The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 18, 2010 FDIC Probes Former Bank Execs ----------------------------- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation has launched a probe of around 50 former banking executives whose firms collapsed during the financial crisis. More than 300 banks and credit firms have failed since 2008, but only a handful of financial executives have faced charges. .