LYKINN: Layoffs slow 2 539K in April; jobless rate rises; U.S. jobless rate hits 25-year high; U.S. banks seek $75 billion; 10 US banks fail 'st ...

banktech: Stress Tests Show 10 U.S. Banks Need $74.6 Bln More: U.S. regulators told top banks Thursday to raise $74.6 bill.. http://tinyurl.com/ppg8k2

jodainton: OMG the whole house buying process has been soooo unnecessarily stressful. Banks need to buck their ideas up when it comes to paperwork.

thegreatgen: What if women ruled the banks? http://bit.ly/P5Lwi

GWhit: Stress test result: 10 banks need to raise funds: http://tinyurl.com/opx4hq

ianlandsman: Stress tests results were fine. banks still borrowing money for 0% and lending it for 5%+. That's good business. I want in on that.

freshrandomnews: Updated my blog with Smiling 101 With Tyrannosaurus Banks http://tinyurl.com/r48dcw

hedgefundinvest: I: Also suspect stress test results are precursor for future gov't policy re: large, money center banks. So they are important. $$

Marinelf: Bloody banks: it's really not very clever of them to send a courier to my home address in the early afternoon midweek.

BTRontheAIR: Small business loans take dive in Alabama: Small business lending by Birmingham's largest banks has dropped .. http://bit.ly/PSXg6

businessticker: Banks Rush to Raise Capital http://ow.ly/5MVI

swineflu_help: In the wake of the stress tests, are you more or less distressed about American?s banks? http://tinyurl.com/qdtfa3

swineflu_help: In the wake of the stress tests, are you more or less distressed about American?s banks? http://tinyurl.com/pzjp54

cmessina: A deal no private investor would take- US Gov. to convert preferred stock (debt, repayment priority if bankruptcy) in bad banks into common.

high_strung: REGULATIONS DIDN'T SAVE CANADA'S BANKS http://bit.ly/15ki3Z