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Gillian Tett: Sovereign Debt Could Be The Next Subprime

Gillian Tett | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Municipal Bonds, Collaterized Debt Obligations, Financial Crisis, Government Bonds, g20, Recession, Fiscal Policy, Treasury Bonds, Business News

These days, there is a near-unanimous belief among western regulators that one way to prevent a repeat of the 2007-08 crisis is to stop banks taking c...

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A Proposal on How to Clean Up the Banks

Jeffrey Sachs | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, Bailout, Clean Banks, Economic Crisis, Toxic Assets, Timothy Geithner, Credit Crisis, Government Bonds, Geithner Plan, 100 Days, Geithner Bailout, Obama Administration, Obama Economy, Zombie Banks, Business News
Jeffrey Sachs

The taxpayers should take over the bad assets in return for bank equity, but with a twist: the amount of equity transferred to the taxpayers would not be determined immediately.

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Wall Street Crisis Sends Investors Looking For Safe Options

NYT, CNBC, Forbes | Dave Burdick | Posted 10.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Stocks, Safe Investments, Banks, Gold, Personal Finance, Government Bonds, Business News

Three straight days packed with financial news and worry -- including the repercussions of meltdowns at major financial institutions -- have panicked ...

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