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Dollar Reaches Breaking Point at Banks Shifting Record Reserves
Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two- quarter rout in almost two decades. Policy makers boosted foreign currency holdings by $413 billion last quarter, the most since at least 2003, to $7.3 trillion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Nations reporting currency breakdowns put 63 percent of the new cash into euros and yen in April, May and June, the latest Barclays Capital data show. That’s the highest percentage in any quarter with more than an $80 billion increase.
World leaders are acting on threats to dump the dollar while the Obama administration shows a willingness to tolerate a weaker currency in an effort to boost exports and the economy as long as it doesn’t drive away the nation’s creditors. The diversification signals that the currency won’t rebound anytime soon after losing 10.3 percent on a trade-weighted basis the past six months, the biggest drop since 1991.
“Global central banks are getting more serious about diversification, whereas in the past they used to just talk about it,” said Steven Englander, a former Federal Reserve researcher who is now the chief U.S. currency strategist at Barclays in New York. “It looks like they are really backing away from the dollar.”
Sliding Share
The dollar’s 37 percent share of new reserves fell from about a 63 percent average since 1999. Englander concluded in a report that the trend “accelerated” in the third quarter. He said in an interview that “for the next couple of months, the forces are still in place” for continued diversification. America’s currency has been under siege as the Treasury sells a record amount of debt to finance a budget deficit that totaled $1.4 trillion in fiscal 2009 ended Sept. 30.
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.’s Dollar Index, which tracks the currency’s performance against the euro, yen, pound, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Swedish krona, fell to 75.77 last week, the lowest level since August 2008 and down from the high this year of 89.624 on March 4. The index, trading at 76.489 today, is within six points of its record low reached in March 2008.
Foreign companies and officials are starting to say their economies are getting hurt because of the dollar’s weakness.
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Tough choices for feds giving out broadband money
The federal government will soon start handing out the first $4 billion from a pot of stimulus funds intended to spread high-speed Internet connections to more rural communities, poor neighborhoods and other pockets of the country clamoring for better access. The challenge is that the government has received $28 billion in requests.
So the reviewers at the Commerce and Agriculture Departments who will award the broadband money must make hard choices. The 2,200 applications each envision something different _ more fiber-optic lines, for example, or computer labs or municipal wireless networks. But they all promise that their proposals will create jobs and bring new economic opportunities.
What follows are snapshots of four projects representing a cross section of the broadband stimulus hopefuls. It’s too soon to know which plans will win federal grants or loans, either in this round of funding or in the next, as the total broadband stimulus expands to $7.2 billion. Those that do get picked may not get the full amount they are seeking.But perhaps one _ or more _ of these projects has a chance.
For the Coeur d’Alene Indian tribe in the Idaho panhandle, the stimulus money could mean a lifeline to the outside world.The tribe is asking for $12.2 million for a ring of fiber-optic lines that could connect up to 3,500 homes on one side of its rural reservation, which is about half the size of Rhode Island.
Right now, the tribe’s landline broadband options are limited. The local cable company has pulled out of the market. And the phone company, Verizon Communications Inc., offers digital subscriber line (DSL) service to just a small slice of the the reservation.
Although the tribe launched its own wireless network in 2005 with the help of Agriculture Department funding, that network reaches less than half the reservation and slows to a crawl whenever too many people get online at once.
Valerie Fast Horse, the tribe’s information technology director, says stimulus money would let the Coeur d’Alene Indians build a network that is “more stable and more reliable” and could deliver faster connections at lower prices.The tribe’s wireless network currently offers top speeds of 1.5 megabits per second, comparable to standard DSL service available elsewhere. But it charges users about $100 a month, about four times the standard price. The proposed fiber network would deliver a 20-megabit connection _ faster than what most cable subscribers get _ for $100 a month. Or tribe members would be able to get a 1.5-megabit connection for $25 a month.
