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TARP payback may not help consumers

Jun. 9, 2009
Don't expect TARP-free banks to unleash a torrent of loans to cash-strapped consumers.
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Prudential, Ameriprise turn down TARP

WASHINGTON, May 16 (UPI) -- Prudential Financial Inc. will join Ameriprise Financial as insurers rejecting help from the U.S. Troubled Asset Relief Program, industry sources say.

Fan charged after sliding on ballpark tarp

CHICAGO, May 15 (UPI) -- A Wisconsin student has been charged with misdemeanor trespassing for sliding on the huge blue tarp at Chicago's Wrigley Field, authorities said.

First Niagara to pay off TARP funds

LOCKPORT, N.Y., April 14 (UPI) -- Western New York bank First Niagara said it intended to pay back $184 million it accepted as part of a government bailout program.

Hearing to focus on TARP waste prevention

WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, says he wants the U.S. Treasury Department to explain its efforts to prevent waste and abuse of federal bailout funds for banks.

GAO says TARP transparency lagging

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Government Accountability Office Friday said the Treasury Department is improving the transparency of its massive Troubled Asset Relief Program.

Review: TARP recipients still lobbying

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Many U.S. companies pleading poverty to receive bailout funds were simultaneously spending millions of dollars on lobbying, a records review indicates.

New House members oppose TARP

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- A House vote Thursday on the release of the second half of the federal financial industry bailout drew no votes from many in the chamber's freshman class.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler