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Paulson's $140B Surprise
Submitted by Christopher Lempa on Thu, 2008-11-20 17:00
?While everyone was debating the wisdom of giving $700B over to the US Treasury to divide amongst failing banks in late September, the Treasury Department silently changed the tax code and in doing so opened up an opportunity for banks to save billions when acquiring other banks.?
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