Fast Horse envisions all sorts of uses for the fiber lines, including distance learning. Tribe members already use video conferencing to participate in classes at North Idaho College, about 35 miles away, when the roads are too icy to drive. But
that requires them to travel to the tribe’s education center, which has a landline connection to the Internet. A fiber-to-the-home network would let tribal members take classes without leaving their kitchens, she says.It would also enable Coeur d’Alene members to consult with medical specialists around the country. And it would help the tribe preserve its language and culture, by allowing more members to access the tribe’s video-sharing Web site, Rezcast. Among other things, the site features clips of powwows and online tutorials with tribal elders speaking their native language.
Clearwire Corp., a company pioneering the use of a next-generation wireless technology known as WiMax, is upfront about the fact that some markets don’t make sense for telecom providers that need to show a profit.So Clearwire is asking for $19.4 million to build a high-speed wireless network in a handful of poor Detroit neighborhoods that it otherwise might not serve anytime soon.
Although those neighborhoods have more than 800,000 people, high unemployment and poverty levels make for a tough business case. But federal dollars would change the equation, says John Bunce, president of the Clearwire unit applying for stimulus funding.
And with that seed money as a starting point, the company pledges to spend its own capital to expand the wireless network across metropolitan Detroit, including more lucrative suburban markets.
The company offers a range of wireless plans, including a $45-a-month package that delivers speeds averaging 3 megabits to 6 megabits per second. On the low end, the company offers a basic 1-megabit connection for $25 a month.
In Detroit, Clearwire says, it would also provide free and discounted accounts for poor residents through nonprofit partners.
In Appalachia, a nonprofit Internet provider called the Mountain Area Information Network (MAIN) wants help expanding a service started back in the dial-up Internet days so that people in the mountains of North Carolina wouldn’t have to make a long-distance phone call to get online.
MAIN is asking for $2.5 million to extend its wireless network in Asheville, N.C., and several remote mountain communities. A sister non-profit is asking for $38.8 million to install fiber lines that would connect that network to the Internet.Launched in 1996, MAIN today has about 1,200 dial-up subscribers, 400 wireless subscribers and several hundred additional customers who pay to access a Wi-Fi connection for a few hours or a few days at a time. Stimulus money would enable the non-profit to spread its wireless “cloud” to 11,000 additional homes in Asheville public housing projects and surrounding low-income neighborhoods.
Wally Bowen, MAIN’s executive director, says the service would bring inexpensive mobile Internet connections _ with speeds of 3 megabits per second for $30 a month _ to a transient, low-income community that includes struggling artists and young entrepreneurs. Many of those people, he says, cannot sign up for the typical one-year or two-year contracts required to get the cheapest Internet rates from the big phone companies.
MAIN would also use federal funding to bring wireless connections to 1,700 homes in Graham County, an isolated, rural district that has no four-lane highway. Although the library and community college in Graham County’s only town,
Robbinsville, do provide high-speed Internet access, budget cuts have restricted the number of hours that those computer centers are open.
In addition, MAIN would use stimulus money to extend its wireless service to Mount Mitchell State Park, home to the highest point east of the Mississippi. That would allow campers, park rangers and visiting scientists studying acid rain and biodiversity to get real-time updates on weather and trail conditions.
Philadelphia is making its second run at a big municipal broadband project.
The city is asking for $21.8 million to connect police precincts, fire stations, libraries, housing projects, recreation centers and community organizations across three inner-city neighborhoods.
Allan Frank, Philadelphia’s chief technology officer, envisions doing this with a combination of fiber lines and a wireless network. That would bring high-speed links to city buildings to handle municipal affairs _ while also enabling garbage
collectors, emergency responders, fire inspectors and other city workers to stay connected using handheld devices in the field.Philadelphia also has two other stimulus proposals: The city’s public housing authority would like $2.4 million to place computer labs in housing projects. And the city’s library system, working closely with community groups, is asking for $15 million to set up Internet training programs, supply laptops and install Internet connections to get low-income residents online.
