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Topic: Bank Bailouts (page 2)

Former Countrywide CEO, Angelo Mozilo

Natasha Lennard

Louisville's KFC Yum! Center

Smoke ascends from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant's Unit 3 in Okumamachi, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, Monday, March 14, 2011.

Hundreds of pro-labor union demonstrate across the street from protesters against unions and in favor of the effort to end the collective bargaining for Wisconsin government on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 in Olympia, Wash. From unionized firefighters to tea party supporters, two raucous competing rallies over the union fight in Wisconsin drew more than 2,000 people to Washington state's capital despite freezing temperatures Saturday. (AP Photo/The News Tribune, Peter Haley) (AP)

Teamsters President James Hoffa speaks at a rally in the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Right: People leave Bear Stearns on Monday, March 24, 2008 in New York.

FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama, visiting Forsyth Technical Community College in Winston-Salem, N.C., speaks about the key to boosting American competitiveness, that it rests in the nation's willingness to invest in a more educated workforce, a deeper commitment to research and technology, and improvements in infrastructure, from roads and airports to high-speed internet. Under pressure to boost the economy the same message will likely be at the center of his State of the Union address Tuesday, Jan. 25. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File) (AP)

Obama's director: Deficits force ''tough choices''

(Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FILE - In this file photo taken Dec. 16, 2010, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit speaks during Citibank's new high-tech banking center opening in New York's Union Square. Citigroup has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.31 billion Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, or 4 cents a share, after losses from its loans declined and the bank was able to dip into the reserves it keeps aside for bad loans. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file) (AP)

Citi bailout has netted government $12.3B to date

Martin Crutsinger

U.S. President George W. Bush announces his choice of Chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Henry M. Paulson (R) as his nominee to replace Secretary of Treasury John Snow, in the Rose Garden of the White House May 30, 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing (Â© Larry Downing / Reuters)

President Barack Obama and William Daley

Daley selection pleases no one (but reporters)

Eileen Aj Connelly, David Pitt

(Reuters)

(Â© Jonathan Ernst / Reuters)

John Thain (L), chairman and CEO of Merrill Lynch & Co, smiles as Bank of America Corp Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lewis speaks during a news conference announcing Bank of America Corporation's acquisition of Merril Lynch in a $50 billion all-stock transaction in New York September 15, 2008. Bank of America Corp's planned $50 billion acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co would create the world's second-largest bank by market value, after Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, and combine the largest U.S. consumer bank with one of the largest U.S. investment banks and the leading retail brokerage force. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (UNITED STATES) (Â© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters)

Charles Ferguson

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