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...their "stress tests". Each bank may be encouraged to raise more capital. As a number of analysts have pointed out, private equity has no interest in stakes in troubled banks even at a steep discount to their current market values. To help improve banks' capital bases, the Administration will almost certainly have to take the money it has given and is about to give to banks, and convert it into common stock. That will crush current shareholders and it will create the problem of how taxpayers ever get paid back. (See 10 things to do with your money...
...first it will have to decide how much control it wants to exercise and to what extent it wants to influence company policy. Beyond that, if the company does well, the yield from the government's investment may be locked up, unless it can find another car company, almost certainly foreign, to take its stake. That brings the conversation around to whether the Congress is anxious for GM to be controlled by VW or Toyota (TM). (See pictures of Detroit's decline...
After less than two years - albeit two very splashy, highly commented upon years - Portfolio magazine is closing. Since its revenues for the first quarter of this year were almost 61% lower than they were for the same period last year, the news is not that surprising. But it's still a spectacular flameout for a title that started with such fanfare - and a reported $100 million slush fund - a mere 21 issues ago. Where did all the money...
...real intellectual creativity and he’s not afraid to use it in the classroom,” says Naddaff. Professor and Associate Dean for Information Technology Henry H. Leitner attributes increasing enthusiasm for Computer Science to Malan’s dynamic approach. “Malan has almost single-handedly been responsible for significant increases in the Computer Science concentration,” says Leitner. Although he is focused on innovation, Malan’s energy remains targeted at students. “He does a good job making people feel involved with lots of interactive demonstrations...
...Crimson fought back from a deficit in its last three Ivy wins, and with the bats swinging the way they had been, it’s almost surprising that there were no late-inning heroics in Sunday’s twinbill...