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FDIC?s Deposit Insurance Fund Could Go Broke
The U.S. government has warned this week of a severely troubled deposit insurance fund that risks tanking this year amid rapidly mounting bank failures...

Site Charts Failed Banks and the Deposit Insurance Fund
Calculated Risk: Failed Banks and the Deposit Insurance Fund: "The FDIC is seizing about 4 to 5 banks per week...

The Coming Deposit Insurance Bailout: Another Lesson that Federal Guarantees Aren?t Free
Wall Street Journal: "The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported late last week that the fund that insures some $4...

FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair Reiterates Promise of Deposit Insurance
FDIC's Depositor's Bill of Rights "You have the right to automatic deposit insurance coverage when you open a deposit account...

FDIC Reports Year-End 2007 Financial Results for the Deposit Insurance Fund and the FSLIC Resolution Fund
FDIC Reports Year-End 2007 Financial Results for the Deposit Insurance Fund and the FSLIC Resolution Fund - Unqualified Audit Opinions...

FDIC Proposes Requiring Banks to Prepay Deposit Insurance Premiums through 2012
The FDIC Insurance Fund will be insolvent this week -- but Chairman Sheila Bair has a plan: Under the pending proposal, FDIC-insured banks would be required to prepay deposit insurance premiums through 2012...

Medicare
Guide to government health insurance for the elderly

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Can a former employee use photographs of jobs completed whie working for me in marketing material for a new business?
There are several issues here

1. Sub contractor started up a compe...

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

What role does financial means determine which parent gains custody?
was(am) a single male that gained custody of my daughter when she was three. Thi...

My father died and left my mother $200,000 (life insurance) My Mother died 2 years later leaving my sister and I with both about $75,000 each. (including house/vehicles/belongings which I never got). We were supposed to
File a police report. Two police reports, one for you and one for your sister. G...

How do you recover money from a stop payment placed on a personal check given to you?
you can always take them to small claims court and sure them for 3 times the amo...

Bank Transaction
City Bank president Mike Liner agrees to pay $25,000 fine for assisting in a cash deposit.

AARP Insurance
alleging misleading medical insurance policies.

LINA Insurance
alleging violations of disability insurance claims.

Oxford Health Insurance
$50 million refunds offered in overcharged insurance suit.

Health Insurance
alleging health insurance companies have forced patients to pay more than they should when using doctors and hospitals outside their insurer's networks.

Bad Faith Insurance
Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. agrees to $13 million personal automobile liability insurance settlement.