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title: "Whatever happened to the companies from the 2008 bailout?"
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description: "In the fall of 2008, the American economy was in freefall. The U.S. government made a controversial decision to rescue some of the biggest companies in the country. Twenty years later, what happened to them?"
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# Whatever happened to the companies from the 2008 bailout?

In the fall of 2008, the American economy was in freefall. The U.S. government made a controversial decision to rescue some of the biggest companies in the country. Twenty years later, what happened to them?

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