Word: toxically
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...think his PPIP [public-private-investment program] is a smart move in getting the toxic assets off the balance sheets of banks? The premise that private investors would purchase these toxic assets on the assumption that as time passes, the value of these toxic assets will improve - I don't believe that. What the government is trying to do is to induce private purchase of these assets by subsidizing them...
...Hurt Locker has a few longueurs, and once or twice it spells out in dialogue what the images have eloquently shown. But short of being there, you'll never get closer to the on-the-ground immediacy of the Iraq occupation, its sick tension, its toxic tang. This is one of the great war films, and our own Medal of Honor winner...
...That strategy is to stay focused on core banking operations. While bank chiefs in the U.S. and Europe gorged on high-risk subprime lending and complex mortgage-backed securities in a quest for fat returns, Sands avoided toxic assets that got its competitors into trouble. Sands became even more cautious as the U.S. housing bubble began unraveling in 2007. Some risky borrowers - such as low-margin Asian exporters, which have been hit hard by the collapse of U.S. consumer spending - were asked to cough up more collateral when renegotiating loans, while other marginal customers were denied further credit. To strengthen...
...toxic-assets-buying program: Is that dead...
What you are suggesting is that because the system seems to be getting healthier, the banks think the price for the toxic assets is not high enough...