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table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fla-fi-bank-failure7-2009nov07%2C0%2C2745693.story%3Ftrack%3Drssamp;usg=AFQjCNFCacpIHOtGbXek1zNAiZ704_DQ4wimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/j0Z3a6WctpvrqM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Los Angeles Times/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fbusiness%2Fla-fi-east-west10-2009nov10%2C0%2C2425966.storyamp;usg=AFQjCNFbSAwlsnSTeBCKoFaOJhXdip_hVAbEast West Bancorp stock soars after bUnited Commercial Bank/b deal/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fLos Angeles Times/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Wall Street thinks Pasadena-based East West Bancorp made a sweet deal to buy rival bUnited Commercial Bank/b in a takeover brokered by the b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanbankingnews.com%2F2009%2F11%2F09%2Feast-west-bancorp-nasdaq-ewbc-acquires-failed-california-bank%2Famp;usg=AFQjCNER9OhSrN7SUaC8FjoVhfaR8JmgQwEast West Bancorp (NASDAQ: EWBC) Acquires Failed California Bank #39;bUnited/b b…/b/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrAmerican Banking News/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pasadenastarnews.com%2Fnews%2Fci_13737687amp;usg=AFQjCNH15aWAzA7JbKYHjZaJnJ-BQxW2VAEast West Bankcorp Inc. acquires bUnited Commercial Bank/b/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrPasadena Star-News/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tothecenter.com%2Findex.php%3Freadmore%3D11746amp;usg=AFQjCNEKNfoC0saH13YmI9bW1Q_IJx5nkwbUnited Commercial Bank/b Becomes 120th US Lender Seized in #39;09/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrToTheCenter.com (blog)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tradingmarkets.com%2F.site%2Fnews%2FStock%2520News%2F2638267%2Famp;usg=AFQjCNHfHo4Se65un8CqlgTYm4NWSOegqwnobrTrading Markets (press release)/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.morningstar.ca%2Fglobalhome%2Findustry%2Fnews.asp%3Farticleid%3D315302amp;usg=AFQjCNFjtY5RaGt7pLZsAuMGzP5nXXrYUgnobrMorningstar.ca/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fsanjose.bizjournals.com%2Fsanjose%2Fstories%2F2009%2F11%2F09%2Fdaily47.html%3Fjst%3Dpn_pn_lkamp;usg=AFQjCNF614cHLfpnr8KMIeccxsCcXqR7twnobrSan Jose Business Journal/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=usamp;ncl=dqx1L-zdIuq9tgMCQcd_pwUUuHajMnobrball 121 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themoneytimes.com%2Ffeatured%2F20091107%2F5-more-banks-fail-shutdown-tally-120-id-1090158.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNGCE3XyUN3pLWrrJf99bNIRHK8HHQimg src=http://nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/c-RPQ90WBz7mDM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2The Money Times/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB125754689337434619.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNGdr93Y0lzkbFBYYFPaXuInSr-sSwbBank Failures Hit 120 as bUnited Commercial Bank/b Fails/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fWall Street Journal/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1San Francisco-based bUnited Commercial Bank/b became the fifth and largest bank to be taken over by regulators on Friday evening, as annual failures hit levels b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktla.com%2Fnews%2Flanding%2Fktla-ucb-closed%2C0%2C1884501.storyamp;usg=AFQjCNGHbT62yPgzw5VqvFhW5QtQRScNBgbUnited Commercial Bank/b Seized by Government/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrKTLA/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecelebritycafe.com%2Ffeatures%2F35535.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFNR5V_BECvsNBG8nq3eQYAGGvdqgbUnited Commercial Bank/b Seized, Becomes 120th US Bank to Fail in 2009/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrTheCelebrityCafe.com/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.xinhuanet.com%2Fenglish%2F2009-11%2F07%2Fcontent_12406075.htmamp;usg=AFQjCNE-Md3CqB4CD85bQnK0Ic4J1vTmQAbUnited Commercial Bank/b 120th bank to fail this year in US/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrXinhua/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=pa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Ftopnews.us%2Fcontent%2F28247-120-banks-failed-year-united-commercial-bank-joins-listamp;usg=AFQjCNFrqIb7OBwaO_fnjmobrPun2CkhlQnobrTopNews United