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NEWS ABOUT: private investors

private investors stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - The Obama administration’s new plan for dealing with toxic bank assets is “creating massive moral hazard,” Paul Krugman blogs in the New York Times. The idea of providing taxpayer money to insure the purchase of possibly worthless assets is equivalent to the poor practices laid bare... More »

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recession • Treasury Department • Paul Krugman • private investors • Obama administration • Timothy Geithner • TARP • toxic assets

Fla. Developer Offers Investors Green Cards

Foreigners with $1M cash can get US residence

Jan 28, 09 7:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Foreigners still interested in the American dream can get permanent residence in the US by investing $1 million in a Florida condo-hotel project starved for credit. The government-approved offer gives investors a conditional visa in exchange for the investment, the Orlando Sentinel reports. If the foreigners can prove within two... More »

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immigration • visa • green card • Orlando • private investors • investor • Walt Disney World • condo hotel

Investors
Eye Airports, Bridges, Roads

Subprime-weary banks earmark $250B for infrastructure projects

Aug 27, 08 10:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Weary of investments infected by the subprime contagion, investors are looking to purchase and operate some more substantial assets: the nation’s bridges, toll roads, and airports, reports the New York Times. Goldman Sachs, KKR, Morgan Stanley, and Credit Suisse are among those who have stockpiled some $250 billion for... More »

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KKR • Indiana Toll Road • private investors • Chicago Midway Airport • Alligator Alley

Northern Rock Bailout Plan a Money Shuffle

Deal pays back government loans, but public still on the hook

Jan 21, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The British government today unveiled its last-gasp plan to hand off the Northern Rock hot potato and prevent nationalization, the London Times reports. Under the plan, the bank would immediately pay back the £25 billion it owes the government by selling the debt to private investors as bonds. But... More »

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Richard Branson • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • subprime mortgages • shareholders • Northern Rock • Alistair Darling • Virgin Group • private investors • financial crisis

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