Five years ago, Philadelphia partnered with EarthLink Inc. to blanket the city with wireless access, in hopes of providing cheap connections for poor neighborhoods. But that effort ended in failure: EarthLink concluded the venture had no business model and pulled out. Now the city hopes to buy the network assets that EarthLink left behind.Frank says the stimulus money is an opportunity to “restart the conversation about what our technology future should look like.” By retaining control over the project and focusing on broadband adoption as well as access, he added, the city would avoid the mistakes it made last time.”This is a game reset for us,” he says.
Android to overtake iPhone in 2012 says analyst
Symbian still on top, but BlackBerry down
Google’s Android will have more than quadrupled its market share by the end of 2012, market watcher Gartner has claimed. But Symbian looks set to remain the dominant smartphone OS for several years to come.Android’s market share stood at a paltry 1.6 per cent during Q1 2009, but will grow to 14.5 per cent by the time Q4 2012 rolls around, Gartner forecast, based on an estimated 522m smartphones shipping worldwide during the period.As a result, Android will move from its current position as the sixth most popular operating system for smartphones to become the second most popular, Gartner said.
The main reason for Android’s market share growth will, Gartner VP Ken Dulaney told website AppleInsider, be because “unlike Apple, they [Google] license their OS to multiple OEMs”.Dulaney said many handset makers are betting their futures on Android, while Apple is just one company.Speaking of Apple, its share of the smartphone OS market will also grow - but only from 10.8 per cent to 13.7 per cent, Gartner said.
Symbian will remain the most popular OS. However, its market share will drop from 49.3 per cent during Q1 2009 to 39 per cent by Q4 2012.Research in Motion’s BlackBerry OS is currently the second most popular handset OS, Gartner said, with a Q1 2009 market share of 19.9 per cent. But it will slip to fifth place by Q4 2012 with market share of just 12.5 per cent.Windows Mobile’s share will grow from 10.3 per cent to 12.8 per cent during the same quarters, Gartner added, which will see it remain as the fourth most popular phone-based OS.
Total Campaign Contributions/Lobbying by TARP Recipients
Return on Investment
Total campaign contributions and lobbying by TARP recipients*
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| Company |
Campaign Contributions, 07-08 Cycle |
Lobbying Expenditures, 2008 |
TARP Payment |
Return on Investment |
| Bank of America Corp** |
$5,752,630
|
$8,790,000
|
$45,000,000,000
|
309335%
|
| Citigroup Inc. |
$4,799,678
|
$7,660,000
|
$50,000,000,000
|
401194%
|
| AIG |
$929,774
|
$9,690,000
|
$40,000,000,000
|
376556%
|
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
$4,778,638
|
$5,390,000
|
$25,000,000,000
|
245754%
|
| Wells Fargo & Company |
$1,553,471
