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...knowing that, based on the criteria they had set, many of the firms would fail. The credit markets are harsh. The troubled banks would find it nearly impossible to raise capital from private equity sources. They would turn to the government. The government would convert its preferred shares to common shares to buttress the bank balance sheets. Suddenly, the taxpayers would own controlling interests in many of the largest financial firms in the world...
...fear has subsided. But longer term a big issue remains: Investors need to know just what the government's stakes in these banks are worth since that directly affects what the investors' stake is worth. The government says the future stakes it takes in the banks will not be common equity, but preferred stock that is convertible into common equity - though it may or may not be converted. (Read about the top 10 bankruptcies...
...That raises a question for investors. If the government buys the bank's common stock outright, investors know how much their own stake is diluted. But since some of the preferreds may convert and others won't, investors are left with a less clear picture of a bank stock's worth...
...beginning to struggle under the weight of that debt, Porsche and Piech met in Salzburg, Austria on Wednesday to end the feud. Following that meeting, Porsche issued a statement declaring that the two companies aimed to "develop a corresponding basis for decision-making on the future structure of the common group...
...pastoralists made up less than 20% of those employed in its camps and lodges. Those who could find work did so mostly as low-paid camp guards. Yet there's a growing realization that the Masai and the 590-square-mile (1,530 sq km) national reserve share a common future. The tribe's fortunes will most likely be found in the tourists who provide Kenya with the bulk of its foreign exchange - and in the wildlife those tourists pay to see. (See pictures of Kenya...