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...Capital cushion: Thanks to the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Citigroup now has $151 billion in equity, up from $113 billion a year ago. Alas, it will have a $76 billion hit from bad loans. Along with a projected bottom-line loss of $3.5 billion, that drops the bank's capital to $70.5 billion...
...Relief to states $90 billion...
...released paper as the basis of its recommendation for increased regulation of financial institutions. The paper, written in January but released online last week, suggested that regulations are effective at preventing crises such as the current economic meltdown. Moss said he conducted research on behalf of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Congressional Oversight Panel, which was composing a statement on regulatory reform. The panel’s report drew on Moss’ work to promote insuring and overseeing “systematically significant” financial institutions. Moss suggests that New Deal regulations were effective, but that their success...
...princely state that operated its own tribal system of governance until its merger with Pakistan in 1969. One of the factors that appears to have contributed to Fazlullah's ascent was his call for a return to a Shari'a-based system that offers swift justice and, therefore, relief from what many allege is Pakistan's venal police and court system. By stealing a march on Fazlullah, the government believes that it can now stear supporters away from the jihadist, isolate the militants and, with Mohammed's help, restore peace...
...only banks that could legitimately lose on this are those that hold nothing but good mortgages or tranches of good mortgages, with no bad assets. Since the Troubled Asset Relief Program has attracted such interest from virtually every bank, we can conclude that such good-mortgage banks exist only in small numbers...