Tightening the Safety Belt

Story date: 2007-11-26 10:59:00
Added on: 2007-11-27 00:00:21

CFO.com - ... expectations of further write-downs grow, it and others with deteriorating capital ratios will be under pressure to reverse ... Back-of-the-envelope calculations from Goldman Sachs suggest that if banks suffer a $200 billion loss on subprime mortgages ...


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