States/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rttnews.com%2FContent%2FBreakingNews.aspx%3FNode%3DB1%26Id%3D1121481%2520%26Category%3DBreaking%2520Newsamp;usg=AFQjCNGqdgLo0BnYKwq1br38Q8BMzW09gAnobrRTT News/nobr/anbsp;-a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FwtMostRead%2FidUSN0621263520091107amp;usg=AFQjCNH2t0YnUGOWByJcwyrYa-jkakE5GgnobrReuters/nobr/a/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=usamp;ncl=d_-k68bif8sCPxM4XaKzU58llizHMnobrball 567 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fstories%2F2009%2F11%2F17%2Fbusiness%2Fmain5682893.shtmlamp;usg=AFQjCNGMp5pwUrsgpgyhwnGcgD18_wbylgimg src=http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/xLczfobOa3Ma9M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2CBS News/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.subprimeblogger.com%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2Ftaxpayers-bail-out-money-disappears-with-bankruptcies-cit-group-united-commercial-bank%2Famp;usg=AFQjCNFx8grffScENG-sdpuyto4dZlaYgwbTaxpayers Bail Out Money Disappears with Bankruptcies; CIT Group, bUnited/b b…/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSubprime Blogger/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1bUnited Commercial Bank/b of San Francisco, California went under which was a cost of $299 to taxpayers. Sadly, many financial analysts have predicted that b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.reuters.com%2Fcommentaries%2F2009%2F11%2F16%2Fmorning-links-11-16%2Famp;usg=AFQjCNFqRvvmDVsWomPPe1Wrz6ncyYJzbwMorning links 11-16/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrReuters Blogs (blog)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Farkansasmatters.com%2Fcontent%2Fnews%2Ffulltext%3Fcid%3D271362amp;usg=AFQjCNHpL4WwnJOulqqd06K1B6BQnmYndwTaxpayers Left Holding Bag on Bailouts/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrKARK/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Farticle%2F2009%2F11%2F15%2FAR2009111502280.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFhjeKsv-ZmHHHSl0YIrwVZRb4bWATaxpayers on hook as some bailed-out firms prove frail/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrWashington Post/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=usamp;ncl=d6A5HIO0KgWDDxMykIDD5DoB5JetMnobrball 181 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FrbssFinancialServicesAndRealEstateNews%2FidUSN1920130420091120amp;usg=AFQjCNEZ10dNFTCJm6huT2cdBxabm4yhJwbUS block on Minsheng deal costs $1.7 billion - report/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fReuters/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - US regulators blocked the Chinese bank Minsheng from acquiring bUnited Commercial Bank/b in a deal that could have saved $1.7 b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2F2009%2F11%2F20%2Ffed-stalls-on-chinese-bank-deal-costs-taxpayers-1-7-billion%2Famp;usg=AFQjCNF3dMvfjrcAUBPpopnrXrZ36ElXGQFed stalls on Chinese bank deal, costs taxpayers $1.7 billion/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrDaily Finance (blog)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Fd71980f0-d574-11de-81ee-00144feabdc0.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNFhB4uxTfzKSXfgBzQiVr349oWlvQMinsheng bid block was #39;costly mistake#39;/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobrFinancial Times/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=usamp;ncl=dCyiF3DYTQLD41M0xHEMXxwT8AkEMnobrball 8 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table

table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sacbee.com%2Ftopstories%2Fstory%2F2320153.htmlamp;usg=AFQjCNF4h5oGzkojlek9-dfoD_V0sQ1PygbbUnited Commercial Bank/b seizure after bailout poses questions/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSacramento Bee/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1bUnited Commercial Bank/b of San Francisco was closed by the state Department of Financial Institutions late Friday. The state immediately named the Federal b…/b/fontbr /font size=-1a href=http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=Ramp;sa=Tamp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.istockanalyst.com%2Farticle%2FviewiStockNews%2Farticleid%2F3628494amp;usg=AFQjCNE1eSnV_bunhRyFllOcOGqLV7Bb6AbUnited Commercial Bank/b had $14.5 million in Sacramento defaults since #39;08/afont size=-1 color=#6f6f6fnobristockAnalyst.com (press release)/nobr/font/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=usamp;ncl=dpKUSuTUuky4QnM7scmaVaXZt_4ZMnobrball 10 news articlesnbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table