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Banks Scuttle SIV Bailout

BoA, Citi and JP Morgan drop subprime fix over lack of interest

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 21, 2007 3:56 PM CST

(Newser) – The three banks charged by Treasury with setting up a fund to bail out investments threatened by the subprime mess are abandoning the project, the Wall Street Journal reports. Citigroup, Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase had been working since September on the plan...   Read full story »

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