U.K.'s Northern Rock Move Highlights Risk to Taxpayers

Story date: 2008-02-19 12:04:00
Added on: 2008-02-19 00:23:05

Wall Street Journal - Many analysts expect that Northern Rock's new management will be forced to trim the business, selling off some of its £100 billion ($195 billion) in mortgage loans to pay down its debt to the government and meet the EU's downsizing requests. One ...


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