View the government’s filings against the big banks — they’re suing 17 of them — over here. Most interesting name in the list? “General Electric Company.” So, technically, the federal government (the Federal Housing Finance Agency) is suing MSNBC’s parent company. (src ProducerMatthew)
The other shoe drops. The story lists “Bank of America Corp, its Merrill Lynch unit, Barclays, Citigroup and Nomura” as targets. The AP’s saying 17 banks in all have been sued.