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IndyMac's Failure: A Year Later
The Street ^ | 2009-07-11 | Lauren Tapa Lacapra

Posted on 07/11/2009 11:04:52 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

IndyMac died a year ago Saturday, the first major thrift to fail in the financial crisis. Its burial, marked by confusion, chaos, and a relatively sweet deal for a group of private equity titans, is unlikely to happen in the same manner today.

The aftermath of IndyMac, since renamed OneWest Bank, is telling, and provides a stark illustration of how much things have changed in the course of a year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: bankfailure; fdic; financialcrisis; govwatch; indymac; ots; panicof2008; schumer

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