|
$1,200,740
|
$25,000,000,000
|
907601%
|
| General Motors Corporation |
$916,142
|
$14,071,000
|
$10,400,000,000
|
69293%
|
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
$5,690,351
|
$3,280,000
|
$10,000,000,000
|
111378%
|
| Morgan Stanley |
$3,689,027
|
$3,120,000
|
$10,000,000,000
|
146764%
|
| The PNC Financial Services Group Inc. |
$68,525
|
$0
|
$7,579,200,000
|
11060389%
|
| U.S. Bancorp |
$496,461
|
$570,000
|
$6,599,000,000
|
618676%
|
| Chrysler Holding LLC and Cerberus Capital Management |
$1,075,350
|
$7,927,782
|
$5,500,000,000
|
60990%
|
| GMAC LLC |
$72,207
|
$4,620,000
|
$5,000,000,000
|
106460%
|
| SunTrust Banks, Inc. |
$175,903
|
$0
|
$4,850,000,000
|
2757101%
|
| Capital One Financial Corporation |
$700,161
|
$1,132,000
|
$3,555,199,000
|
193944%
|
| Regions Financial Corp. |
$161,775
|
$180,000
|
$3,500,000,000
|
1023966%
|
| Fifth Third Bancorp |
$149,550
|
$80,000
|
$3,408,000,000
|
1484544%
|
| American Express Company |
$1,028,038
|
$3,790,000
|
$3,389,000,000
|
70240%
|
| BB&T Corp. |
$262,737
|
$0
|
$3,133,640,000
|
1192591%
|
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation |
$886,701
|
$558,402
|
$3,000,000,000
|
207498%
|
| KeyCorp |
$159,280
|
$210,000
|
$2,500,000,000
|
676893%
|
| CIT Group Inc. |
$23,200
|
$90,000
|
$2,330,000,000
|
2058204%
|
| Comerica Inc. |
$210,538
|
$0
|
$2,250,000,000
|
1068591%
|
| State Street Corporation |
$152,627
|
$980,000
|
$2,000,000,000
|
176481%
|
| Marshall & Ilsley Corporation |
$57,400
|
$0
|
$1,715,000,000
|
2987705%
|
| Northern Trust Corporation |
$240,892
|
$0
|
$1,576,000,000
|
654135%
|
| Zions Bancorporation |
$117,159
|
$60,000
|
$1,400,000,000
|
790151%
|
| Huntington Bancshares |
$188,700
|
$232,971
|
$1,398,071,000
|
331455%
|
| Synovus Financial Corp. |
$10,150
|
$0
|
$967,870,000
|
9535565%
|
| Popular, Inc. |
$12,700
|
$390,000
|
$935,000,000
|
232083%
|
| First Horizon National Corporation |
$30,050
|
$0
|
$866,540,000
|
2883561%
|
| M&T Bank Corporation |
$3,500
|
$10,000
|
$600,000,000
|
4444344%
|
| City National Corporation |
$262,965
|
$0
|
$400,000,000
|
152011%
|
| Webster Financial Corporation |
$14,850
|
$0
|
$400,000,000
|
2693503%
|
| First Bancorp |
$4,900
|
$0
|
$400,000,000
|
8163165%
|
| Fulton Financial Corporation |
$5,700
|
$0
|
$376,500,000
|
6605163%
|
| TCF Financial Corporation |
$103,300
|
$0
|
$361,172,000
|
349534%
|
| South Financial Group, Inc. |
$29,100
|
$0
|
$347,000,000
|
1192340%
|
| Wilmington Trust Corporation |
$59,850
|
$0
|
$330,000,000
|
551278%
|
| East West Bancorp |
$4,800
|
$0
|
$306,546,000
|
6386275%
|
| Sterling Financial Corporation |
$5,750
|
$0
|
$303,000,000
|
5269465%
|
| Whitney Holding Corporation |
$27,950
|
$0
|
$300,000,000
|
1073245%
|
| Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc |
$6,850
|
$0
|
$300,000,000
|
4379462%
|
| Valley National Bancorp |
$950
|
$0
|
$300,000,000
|
31578847%
|
| UCBH Holdings, Inc. |
$42,750
|
$0
|
$298,737,000
|
698700%
|
