<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - failures</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/failures</link><description>Newsvine - failures</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:49:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 02:01:37 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>US bank failures this year by state, at a glance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are the 51 U.S. bank failures so far this year by state. Listed are the date each bank was closed, where it was based and its assets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212800-us-bank-failures-this-year-by-state-at-a-glance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212800-us-bank-failures-this-year-by-state-at-a-glance</guid><category>us</category><category>state</category><category>2012</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>fewer</category><category>bank-failures</category><category>by-state</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:12:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Facts and numbers on US bank failures since 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA[The pace of U.S. bank failures has slowed sharply since peaking in 2010 with 157. Since the start of 2008, the year the financial crisis erupted, 465 banks have failed. But their depositors haven't lost any money. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insures accounts up to $250,000 per depositor per bank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212786-facts-and-numbers-on-us-bank-failures-since-2008</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212786-facts-and-numbers-on-us-bank-failures-since-2008</guid><category>us</category><category>numbers</category><category>by</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>fewer</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 14:10:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Fewer US banks failing as industry strengthens</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212519-fewer-us-banks-failing-as-industry-strengthens</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/28/16212519-fewer-us-banks-failing-as-industry-strengthens</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><category>fewer</category><category>bank-failures</category><category>fewer-bank</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Dec 2012 13:53:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=88b38fcd-e60a-4a7a-8c71-4cfcdf571873.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=88b38fcd-e60a-4a7a-8c71-4cfcdf571873.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 photo, people walk past a Bank of America branch in Philadelphia. U.S. banks are closing the year with the strongest profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a08f074-e669-4f60-930a-8b2c529d57f7.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1a08f074-e669-4f60-930a-8b2c529d57f7.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 photo, a man walks past a Wells Fargo location in Philadelphia. U.S. banks are closing the year with the strongest profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9886c0c-4d42-416f-8d1a-76e4b9915e7b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b9886c0c-4d42-416f-8d1a-76e4b9915e7b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 photo shows a Citibank in Philadelphia. U.S. banks are closing the year with the strongest profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19e75778-6f47-4a37-afea-05e94fba3355.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=19e75778-6f47-4a37-afea-05e94fba3355.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 photo, a woman walks past a Wells Fargo location in Philadelphia. U.S. banks are closing the year with the strongest profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an economy slowed by high unemployment, flat pay, sluggish manufacturing and anxious consumers. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=700e3ff8-338f-4965-af5b-f33730de3e3b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="267" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=700e3ff8-338f-4965-af5b-f33730de3e3b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="230" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Chart shows the number of U.S. bank failures&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chrysler guarantees minivan headlight switches</title>
<description><![CDATA[THE VEHICLE: About 623,000 Dodge Caravan and Chrysler Town and Country minivans in the U.S. from the 2005 and early 2006 model years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15733506-chrysler-guarantees-minivan-headlight-switches</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/06/15733506-chrysler-guarantees-minivan-headlight-switches</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>chrysler</category><category>failures</category><category>chrysler-town</category><category>headlight</category><category>dodge-caravan</category><category>the-vehicle</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2012 20:02:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US bank failures this year by state, at a glance</title>
<description><![CDATA[Here are the 31 U.S. bank failures so far this year by state. Listed are the date each bank was closed, where it was based and its assets.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582551-us-bank-failures-this-year-by-state-at-a-glance</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582551-us-bank-failures-this-year-by-state-at-a-glance</guid><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>2012</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>fewer</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:39:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Facts and numbers on US bank failures since 2008</title>
<description><![CDATA[The pace of U.S. bank failures has slowed sharply since peaking in 2010 with 157. Since the start of 2008, the year the financial crisis erupted, 445 banks have failed. But their depositors haven't lost any money. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. insures accounts up to $250,000 per depositor per bank.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582538-facts-and-numbers-on-us-bank-failures-since-2008</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/05/12582538-facts-and-numbers-on-us-bank-failures-since-2008</guid><category>us</category><category>numbers</category><category>by</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>fewer</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Jul 2012 18:38:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Federer says confidence loss cost him major titles</title>
