Repaying bailouts: Who profits?

Thorny questions arise as banks try to undo government investments

By Eric Dash / The Bulletin
May 19, 2009

Americans were promised a reward for rescuing the nation’s banks. In return for all those bailouts, the banks essentially granted stock options to the government — a potential jackpot for taxpayers once the crisis blew over.

But now banks, eager to get Washington out of their....

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