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January 31, 2009

The wreck of Suburban Federal, in verse

From Calculated Risk, haiku on the FDIC's seizure of Suburban Federal Savings of Crofton:

Sub Fed Sunk
TodayBank of Essex saves the day

Are there more to come?

and on the takeover of Florida's Ocala National Bank:

Florida bank toast
Ocala, rhymes like Orange?

Asset base has burnt

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About Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Wednesdays and Fridays.

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