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BB&T's Allison: A Free Market Could Have Prevented This

Stock quotes in this article: BBT , BAC , C , WFC , JPM , FNM , FRE  

Listen to audio clips of John Allison's views on the bailout, Citigroup and Bank of America and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Updated from 10:08 a.m. EST

For a free-market enthusiast like BB&T Corp. (BBT Quote) Chairman John Allison, these are trying times.

In a career spanning four decades, including the last 19 as CEO, Allison helped build the Winston-Salem, N.C., bank into one of the 25 largest U.S. financial institutions -- and one that has weathered the credit crisis better than most. ...

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