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Fall 2007

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    Jay Rosenstein, Editor
    FDIC Consumer News
    550 17th Street, NW
    Room 7100
    Washington, DC 20429
    E-mail: jrosenstein@fdic.gov
    Fax: (202) 898-3870

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FDIC Consumer News is published by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Sheila C. Bair
Chairman

Andrew Gray
Director, Office of Public Affairs (OPA)

Elizabeth Ford
Assistant Director, OPA

Jay Rosenstein
Senior Writer-Editor, OPA

Mitchell Crawley
Graphic Design

 


Last Updated 11/14/2007

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