The Collapse of the Housing Pyramid Scheme - FinalCall.com
Story date: 2008-01-10 10:26:37
Added on: 2008-01-10 23:36:56
The Collapse of the Housing Pyramid SchemeFinalCall.com, IL - 1 hour agoWith the SIVs, nobody is alleging the kind of blatant fraud that went on with Enron’s SPEs. But SIVs smack of the same kind of obfuscation of liability. ...
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