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10 Banks Form $70B Fund to Stave Off Crash

Paulson brokers twin public-private liquidity measures

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 15, 2008 5:27 AM CDT

(Newser) – Ten of the world's largest banks have formed a massive liquidity fund to mitigate the effects of the Lehman Brothers meltdown, reports the Financial Times. All the investment banks will be able to borrow up to a third of the $70 billion fund in order...   Read full story »

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