Well, it’s official. We’ve hit triple digits for the number of banks that have gone down the tubes in 2009.
The inglorious honor of being the 100th US bank to fail goes to Partners Bank in Naples, Florida. Regulators swooped in …
‘Banking’ Archive
100 and counting: Bank failures reach inglorious milestone
by Laura Huchzermeyer, October 26, 2009, 12:34 pmCollapse heard around the world makes it to the small screen
by Laura Huchzermeyer, September 9, 2009, 12:54 pmIt was just a matter of time before the drama of the global economic collapse found its way to the movies. It has been nearly one year since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and our friends …
After months of dormancy IPOs finally re-emerge
by Laura Huchzermeyer, September 3, 2009, 1:19 pmThere have been several so-called “green shoots” popping up in the economy recently. These little signs of life springing forth from a parched economic landscape give everyone hope that maybe the worst is behind us.
One indication that things …
Want some pepper spray with that cash?
by Laura Huchzermeyer, August 5, 2009, 11:40 amThe next time you belly up to the corner ATM to withdraw some quick cash you might think about wearing protective goggles.
South Africa’s Absa Bank made headlines late last month after it equipped 11 of …
GM Europe is driving everyone crazy
by Jeff Dorsch, July 21, 2009, 3:17 pmSo, you thought the situation with GM Europe ended in a last-minute deal just days before General Motors went into Chapter 11? No way. This week GM collected final bids on buying …
Good news? Maybe.
by Patrice Sarath, July 13, 2009, 2:54 pmNow this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Winston Churchill
According to leading economic indicators, we’re pulling out of the recession. Researchers are cautiously optimistic about the signs of …
Too Big to Fail: The sing-a-long
by Laura Huchzermeyer, June 29, 2009, 3:43 pmHoover’s is lucky to call Austin, Texas home and we are happy to share our fine city with some of the most talented, witty, and entertaining musicians in the country.
Leave it to long-time local folkies The Austin Lounge Lizards to perform a new …
You might be a redneck … if your bank is funner
by Laura Huchzermeyer, June 10, 2009, 11:30 amThe reputation of banks as stoic and sturdy institutions charged with the safe keeping of our money has been tarnished during the past couple of years. So why not embrace that tarnish and throw in some rusty hubcaps, gun racks, and mullets?
Enter The Redneck Bank. At first …
