OT TARP raises its ugly head
More than 90 U.S. banks and thrifts missed making a May 17 payment to the U.S. government under its main bank bailout program, signaling a rising number of lenders are struggling to meet their obligations.Posted by: gmax | June 17, 2010 at 12:15 PM <http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/06/back-in-afghanistan-1.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201348486b2ac970c#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201348486b2ac970c>
gmax OT And this for a kicker ( more like a kick in the head)*In some cases, small banks are renegotiating the repayment terms. Midwest Banc Holdings [MBHI 0.0198 -0.0002 (-1%) ], for example, agreed to swap $84.8 million in preferred shares issued under the TARP program in 2008 for $15.5 million in common shares. That would have meant an 80 percent loss for the government---and the U.S. taxpayer---on the initial investment. But the swap was contingent on the bank raising more private capital, which it failed to do. Regulators seized the bank in May.*
So Geithner is quietly doing write offs of TARP equity if he can push it off into the future? Where do we get these guys?
Posted by: gmax | June 17, 2010 at 12:19 PM <http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2010/06/back-in-afghanistan-1.html?cid=6a00d83451b2aa69e201348486b7c6970c#comment-6a00d83451b2aa69e201348486b7c6970c>
gmax OT again Counterparty risk?/Bank of America told its traders not to enter into trades with BP past June 2011./
This is what ultimately drove Lehman Bros to fail. Posted by: gmax
-- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum* Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
<<inline: 06-50si.gif>>
