The $700 billion "Troubled Asset Relief Program" (TARP) was enacted in Washington three years ago this week, and while most economists, policymakers and journalists still believe it made things better ...

A few Sundays ago, the Troubled Asset Relief Program quietly expired. But it certainly lives on as an issue in next month's elections. Politicians who voted for the bank bailout bill have been running ...

Each day we were hearing about another large bank that was drowning in its toxic assets. These were often assets that were mortgage backed and were losing a substantial amount of value at an ...

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Troy Segal is an editor and writer. She has 20+ years of experience covering personal finance, wealth management, and business news. The Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) was an initiative created ...

Can Citigroup survive without a government safety net? Some analysts aren’t sure. On Monday, Citigroup said it had worked out a deal to repay $20 billion in government bailout money and terminate a ...