,900,000
2/27/2009 Community Business Bank West Sacramento Calif. $3,976,000
2/27/2009 D.L. Evans Bancorp Burley Idaho $19,891,000
2/27/2009 TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. Pittsburgh Penn. $23,000,000
2/27/2009 Green City Bancshares, Inc. Green City Mo. $651,000
2/27/2009 First Gothenburg Bancshares, Inc. Gothenburg Neb. $7,570,000
2/27/2009 Green Circle Investments, Inc. Clive Iowa $2,400,000
2/27/2009 Private Bancorporation, Inc. Minneapolis Minn. $4,960,000
2/27/2009 Regent Capital Corporation Nowata Okla. $2,655,000
2/27/2009 Central Bancorp, Inc. Garland Texas $22,500,000
2/27/2009 Medallion Bank Salt Lake City Utah $11,800,000
2/27/2009 PSB Financial Corporation Many La. $9,270,000
2/27/2009 Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc. Nashville Tenn. $7,400,000
2/27/2009 Howard Bancorp, Inc. Ellicott City Md. $5,983,000
2/27/2009 FNB Bancorp South San Francisco Calif. $12,000,000
2/27/2009 The Victory Bank Limerick Penn. $541,000
2/27/2009 Catskill Hudson Bancorp, Inc Rock Hill N.Y. $3,000,000
2/27/2009 Midtown Bank & Trust Company Atlanta Ga. $5,222,000
2/27/2009 Lakeland Financial Corporation Warsaw Ind. $56,044,000
2/27/2009 First M&F Corporation Kosciusko Miss. $30,000,000
2/27/2009 Southern First Bancshares, Inc. Greenville S.C. $17,299,000
2/27/2009 Integra Bank Corporation Evansville Ind. $83,586,000
2/27/2009 Community First Inc. Columbia Tenn. $17,806,000
2/27/2009 BNC Financial Group, Inc. New Canaan Conn. $4,797,000
2/27/2009 California Bank of Commerce Lafayette Calif. $4,000,000
2/27/2009 Columbine Capital Corp. Buena Vista Colo. $2,260,000
2/27/2009 National Bancshares, Inc. Bettendorf Iowa $24,664,000
2/27/2009 First State Bank of Mobeetie Mobeetie Texas $731,000
2/27/2009 Ridgestone Financial Services, Inc. Brookfield Wis. $10,900,000
2/27/2009 Community Business Bank West Sacramento Calif. $3,976,000
2/27/2009 D.L. Evans Bancorp Burley Idaho $19,891,000
2/27/2009 TriState Capital Holdings, Inc. Pittsburgh Penn. $23,000,000
2/27/2009 Green City Bancshares, Inc. Green City Mo. $651,000
2/27/2009 First Gothenburg Bancshares, Inc. Gothenburg Neb. $7,570,000
2/27/2009 Green Circle Investments, Inc. Clive Iowa $2,400,000
2/27/2009 Private Bancorporation, Inc. Minneapolis Minn. $4,960,000
2/27/2009 Regent Capital Corporation Nowata Okla. $2,655,000
2/27/2009 Central Bancorp, Inc. Garland Texas $22,500,000
2/27/2009 Medallion Bank Salt Lake City Utah $11,800,000
2/27/2009 PSB Financial Corporation Many La. $9,270,000
2/27/2009 Avenue Financial Holdings, Inc. Nashville Tenn. $7,400,000
2/27/2009 Howard Bancorp, Inc. Ellicott City Md. $5,983,000
2/27/2009 FNB Bancorp South San Francisco Calif. $12,000,000
2/27/2009 The Victory Bank Limerick Penn. $541,000
2/27/2009 Catskill Hudson Bancorp, Inc Rock Hill N.Y. $3,000,000
2/27/2009 Midtown Bank & Trust Company Atlanta Ga. $5,222,000
3/6/2009 HCSB Financial Corporation Loris S.C. $12,895,000
3/6/2009 First Busey Corporation Urbana Ill. $100,000,000
3/6/2009 First Federal Bancshares of Arkansas, Inc. Harrison Ark. $16,500,000
3/6/2009 Citizens Bancshares Corporation Atlanta Ga. $7,462,000
3/6/2009 ICB Financial Ontario Calif. $6,000,000
3/6/2009 First Texas BHC, Inc. Fort Worth Texas $13,533,000
3/6/2009 Farmers & Merchants Bancshares, Inc. Houston Texas $11,000,000
3/6/2009 Blue Ridge Bancshares, Inc. Independence Mo. $12,000,000
3/6/2009 First Reliance Bancshares, Inc. Florence S.C. $15,349,000
3/6/2009 Merchants and Planters Bancshares, Inc. Toone Tenn. $1,881,000
3/6/2009 First Southwest Bancorporation, Inc. Alamosa Colo. $5,500,000
3/6/2009 Germantown Capital Corporation, Inc. Germantown Tenn. $4,967,000
3/6/2009 BOH Holdings, Inc. Houston Texas $10,000,000
3/6/2009 AmeriBank Holding Company Collinsville Okla. $2,492,000
3/6/2009 Highlands Independent Bancshares, Inc. Sebring Fla. $6,700,000
3/6/2009 Pinnacle Bank Holding Company, Inc. Orange City Fla. $4,389,000
3/6/2009 Blue River Bancshares, Inc. Shelbyville Ind. $5,000,000
3/6/2009 Marine Bank & Trust Company Vero Beach Fla. $3,000,000
3/6/2009 Community Bancshares of Kansas, Inc. Goff Kan. $500,000
3/6/2009 Regent Bancorp, Inc. Davie Fla. $9,982,000
3/6/2009 Park Bancorporation, Inc. Madison Wis. $23,200,000
3/6/2009 PeoplesSouth Bancshares, Inc. Colquitt Ga. $12,325,000
3/13/2009 First Place Financial Corp. Warren Ohio $72,927,000
3/13/2009 Salisbury Bancorp, Inc. Lakeville Conn. $8,816,000
3/13/2009 First Northern Community Bancorp Dixon Calif. $17,390,000
3/13/2009 Discover Financial Services Riverwoods Ill. $1,224,558,000
3/13/2009 Provident Community Bancshares, Inc. Rock Hill S.C. $9,266,000
3/13/2009 First American International Corp. Brooklyn N.Y. $17,000,000
3/13/2009 BancIndependent, Inc. Sheffield Ala. $21,100,000
3/13/2009 Haviland Bancshares, Inc. Haviland Kan. $425,000
3/13/2009 1st United Bancorp, Inc. Boca Raton Fla. $10,000,000
3/13/2009 Madison Financial Corporation Richmond Ky. $3,370,000
3/13/2009 First National Corporation Strasburg Va. $13,900,000
3/13/2009 St. Johns Bancshares, Inc. St. Louis Mo. $3,000,000
3/13/2009 Blackhawk Bancorp, Inc. Beloit Wis. $10,000,000
3/13/2009 IBW Financial Corporation Washington DC n/a $6,000,000
3/13/2009 Butler Point, Inc. Catlin Ill. $607,000
3/13/2009 Bank of George Las Vegas Nev. $2,672,000
3/13/2009 Moneytree Corporation Lenoir City Tenn. $9,516,000
3/13/2009 Sovereign Bancshares, Inc. Dallas Texas $18,215,000
3/13/2009 First Intercontinental Bank Doraville Ga. $6,398,000

