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In a recent report from Goldman Sachs, the firm's research analysts calculated that the best of the banking industry's toxic assets are carried on banks' books at an average of $91 (on a bond with an original $100 price). But TIME's calculations suggest that the government-subsidized...
In the end, though, the banks may have no choice. Since the 1930s, regulators have been able to force banks to shore up their balance sheets by selling assets, even at prices lower than the bankers would like. The stress tests give the supervisors the ammunition they need to do...
Obama and Geithner may not be completely out of the woods even if they do force banks to sell their toxic assets. Some banks may be so deeply in debt that even the proceeds from the sales won't be enough to fill their capital needs. In that case, the...
It is not clear whether the government looked closely at commercial mortgage loans when it did its "stress tests" on banks. It is also not clear what assumptions the government used for the default rates of this paper. The $27 billion in debt that General Growth holds seems like a...
However, instead of encouraging Harvard students to join the military, the university has done the exact opposite. In fact, then-Harvard Law School Dean Elena Kagan wrote in 2005 that she felt that the military’s access to Harvard’s Office of Career Services was unacceptable...