Huntington Bank

Part of a series The Great American Write-Down

Huntington Bank (HBAN) Huntington will have to cover about $300 million in the fourth quarter. Besides being hammered by the housing situation, Huntington let First Franklin Financial Corp borrow $1.5 billion that are secured by mortgages. Since Merrill Lynch now owns First Franklin I have to wonder how they plan to handle this.

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