| New York Private Bank & Trust Corporation |
$6,350
|
$0
|
$267,000,000
|
4204624%
|
| Cathay General Bancorp |
$2,500
|
$0
|
$258,000,000
|
10319900%
|
| Wintrust Financial Corporation |
$4,401
|
$0
|
$250,000,000
|
5680427%
|
| SVB Financial Group |
$18,300
|
$0
|
$235,000,000
|
1284053%
|
| International Bancshares Corporation |
$116,100
|
$0
|
$216,000,000
|
185947%
|
| Trustmark Corporation |
$6,500
|
$0
|
$215,000,000
|
3307592%
|
| Umpqua Holdings Corp. |
$650
|
$0
|
$214,181,000
|
32950823%
|
| MB Financial Inc. |
$15,150
|
$0
|
$196,000,000
|
1293629%
|
| First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. |
$1,750
|
$0
|
$193,000,000
|
11028471%
|
| Pacific Capital Bancorp |
$500
|
$480,000
|
$180,634,000
|
37493%
|
| United Community Banks, Inc. |
$12,250
|
$0
|
$180,000,000
|
1469288%
|
| Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc. |
$6,400
|
$0
|
$154,000,000
|
2406150%
|
| Independent Bank Corp. |
$2,250
|
$0
|
$150,000,000
|
6666567%
|
| National Penn Bancshares, Inc. |
$1,500
|
$0
|
$150,000,000
|
9999900%
|
| Dickinson Financial Corporation |
$94,050
|
$0
|
$146,000,000
|
155137%
|
| Central Pacific Financial Corp. |
$19,750
|
$0
|
$135,000,000
|
683444%
|
| Sterling Bancshares, Inc. |
$9,150
|
$0
|
$125,198,000
|
1368184%
|
| FirstMerit Corp. |
$4,500
|
$0
|
$125,000,000
|
2777678%
|
| Banner Corporation |
$6,140
|
$0
|
$124,000,000
|
2019444%
|
| Signature Bank |
$7,875
|
$0
|
$120,000,000
|
1523710%
|
| 1st Source Corporation |
$450
|
$0
|
$111,000,000
|
24666567%
|
| S&T Bancorp |
$3,200
|
$0
|
$109,000,000
|
3406150%
|
| Park National Corporation |
$10,500
|
$0
|
$100,000,000
|
952281%
|
| Old National Bancorp |
$8,250
|
$0
|
$100,000,000
|
1212021%
|
| F.N.B. Corporation |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$100,000,000
|
9999900%
|
| Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. |
$29,850
|
$0
|
$95,000,000
|
318158%
|
| Iberiabank Corporation |
$2,000
|
$0
|
$90,000,000
|
4499900%
|
| Plains Capital Corporation |
$59,650
|
$0
|
$87,631,000
|
146809%
|
| Midwest Banc Holdings, Inc. |
$2,800
|
$0
|
$84,784,000
|
3027900%
|
| Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc. |
$250
|
$0
|
$83,094,000
|
33237500%
|
| Columbia Banking System, Inc. |
$2,500
|
$0
|
$76,898,000
|
3075820%
|
| TowneBank |
$4,750
|
$0
|
$76,458,000
|
1609542%
|
| Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. |
$18,150
|
$0
|
$75,000,000
|
413123%
|
| Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. |
$11,150
|
$0
|
$75,000,000
|
672546%
|
| Wesbanco Bank Inc. |
$208
|
$0
|
$75,000,000
|
36057592%
|
| Green Bankshares, Inc. |
$1,200
|
$0
|
$72,278,000
|
6023067%
|
| Virginia Commerce Bancorp |
$8,850
|
$0
|
$71,000,000
|
802160%
|
| Southwest Bancorp, Inc. |
$50,650
|
$0
|
$70,000,000
|
138103%
|
| Flushing Financial Corporation |
$2,300
|
$0
|
$70,000,000
|
3043378%
|
| Superior Bancorp Inc. |
$250
|
$0
|
$69,000,000
|
27599900%
|
| Nara Bancorp, Inc. |
$2,000
|
$0
|
$67,000,000
|
