What a Deal: Trash for Treasuries (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Story date: 2008-05-17 09:37:17
Added on: 2008-05-17 22:05:14
Part of the Federal Reserve’s plan to keep Wall Street solvent — letting banks trade hard-to-sell securities for cash — could force the taxpayers to cover losses.
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