If you've been wondering...

Marketplace Off Air

…who’s getting how much of the bailout money, the New York Times has a handy-dandy tracking chart here.

Who knew E-Trade needed 800 million dollars?

Anybody else find anything surprising in there?

CFN | Respond
November 24, 2008 2:29 PM PT

I can’t believe no one else commented on this! On to the shock and awe…

E-Trade is considered a bank now?
The petite Whitney Bank in New Orleans is getting a cool $282 mil, despite being notorious as one of the worst banks on the face of the earth. The larger (and marginally more competent) local Hibernia isn’t on the list at all. How on Earth are they choosing which banks get what in different areas? Does fiscal responsibility disqualify you?
Protective Insurance. That sound you hear is the thousand insurance agency jets taking off for Washington, secure in the knowledge precedence has been set to ask for their own $200 million.

Where does it end? Does it ever end?