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...some $230 billion in loans that were overdue by 90 days or more as of Dec. 31, 2008, according to the FDIC. It's a good idea to try and get those moving off banks' books. But what of the bundled, securitized assets? According to the FDIC, the total value of securities on banks' books as of Dec. 31 was $1.7 trillion. How much of those securities are toxic and how does the Geithner plan move them to be sold...
...financing for this part of the plan is much less attractive. For every dollar of equity an investor puts up, the government will put up a dollar of its own, plus up to another two dollars in financing, for a total of 3-1 leverage...
...many times each year in this country. As illustrated in your piece, physicians often provide care without charge when patients are in need, but we need a system that does a much better job of supporting patients and physicians. Your reform points are key. A full 75% of total health-care spending is linked to chronic health problems, many of which are preventable. If we can help Americans live healthier, we can reduce disease and decrease health-care spending. The American Medical Association is committed to reform that covers everyone with a choice of portable insurance, increases the value...
...developments and systematic smothering of dissent, there were always some signs of hope and potential advances on other fronts," says Nicholas Bequelin, a China researcher with the New York-based Human Rights Watch. "But recently the good news has been very few and far between. There has been a total lack of progress on legal reform, the media, rural reform, labor. These issues were very much carrying forward hope for opening up of Chinese society, but now there's just nothing on the horizon." (Read "China Takes on the World...
...quite unprecedented global crisis, but there is going to be unprecedented global cooperation. In 1933 a world economic conference took place in London. It was designed to deal with the problems of that particular crisis and to stop the drift toward protectionism. The conference was a total failure. [Now] we see so many countries who want to be part of a global set of measures that can help...