Britain is now 'bankrupt', Tories claim

Tuesday, 13 January 2009 Britain is now "bankrupt" following the sharp increase in Government borrowing ... to international bodies for financial assistance. He pointed out that expected Government debt ... .At the launch of a nationwide advertising campaign to highlight the sharp increase in public debt [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 07:27:00

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Thursday morning links

#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESRegulators adopt new credit card rules - APTrade-Protection Threat in China, Russia, U.S ... - MarketWatch“The Biggest Bubble Of All . . . U.S. Government Debt” - George Washington BlogMARKETS ... -Funded Downpayment Assistance" Loans - ML-ImplodeRealtors: State home prices have a brutal 2008 - SF [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 14:13:00

Summary of House Approved Auto Bailout Bill

(Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Majority Whip) ... viability, international competitiveness and energy efficiency, including repayment of government ... debt.  The President’s Designee may provide financial assistance to an Auto Manufacturer to implement [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 05:25:20

Bailouts for Newspapers?

It had to come eventually, I suppose, but you would think that some would understand the implications ... Register, in danger of being crushed under hundreds of millions of dollars of debt, says it cannot afford ... on advertising to stay afloat.  But with government assistance strings typically come attached, and I don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 06:08:24

Put Chrysler Back In Christmas

It's official: General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC will get $13 ... for a total of $17.4 billion in assistance, according to a statement from the Bush administration ... the government access to financial records and not issue dividends until the debt is repaid. The government [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 14:32:00

Thank you Taxpayer. Sincerely, Merrill Shareholders

From the Wall Street Journal In the end, investors and financial institutions could face as much as $2 trillion of losses from bad U.S ... from commercial real estate, credit cards, auto debt and business debt, and Goldman’s loan-loss estimate ... rescued both Merrill and Countrywide without government assistance. Mr. Lewis had also argued [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 09:02:01

As expected

MSNBC (19/12) In another about-face, the Bush administration says Congress needs to free up the second half of the $700 billion federal bailout ... real-estate debt coming due, some of the country’s biggest property developers have become the latest to go hat-in-hand to the government for assistance. They’re warning policymakers that thousands [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 09:44:36

More Industries Saddle Up To The Bailout Trough

Director Blue on the newest group to want a free handout: ... -estate debt coming due, some of the country’s biggest property developers have become the latest to go hat-in-hand to the government for assistance. They’re warning policymakers that thousands [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 17:35:49

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