3349900%
|
| First Bancorp |
$2,650
|
$0
|
$65,000,000
|
2452730%
|
| SCBT Financial Corporation |
$250
|
$0
|
$65,000,000
|
25999900%
|
| CoBiz Financial Inc. |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$64,450,000
|
6444900%
|
| Union Bankshares Corporation |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$59,000,000
|
5899900%
|
| Liberty Bancshares, Inc. |
$20,900
|
$0
|
$58,000,000
|
277412%
|
| Great Southern Bancorp |
$2,500
|
$0
|
$58,000,000
|
2319900%
|
| WSFS Financial Corporation |
$21,550
|
$0
|
$53,000,000
|
245840%
|
| Ameris Bancorp |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$52,000,000
|
5199900%
|
| State Bankshares, Inc. |
$4,800
|
$0
|
$50,000,000
|
1041567%
|
| Home Bancshares, Inc. |
$1,500
|
$0
|
$50,000,000
|
3333233%
|
| Fidelity Southern Corporation |
$300
|
$0
|
$48,200,000
|
16066567%
|
| MetroCorp Bancshares, Inc. |
$1,500
|
$0
|
$45,000,000
|
2999900%
|
| Cadence Financial Corporation |
$8,250
|
$0
|
$44,000,000
|
533233%
|
| Exchange Bank |
$2,750
|
$0
|
$43,000,000
|
1563536%
|
| Sterling Bancorp |
$1,300
|
$0
|
$42,000,000
|
3230669%
|
| Eagle Bancorp, Inc. |
$801
|
$0
|
$38,235,000
|
4773308%
|
| Bridgeview Bancorp, Inc. |
$6,600
|
$0
|
$38,000,000
|
575658%
|
| OceanFirst Financial Corp. |
$3,300
|
$0
|
$38,000,000
|
1151415%
|
| First Defiance Financial Corp. |
$2,000
|
$0
|
$37,000,000
|
1849900%
|
| State Bancorp, Inc. |
$6,850
|
$0
|
$36,842,000
|
537739%
|
| Fidelity Financial Corporation |
$1,657,052
|
$2,190,000
|
$36,282,000
|
843%
|
| Yadkin Valley Financial Corporation |
$1,250
|
$0
|
$36,000,000
|
2879900%
|
| West Bancorporation, Inc. |
$250
|
$0
|
$36,000,000
|
14399900%
|
| Porter Bancorp |
$5,000
|
$0
|
$35,000,000
|
699900%
|
| Encore Bancshares Inc. |
$4,300
|
$0
|
$34,000,000
|
790598%
|
| First Security Group, Inc. |
$3,350
|
$0
|
$33,000,000
|
984975%
|
| Centrue Financial Corporation |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$33,000,000
|
3299900%
|
| Pulaski Financial Corp |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$33,000,000
|
3299900%
|
| Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corporation |
$2,300
|
$0
|
$28,685,000
|
1247074%
|
| Centerstate Banks of Florida Inc. |
$500
|
$0
|
$27,875,000
|
5574900%
|
| Citizens & Northern Corporation |
$700
|
$0
|
$26,000,000
|
3714186%
|
| Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc. |
$2,125
|
$0
|
$25,054,000
|
1178912%
|
| Shore Bancshares, Inc. |
$3,800
|
$0
|
$25,000,000
|
657795%
|
| Horizon Bancorp |
$2,600
|
$0
|
$25,000,000
|
961438%
|
| Intervest Bancshares Corporation |
$2,300
|
$0
|
$25,000,000
|
1086857%
|
| HF Financial Corp. |
$250
|
$0
|
$25,000,000
|
9999900%
|
| Heritage Financial Corporation |
$1,250
|
$0
|
$24,000,000
|
1919900%
|
| Wainwright Bank & Trust Company |
$15,250
|
$0
|
$22,000,000
|
144162%
|
| Citizens South Banking Corporation |
$750
|
$0
|
$20,500,000
|
2733233%
|
| First Financial Service Corporation |
$7,325
|
$0
|
$20,000,000
