Vulture Funds

Jason Linkins

Some Of Your Taxpayer Assets Will Be Sold Off To 'Vulture Funds,' In Case You Were Interested

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Fannie Mae, Goldman Sachs, Freddie Mac, Vulture Funds, Distressed Mortgages, Politics News

Hey, everybody! Time now to check what's going on with that giant portfolio of foreclosed-upon homes that we, as taxpayers, own. Did you forget that we owned a giant portfolio of foreclosed-upon homes?

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We Must Stop the "Vulture Funds" That Feed on the World's Poor

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gordon Brown, Kaunda, Zambia, Sally Keeble, Romania, Africa, Aids, Donegal International, Liberia, Maxine Waters, Profit Margins, Vulture Funds, Congo, Belgium, Michael Francis Sheehan, World News
Johann Hari

For small sums, vulture funds buy debts racked up years ago by the poorest countries on earth. Then they take the poor country to court, and demand exorbitant and crippling returns from the debtor nations.

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Marketing for Grownups: Selling the Rescue Plan

Alan Fein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, John McCain, Economics, Economy, George W. Bush, Presidential Election, Henry Paulson, Bailout Plan, Rtc, Vulture Funds, Barack Obama, Business News
Alan Fein

Bush noted that the effect of just Monday's drop in the market capitalization of the stock market was in excess of $1 trillion -- that's right, more than the $700 billion "bailout."

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