96, 97, 98

Another Friday passes, another set of banks fail:

Regulators have shut Warren Bank in Warren, Mich., and two small banks in Colorado and Minnesota, boosting the number of failed U.S. banks this year to 98 as loan defaults rise in the worst financial climate in decades.

What will it be by the end of the year? 120? 130? Back in 2007, it was 3 for the whole year.

Yep, plenty of green shoots out there…