But it is not just office towers and bank shares that have lost value over the last decade.

Not surprisingly, bank shares have led the stock market down.

You think the taxpayers are going make a profit from their bank shares?

In October, at least eight insiders, including the chief financial officer, bought bank shares by the thousands.

Stock prices fell even though a new group that was set up to buy bank shares began operations today.

That's why bank shares weakened yesterday, even after the rate cut.

Japanese bank shares on average lost 40 percent of their value in 2001, and are now trading at lows not seen since 1984.

The university was forced to sell its bank shares, thus becoming dependent on government funding.

For that reason, bank shares took a severe beating today.

Greek bank shares rallied again early today, on optimism that a deal was close.