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Report: Treasury Misled Public

TARP

May have unfairly given money to biggest banks.

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A report by Neil M. Barofsky, the inspector general overseeing the government's bank bailout, isn't likely to make the TARP program more popular. According to the report, regulators incorrectly told the public that early bailout recipients were healthy, The New York Times writes, when in fact regulators were concerned with...

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