Monday, February 18, 2013

Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bank Bailout - NYTimes.com

Don’t Blink, or You’ll Miss Another Bank Bailout - NYTimes.com
Late last Wednesday, the New York Fed said in a court filing that in July it had released Bank of America from all legal claims arising from losses in some mortgage-backed securities the Fed received when the government bailed out the American International Group in 2008. One surprise in the filing, which was part of a case brought by A.I.G., was that the New York Fed let Bank of America off the hook even as A.I.G. was seeking to recover $7 billion in losses on those very mortgage securities. 

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