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...Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the banks would finance its operations until the shops could restructure. These so-called debtor-in-possession, or DIP, loans kept the company operating. In the early 1990s, for example, Macy's spent nearly two years in Chapter 11. Today, banks aren't keen to lend to anyone, least of all a retailer in miserable shape. (See the worst business deals...
...tone of pity and disgust. Then - as night follows day - comes the inevitable binge. It's fair to say that many Lost fans have caught up with the show in long, slothful, weekend-consuming, sofa-denting DVD sessions. Its peculiar mysteries (smoke monster? four-toed statue? the island moves?) lend themselves well to this approach. Don't be ashamed. Just catch up, already...
...disaster, as big loans to Cuban sugar planters went bad. What saved the bank was the salesmanship of Charles E. Mitchell, head of City's securities arm, who repackaged the bad Cuban debt--and went on in the 1920s to find ever more creative ways to sell securities and lend to the burgeoning middle class. Mitchell, who became president of the bank in 1921, built City into the first financial supermarket. When everything financial turned toxic in the early 1930s, he became the most prominent scapegoat for the disaster. He was the main target of the famous Pecora hearings...
...front end of the process, the U.K. has essentially begun that nationalization of some banks. It will end up with a 70% share in RBS. The stunning part of the program is, according to Bloomberg, that the government will require aid recipients to sign "specific and quantified" agreements to lend, reflecting Brown's frustration at the failure of an October rescue to unlock credit markets. (See pictures of London's gathering storm...
...talks with Bank of America are officials from Treasury, the Fed, and the FDIC. The deposit insurance agency does not have to capital to bail out a lot of big banks. It has to worry about work-outs for smaller ones that are failing. The Fed is willing to lend big banks money for a short term. It is not likely to get into the business of trading cash for equity...