With Nothing Much Left to Lose, Northern Rock Investors Hang On

Story date: 2007-11-19 02:17:00
Added on: 2007-11-20 01:14:53

Wall Street Journal - Northern Rock's investors appear to be playing chicken with the U.K. In theory, their shares should be worth virtually nothing. The U.K. mortgage lender depends for its current survival on the government's £20 billion-plus ($41.1 billion-plus ...


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