<description><![CDATA[Roger Federer suspects he knows why he hasn't been able to add to his record 16 Grand Slam titles the last two years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Casey]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Michael Casey]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/26/10511473-federer-says-confidence-loss-cost-him-major-titles</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/26/10511473-federer-says-confidence-loss-cost-him-major-titles</guid><category>sports</category><category>tennis</category><category>roger-federer</category><category>federer</category><category>failures</category><category>grand-slam</category><category>australian-open</category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:24:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2f3900e5-f0ee-4260-b322-972534b602f7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2f3900e5-f0ee-4260-b322-972534b602f7.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in two sets 6-1, 6-4, in the final of the ABN AMRO tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d6102de9-8d1a-4aa7-8588-1665e7ddb84b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d6102de9-8d1a-4aa7-8588-1665e7ddb84b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the trophy after defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in two sets 6-1, 6-4, in the final of the ABN AMRO tournament at Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fannie Mae cited for failing to stop robo-signing</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fannie Mae missed chances to catch law firms illegally signing foreclosure documents and its government overseer did not take the right steps to ensure Fannie was doing its job, according to a federal watchdog.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek Kravitz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Derek Kravitz]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7911435-fannie-mae-cited-for-failing-to-stop-robo-signing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7911435-fannie-mae-cited-for-failing-to-stop-robo-signing</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>fannie-mae</category><category>oversight</category><category>failures</category><category>fannie</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 04:06:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bad batteries in AEDs tied to cardiac deaths</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Ralph Polanec collapsed June 25 at his Washington, D.C., gym, staff members thought they could save him with a shock from their automated external defibrillator. But when they tried to turn it on, nothing happened. The device didn’t even flicker. The gym’s staff later discovered that the AED’s batteries had been removed when they lost their charge — and had never been replaced. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda Carroll]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7571127-bad-batteries-in-aeds-tied-to-cardiac-deaths</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/02/7571127-bad-batteries-in-aeds-tied-to-cardiac-deaths</guid><category>fda</category><category>today</category><category>health-care</category><category>devices</category><category>batteries</category><category>device</category><category>failures</category><category>cpr</category><category>deluca</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>when-ralph-polanec</category><pubDate>Fri, 2 Sep 2011 13:08:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110901-defribulator-hmed230p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/110901-defribulator-hmed230p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CHICAGO - NOVEMBER 12: A traveler passes an Automated External Defibrillator in Terminal 1 November 12, 2003 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. An Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is a user-friendly device that when used properly on a person suffering a sudden cardiac arrest administers an electric shock to the heart. Its built-in microprocessor then assesses the patient's heart rhythm, judging whether more defibrillation would be needed. The Chicago Airport System implemented the first public-access defibrillation program at all its airports, including O'Hare International Airport. Defibrillators are strategically located throughout the airport terminals within a one-minute walk from any point in the airport. The units are in cabinets that are directly linked to the City of Chicago's emergency medical services. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Small banks failing as larger firms regain health</title>
<description><![CDATA[U.S. banks are failing at the fastest rate in two decades.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/07/5424861-small-banks-failing-as-larger-firms-regain-health</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/07/5424861-small-banks-failing-as-larger-firms-regain-health</guid><category>us</category><category>bank</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><category>small-bank</category><pubDate>Sun, 7 Nov 2010 20:06:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b86a6913-eceb-45e4-97bf-45e190cb8c61.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="220" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b86a6913-eceb-45e4-97bf-45e190cb8c61.jpg" width="120" height="66" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphic locates failed banks and shows assets at time of closing; includes top 10 bank failures&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>A look at recent failures in Pfizer drug research</title>
<description><![CDATA[The failure of Pfizer Inc.'s tanezumab in a study of osteoarthritis patients is the latest in a string of disappointments on promising drugs that didn't work well or showed safety problems after making it through years of expensive testing:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4558027-a-look-at-recent-failures-in-pfizer-drug-research</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4558027-a-look-at-recent-failures-in-pfizer-drug-research</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>pfizer</category><category>research</category><category>pfizer-inc</category><category>failures</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:45:49 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Latest Pfizer drug failure shows worrisome trend</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yet another experimental drug heavily touted by Pfizer Inc. has foundered in advanced testing, raising worries about productivity problems at the world's biggest drugmaker.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Linda A. Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4557695-latest-pfizer-drug-failure-shows-worrisome-trend</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/06/24/4557695-latest-pfizer-drug-failure-shows-worrisome-trend</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>pfizer</category><category>research</category><category>failures</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:33:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Audit hits State on failures to monitor Iraq work</title>
<description><![CDATA[For nearly $4.5 million a year, the State Department in June assigned a 16-person security detail to protect six U.S. contractors in Iraq who already had a team of hired guards they didn't really need.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3804902-audit-hits-state-on-failures-to-monitor-iraq-work</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/25/3804902-audit-hits-state-on-failures-to-monitor-iraq-work</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>iraq</category><category>politics</category><category>state-department</category><category>oversight</category><category>failures</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:03:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>FDIC frustrated with perception of bank failures</title>
