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23 Jul 2010 13:48

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Biz: European banks put to the test, couldn’t handle the stress

  • seven banks number of EU financial institutions that failed a stress test
  • $4.5 billion the size of the shortfall the banks collectively faced source

07 May 2009 21:04

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Biz, U.S.: Why the stress tests should have Americans stressed out

  • $75 billion in capital needs to be raised by the banks who failed the stress test
  • 10 out
    of 19
    failed the stress test; these banks, BTW, are deemed “too big to fail” source

06 May 2009 01:12

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Biz, U.S.: Stress test sez: Bank of America needs a massive shot in the arm

  • $33.9 billion to cushion from an economic fall source