Banks said to be prepping up to $100B fund (CNN Money)

Story date: 2007-10-14 09:37:17
Added on: 2007-10-14 17:00:16

A consortium of the world's biggest banks, led by Citigroup, is working to create a fund to back up to $100 billion in shaky mortgage and other securities, according to published reports Sunday.


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