... you get the picture

you define this as capitalism there BEAR? don't answer, just shut the fuck up :)

Kolya on 23/3/2009 at 11:03

It seems pretty clear to me what BEAR meant and I'm rather amazed at these reactions. There is an obvious contradiction in the general call for action-taking while still praising the freedom of the market, which anyone commenting would have to take into consideration.
Oh and those capital injections (long list is long) were all made after capitalism failed or whatever happened, so what's your point Thief13x?

Thief13x on 23/3/2009 at 11:50

Quote Posted by Kolya

Oh and those capital injections (long list is long) were all made after capitalism failed or whatever happened, so what's your point Thief13x?

after "capitalism failed or whatever happened"

refreshing to see people bringing their constructive knowledge to the table isn't it?

are you trying to tell me that whenever a business is about to falter, capitalism has already failed? you do realize that the failure of a business is an inevitable and vital part of capitalism right? Also, besides a handful of irresponsibility in the financial sector and the "I reject all green initiatives and reasonable business plans" Detroit, could you please define "capitalism failed or whatever happened."

Also, it's rather interesting to see all these folks screaming capitalism has failed and electing Obama in the same breath, while Obama has identified himself numerous time as a "firm believer in the free market," while stressing that all this government intrusion into the private sector is temporary.

Kolya on 23/3/2009 at 12:09

Quote Posted by Thief13x

could you please define "capitalism failed or whatever happened."

Yeah well let's see...

- Oct 2002 : Thief13x registers on TTLG.com
- Nov 2002 : Capitalism fails

Thief13x on 23/3/2009 at 12:18

ah, I see, so you never had a chance and need a bailout, is that it?