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    Bank Capital: This Week’s Hot Topic?

    May 3, 2009

    Just a gentle reminder to you all that we’ll be hearing a great deal about bank capital once again this week. Well at least it makes a change from Chrysler. The auto and banking industries have become the ugly stepchildren of this recession: both mired deeply in the muck and both very expensive to fix. […]

    Economics / bankruptcy, Chrysler, creditors, TARP /

    Chrysler: Let The Games Begin

    May 1, 2009

    As the continuing Chrysler story continues to unfold thefocus now shifts to Manhattan and the courtroom of Judge Gonzalez. The preliminary hearings began this morning and already the stage is being set for the upcoming fight between the company and the minority group of creditors whose rejection of the government’s last offer precipitated the bankruptcy […]

    Commentary / B. of A., bailouts, banking, Citibank, creditors, stress tests, TCE, Tier 1 Capital /

    Bank Stress Tests

    May 1, 2009

    The administration has announced that it will release the results of those infamous stress tests next Thursday. That’s a little later than originally planned. But the more interesting news is that they will now release more than summary findings. Instead we will be treated to a much more detailed set of results. That presents a […]

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