Article: A handful of large banks are repaying, with interest, the money they received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), prompting some to wonder whether the taxpayer might make money on the deal after all.(The Week)(Brief article)

A handful of large banks are repaying, with interest, the money they received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), prompting some to wonder whether the taxpayer might make money on the deal after all. Don't bet on it. It is important to remember that former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson forced a number of healthy banks to participate in TARP as an insurance policy. With markets in a panicky state, Paulson decided to spread the money around to ...

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