The man behind 2009’s biggest bank bust

Just after 9 a.m. on a humid Friday in late September, the trustees of Auburn University gather in a campus hotel conference room for their first meeting of the new school year. Even this early in the day there’s a bit of electricity in the air.

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The man behind 2009’s biggest bank bust

Bank failure tally climbs to 80

Regulators closed three regional banks in Alabama and Georgia Friday bringing the total number of failed institutions this year to 80, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said.

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Bank failure tally climbs to 80

Huntsman fingers banks in failed $6.5B merger

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Huntsman fingers banks in failed $6.5B merger