Bailout's big mistake: Loans to small banks

Courtesy Economic news - CNNMoney.com  Thu, 12/24/2009 - 05:08

The last of the big banks have returned their bailout funds, but uncorking the champagne would be premature: taxpayers still have a lot of skin in the game, and getting paid back only gets more difficult from here on out.


 

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