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CIT Bust Would Cost US $2.3B, Earn Goldman $1B

Taxpayers shares could go up in smoke while Goldman gains

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 5, 2009 4:29 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Troubled commercial lender CIT, circling the drain for more than a year, would cost taxpayers $2.3 billion in shares purchased by the Treasury Department if it files for Chapter 11 soon—but Goldman Sachs, which gave the lender emergency funding, stands to collect a $1 billion windfall if it goes bust. To hedge risk when it loaned CIT emergency funding, bailout-supported Goldman purchased credit default swaps that will pay out if CIT goes bust. Insiders told the Financial Times that Goldman may postpone collecting part of the money.

A pedestrian strolls past the the CIT Group Inc. building in New York.
A pedestrian strolls past the the CIT Group Inc. building in New York.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Struggling CIT launched a debt restructuring effort that should trim at least $5.7 billion from its balance sheet.
Struggling CIT launched a debt restructuring effort that should trim at least $5.7 billion from its balance sheet.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
Pedestrians walk past a CIT Group logo in New York.
Pedestrians walk past a CIT Group logo in New York.   (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, file)
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0001tr
Oct 5, 2009 12:31 PM CDT
what will it take for Amerians to realize "this is, and always has been the plan and simply the way things operate now...The U.S. Gov't is nothing more than a small group of puppetts that are in bed with the powerfully elite and ALL are profiting from our ignorance...oh well at least we are aware of the latest weight problems of Alley, the most yards rushing this week, and the latest to fall from dancing with the stars, oh yeah and where O had his Anniversary dinner.
Thinker
Oct 5, 2009 11:40 AM CDT
But it will happen. And Goldman will get even richer. And we will continue to get F'd up the ass until we the people, as a cohesive whole, rise up and lynch the rich. And stop vilifying socialism. The rich will still be rich, we'll just be less poor and sick and hungry.
divetrader
Oct 5, 2009 11:24 AM CDT
This is sick!

 
Goldman Sachs • bankruptcy • risk management • bailout • Chapter 11 • credit default swap • CIT Group

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