$700+ Billion Later, How Are We Doing?

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Despite scathing criticism, the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) is part of today’s reality. Therefore, it is now important to determine just what we, the taxpayers, have gotten for our money. We need to know how the bailed-out companies and institutions are performing now that the funds have been dispersed. It wasn’t an easy job, but we trudged through the murky swamps of vague press releases and media spin to get the unvarnished facts about post-bailout performance. Here is how various bailed-out entities are doing today.

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