<description><![CDATA[With the number of bank closings above 100 this year for the first time since 1992, the head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. says she's frustrated at perceptions that U.S. taxpayers are on the hook for the costs of those failures.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Carpenter]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Dave Carpenter]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3426954-fdic-frustrated-with-perception-of-bank-failures</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3426954-fdic-frustrated-with-perception-of-bank-failures</guid><category>us</category><category>frustration</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>fdic</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:22:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Q&amp;A about bank failures and the FDIC's role</title>
<description><![CDATA[A cascade of bank failures has magnified the role of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., which guarantees around $4 trillion in deposits in U.S. banks and thrifts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/23/3417688-qa-about-bank-failures-and-the-fdics-role</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/23/3417688-qa-about-bank-failures-and-the-fdics-role</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><category>qa</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:27:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bank failures top 100, only part of industry woes</title>
<description><![CDATA[The cascade of bank failures this year surpassed 100 on Friday, the most in nearly two decades. And the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and the recession goes even deeper than the number suggests.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Wagner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Daniel Wagner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/23/3417624-bank-failures-top-100-only-part-of-industry-woes</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/23/3417624-bank-failures-top-100-only-part-of-industry-woes</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>bank</category><category>politics</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>bank-failures</category><category>great-recession</category><category>partners-bank</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:11:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/308d4f05-b29b-40e1-b191-949477273aea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="374" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/308d4f05-b29b-40e1-b191-949477273aea.jpg" width="120" height="113" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Graphics locate 100 failed banks of 2009 by assets at time of closing and top 10 bank failures since beginning of recession&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f43b09e2-4365-47d6-a7c6-955ba75a8cd7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="403" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f43b09e2-4365-47d6-a7c6-955ba75a8cd7.jpg" width="120" height="121" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2009  file photo, Bank of Elmwood is seen in Racine, Wis. The cascade of bank failures this year surpassed 100 on Friday, the most in nearly two decades. And the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and the recession goes even deeper than the number suggests. On Friday, regulators took over three small Florida banks &amp;#8212; Partners Bank and Hillcrest Bank Florida, both of Naples, and Flagship National Bank in Bradenton &amp;#8212; along with American United Bank of Lawrenceville, Ga., Bank of Elmwood in Racine, Wis., Riverview Community Bank in Otsego, Minn., and First Dupage Bank in Westmont, Ill. (AP Photo/The Journal Times, Mark Hertzberg)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight</title>
<description><![CDATA[In the chaos of an early morning assault on a remote U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Erich Phillips' M4 carbine quit firing as militant forces surrounded the base. The machine gun he grabbed after tossing the rifle aside didn't work either.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Richard Lardner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3370933-weapons-failed-us-troops-during-afghan-firefight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/10/3370933-weapons-failed-us-troops-during-afghan-firefight</guid><category>us</category><category>afghanistan</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><category>weapons-failures</category><category>erich-phillips'</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:28:23 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/355fad11-3f4d-4594-a013-fabb7ae10719.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/355fad11-3f4d-4594-a013-fabb7ae10719.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 27, 2008 file photo, an M4 Colt rifle is displayed at the Colt Defense Plant in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Richard Lardner, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/baac1442-e582-4872-b1ab-59c0ee81d2e8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/baac1442-e582-4872-b1ab-59c0ee81d2e8.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2006 file photo, Staff Sgt. Cristopher Davis of Pensacola, Florida, cleans his M4 assault rifle before going out on a patrol near Camp Florida in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4574815e-94e4-47c7-b525-17ff2bc68914.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4574815e-94e4-47c7-b525-17ff2bc68914.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 27, 2008 file photo,  M4 Colt rifle are produced at the Colt Defense Plant in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Richard Lardner, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/515c2dd5-ae12-4dca-9fa7-2df931778ed9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/515c2dd5-ae12-4dca-9fa7-2df931778ed9.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2006 file photo, U.S. Army Staff Sgt Ruben Romero, from Fort Benning, Ga., demonstrates new technology making use of a magnifying video camera and thermal imaging on the M4 weapon, during a demonstration in Riga, Latvia.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1f35ea89-5798-4400-89dd-e18f97d2cc4e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="255" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1f35ea89-5798-4400-89dd-e18f97d2cc4e.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 27, 2006 file photo, U.S. Army Staff Sgt Ruben Romero, from Fort Benning, Ga., demonstrates new technology making use of a magnifying video camera and thermal imaging on the M4 weapon, during a demonstration in Riga, Latvia.  (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/bf1b200a-3c2f-49ba-a71b-9d3e0756ac20.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bf1b200a-3c2f-49ba-a71b-9d3e0756ac20.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2006 file photo, Staff Sgt. Cristopher Davis of Pensacola, Florida, cleans his M4 assault rifle before going out on a patrol near Camp Florida in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/da639990-e860-41ac-b624-ea63ab890515.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/da639990-e860-41ac-b624-ea63ab890515.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 27, 2008 file photo, an M4 Colt rifle is displayed at the Colt Defense Plant in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Richard Lardner, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d5e15ab7-8046-4a23-8951-1f0187a03ac2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d5e15ab7-8046-4a23-8951-1f0187a03ac2.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 27, 2008, file photo,  M4 Colt rifle are produced at the Colt Defense Plant in Hartford, Conn. (AP Photo/Richard Lardner, FILE)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Meltdown 101: Why banks' struggles have worsened</title>
