Saturday, May 10, 2008

US taxpayers foot bill for derivative deals gone bad

(NEW YORK) Taxpayers from Massachusetts to California are paying Wall Street banks to end derivative contracts gone bad as they exit the collapsing auction-rate bond market, with penalties in some cases topping US$10 million and compounding the pain of rising borrowing costs.

Source: http://business-times.asiaone.com/mnt/html/btpre/registration/redirect.jsp?dlink=/sub/news/story/0,4574,278654,00.html?

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