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Florida's BankUnited Is 34th Bank Failure This Year

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Fri, 05/22/2009 - 6:44am

Dozens of federal regulators entered the headquarters of BankUnited in Coral Gables, Fla., Thursday and seized the troubled thrift.

The institution failed under the weight of risky mortgages that went sour. Its closure will drain nearly $5 billion from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

The FDIC sold it to a group of private equity investors.