|
272938%
|
| BNCCORP, Inc. |
$5,050
|
$0
|
$20,000,000
|
395940%
|
| C&F Financial Corporation |
$250
|
$0
|
$20,000,000
|
7999900%
|
| Carver Bancorp, Inc |
$5,300
|
$0
|
$19,000,000
|
358391%
|
| Bar Harbor Bankshares/Bar Harbor Bank & Trust |
$500
|
$0
|
$19,000,000
|
3799900%
|
| Security Federal Corporation |
$1,250
|
$0
|
$18,000,000
|
1439900%
|
| ECB Bancorp, Inc./East Carolina Bank |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$18,000,000
|
1799900%
|
| Timberland Bancorp, Inc. |
$430
|
$0
|
$16,641,000
|
3869900%
|
| Carolina Bank Holdings, Inc. |
$1,250
|
$0
|
$16,000,000
|
1279900%
|
| BankFirst Capital Corporation |
$500
|
$0
|
$16,000,000
|
3199900%
|
| Monarch Financial Holdings, Inc. |
$1,997
|
$0
|
$14,700,000
|
736004%
|
| Magna Bank |
$2,250
|
$0
|
$13,795,000
|
613011%
|
| Morrill Bancshares, Inc. |
$3,100
|
$0
|
$13,000,000
|
419255%
|
| LCNB Corp. |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$13,000,000
|
1299900%
|
| OneUnited Bank |
$3,550
|
$0
|
$12,063,000
|
339703%
|
| First Manitowoc Bancorp, Inc. |
$2,500
|
$0
|
$12,000,000
|
479900%
|
| 1st Constitution Bancorp |
$2,000
|
$0
|
$12,000,000
|
599900%
|
| Pacific Coast Bankers’ Bancshares |
$250
|
$0
|
$11,600,000
|
4639900%
|
| Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc. |
$1,800
|
$0
|
$10,000,000
|
555456%
|
| Uwharrie Capital Corp |
$1,500
|
$0
|
$10,000,000
|
666567%
|
| Midland States Bancorp |
$500
|
$0
|
$10,000,000
|
1999900%
|
| New Hampshire Thrift Bancshares, Inc. |
$500
|
$0
|
$10,000,000
|
1999900%
|
| Citizens First Corporation |
$74,700
|
$0
|
$8,779,000
|
11652%
|
| Syringa Bancorp |
$750
|
$0
|
$8,000,000
|
1066567%
|
| First Sound Bank |
$2,716
|
$0
|
$7,400,000
|
272359%
|
| Western Community Bancshares, Inc. |
$5,600
|
$0
|
$7,290,000
|
130079%
|
| Fidelity Bancorp, Inc. |
$5,100
|
$0
|
$7,000,000
|
137155%
|
| Somerset Hills Bancorp |
$2,000
|
$0
|
$7,000,000
|
349900%
|
| American State Bancshares, Inc. |
$5,350
|
$0
|
$6,000,000
|
112050%
|
| Patapsco Bancorp, Inc. |
$1,050
|
$0
|
$6,000,000
|
571329%
|
| Seaside National Bank & Trust |
$400
|
$0
|
$6,000,000
|
1499900%
|
| Northeast Bancorp |
$1,000
|
$0
|
$4,227,000
|
422600%
|
| Pacific Commerce Bank |
$1,500
|
$0
|
$4,060,000
|
270567%
|
| Capital Pacific Bancorp |
$1,750
|
$0
|
$4,000,000
|
228471%
|
| Bank of Commerce |
$15,950
|
$0
|
$3,000,000
|
18709%
|
| FPB Financial Corp. |
$500
|
$0
|
$3,000,000
|
599900%
|
| Treaty Oak Bancorp, Inc. |
$250
|
$0
|
$3,000,000
|
1199900%
|
| Grand Total |
$37,477,300
|
$76,702,895
|
$305,212,309,000
|
267208%
|
*TARP recipient list accessed at Treasury.gov on Feb. 2, 2009. List includes only recipients that spent money on lobbying or were associated with campaign contributions. Campaign contributions include money from PACs and individuals but do not include post-election fundraising.
**Includes data for Merrill Lynch, which was acquired by Bank of America
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