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Business Briefing | Companies: F.D.I.C. Shuts AmTrust of Ohio and Five Other Banks

Dec. 4, 2009
AmTrust Bank in Ohio is the fourth-largest of the 130 banks to fail this year, and its failure is expected to cost the federal deposit insurance fund about $2 billion.
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch