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Bernanke Notes ‘Stress Tests’ Show Stronger Banks

The Federal Reserve’s annual “stress tests” of major U.S. banks have become better able to detect risks, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Monday night. He said the tests show that the banking industry has grown much healthier since the financial crisis.

2013/04/08

File photo of former President George W. Bush attending a presentation from A123 Systems outside the White House in 2007. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Report: Green-Energy Company Received Almost $1M In Stimulus Funding Day It Went Bankrupt

Bankruptcy has never looked so lucrative.

2012/11/19

Paul Ryan (R-WI) (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Opinion: Paul Ryan And His Little White Lies

While Paul Ryan is entitled to his own opinions, he is not entitled to his own facts. He lied to America about Medicare. He lied to America about the debt commission. He really lied to America about the stimulus and America’s debt rating.

2012/08/30

File photo of Republican vice presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan. (Photo by Marc Piscotty/Getty Images)

Ryan Called Stimulus Wasteful, Then Sought Funds

Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has been one of the harshest critics of President Barack Obama’s economic stimulus plan. But months after Congress approved the nearly $800 billion package, the Wisconsin lawmaker was trying to steer money under the program to companies in his home state.

2012/08/15

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Opinion: Mitt Romney’s Bailout Double Standard

Romney negotiated a $10 million federal bailout for his company, but has called for foreclosures to be allowed to “hit bottom” and letting Detroit go bankrupt.

2012/07/25

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