telegraph.co.uk - 1/19/2009
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The Treasury has formally announced a scheme to allow banks to exchange cash or shares for a Government guarantee on their "toxic" debts, transferring any losses they suffer from the banks to the taxpayer. However, the Chancellor admitted he can't estimate how much taxpayers' money will needed ...
bloomberg.com - 1/19/2009
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bloomberg.com —
Jan. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Chancellor of the Exchequer
Alistair Darling announced the second British bank rescue in...
three months, proposing insurance to underwrite mortgage-backed debt and toxic assets and reversing plans to shrink Northern Rock Plc’s ...
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Darling Sets Second U.K. Plan to Rescue Banks, Spur Lending
calculatedriskblog.com - 1/17/2009
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From the Telegraph: £200bn to save banks from
bad debt In an attempt to restore confidence within...
the financial sector, the Treasury will tell the banks of its plan on Saturday. It aims to announce details of the rescue package publicly early next ...
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UK: New £200bn "Bad Bank" Bailout Plan
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... There are a raft of initiatives out this (Monday) morning from HM Government. We looked yesterday at the Insurance idea. Pondering further overnight I see this as a great opportunity for the bankers to take the taxpayers to the cleaners. the premiums will be too low and the losses more than expected. In effect, the Government will become like AIG ( ...
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