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December 29, 2010

157 Banks Failed in 2010, Most Since 1992 
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has announced that 157 banks
failed this year, the highest total since 1992, during the
savings-and-loan crisis. About half of the the bank failures involved
banks headquartered in four states: California, Florida, Georgia and
Illinois.



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