<description><![CDATA[Despite signs of an improving economy, the nation's banks are still struggling &#8212; in fact, the pace of bank failures has accelerated.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/28/3203121-meltdown-101-why-banks-struggles-have-worsened</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/28/3203121-meltdown-101-why-banks-struggles-have-worsened</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>101</category><category>meltdown</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:08:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a892ceb6-7a47-49bc-b8fc-a54a4041c5ec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a892ceb6-7a47-49bc-b8fc-a54a4041c5ec.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Sept. 30, 2008 file photo, a Wall St. sign hangs in front of the New York Stock Exchange. Investors put stocks back on an upward path Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, encouraged by news of a rebound in consumer confidence and more healing in the housing industry.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FDIC: estimate for cost of bank failures over $40B</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal regulators now believe U.S. bank failures will cost the deposit insurance fund more than $40 billion over the next four years as the economy weakens, a government official said Tuesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Marcy Gordon]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2389989-fdic-estimate-for-cost-of-bank-failures-over-40b</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/03/2389989-fdic-estimate-for-cost-of-bank-failures-over-40b</guid><category>business</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><category>fdic</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Feb 2009 20:59:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Weak economy forces festivals to rethink, cancel</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time in more than 20 years, the organizers of the Harbor Fest musical festival in Racine, Wis., were forced to cancel their seminal summertime event on the shores of Lake Michigan.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Fredrix]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emily Fredrix]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/08/1648726-weak-economy-forces-festivals-to-rethink-cancel</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/08/1648726-weak-economy-forces-festivals-to-rethink-cancel</guid><category>business</category><category>festival</category><category>lake-michigan</category><category>failures</category><category>harbor-fest</category><pubDate>Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:55:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0c48fe62-9a3e-4d08-a595-e174f3b67c2e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="322" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0c48fe62-9a3e-4d08-a595-e174f3b67c2e.jpg" width="120" height="191" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This June 2007 file photo shows Adam Peterson, 8, of Chicago, watching &quot;Late April,&quot; perform at Harbor Fest  in Racine, Wis. For the first time in more than 20 years, the organizers of the Harbor Fest musical festival were forced to cancel their seminal summertime event on the shores of Lake Michigan. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Dustin Safranek, file) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/385283c8-efd9-4a05-a986-301db2a0b2c0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/385283c8-efd9-4a05-a986-301db2a0b2c0.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This June 2007 file photo shows Pamela McNichols, left, and Courtney Nagel dancing to the music of Ronnie Baker Brooks at Harbor Fest in Racine, Wis. For the first time in more than 20 years, the organizers of the Harbor Fest musical festival were forced to cancel their seminal summertime event on the shores of Lake Michigan. (AP Photo/Journal Times, Gregory Shaver, file) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>FDIC Plans Staff Boost for Bank Failures</title>
<description><![CDATA[Federal bank regulators plan to increase staffing 60 percent in coming months to handle an anticipated surge in troubled financial institutions.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Zibel]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Zibel]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/25/1389257-fdic-plans-staff-boost-for-bank-failures</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/25/1389257-fdic-plans-staff-boost-for-bank-failures</guid><category>business</category><category>failures</category><category>fdic</category><category>bank-failures</category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:59:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bank Industry Strong, Regulators Say</title>
<description><![CDATA[Banking and savings and loan institution regulators insisted Tuesday that the system remains strong despite precipitous declines in earnings sparked by the mortgage crisis.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Abrams]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/04/1343140-bank-industry-strong-regulators-say</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/03/04/1343140-bank-industry-strong-regulators-say</guid><category>business</category><category>bank</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Mar 2008 19:05:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Device Woes Said Reported Before Recall</title>
<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of injuries linked to a brand of heart defibrillator wires were reported to the government by last winter, a consumer advocate said Tuesday in asking why the wires weren't recalled until this week.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/16/1029404-device-woes-said-reported-before-recall</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/10/16/1029404-device-woes-said-reported-before-recall</guid><category>health</category><category>politics</category><category>failures</category><category>defibrillator</category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 21:27:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Repair Jobs Challenge Young Homeowners</title>
<description><![CDATA[The staff at his neighborhood hardware store can spot John Carter from a distance.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martha Irvine]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Martha Irvine]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/03/311561-repair-jobs-challenge-young-homeowners</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/03/311561-repair-jobs-challenge-young-homeowners</guid><category>it</category><category>us-news</category><category>failures</category><category>fix</category><category>john-carter</category><pubDate>Thu, 3 Aug 2006 18:32:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>