Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Bloomberg.com: Exclusive

The value of $1 over time, in 1776 dollars. ht...Value of $1 over time - in 1776 dollarsBloomberg.com: Exclusive: "McClatchy Co., Building Materials Holding Corp. and almost 100 other companies across the U.S. are suffering payback from lenders stung by at least $112 billion of losses in the loan market.

Banks and investors who are losing money on the record $1.7 trillion of high-yield, high-risk loans made in 2006 and 2007 are charging borrowers an average of 1.64 percentage points more in interest to amend borrowing agreements and avoid default, according to Standard & Poor's. That's the highest since 1997 and almost eight times more than the first half of last year."

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