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Credit Card Practices Topic A at Obama Town Hall
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/05/14/credit_card_practices_at_issue.html?hpid=topnews

Consumer protection coming for credit card rules
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/buggs/6428724.html

Lobbying power of plastic
Interesting Numbers
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2009/05/lobbying-power-of-plastic.html

General

Government-run banks
http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/may/14/government-run-banks/?opinionfreepress

SunTrust

Bank pushes revival mode
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/05/16/suntrust0516.html

SunTrust regroups from risks it took
http://www.ajc.com/services/content/printedition/2009/05/17/suntrust0517.html

Citibank

Protesters to hit Citibank
http://www.bostonherald.com/business/general/view.bg?articleid=1172632&srvc=business&position=3

US Bancorp

Berkshire adds shrs of beaten down US Bancorp, Wells
http://www.reuters.com/article/regulatoryNewsFinancialServicesAndRealEstate/idUSN1529873520090516

U.S. Bancorp CEO: We could exit TARP in a few weeks
http://uk.reuters.com/article/companyNewsMolt/idUKTRE54C58L20090513

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo update disrupts payday
http://venturebeat.com/2009/05/15/wells-fargo-update-disrupts-payday/

Sovereign Bank

Sovereign Bancorp reports $817.3m loss
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2009/05/16/sovereign_bancorp_reports_8173m_loss/