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  • The bank significantly wound down its toxic-asset exposure from a peak potential loss of €5.1 billion to a potential loss of €1.9 billion, and it has reduced its risk-weighted assets by 29%.

    Deutsche Profit Warning Raises Capital Worries Laura Stevens 2011

  • Incredibly, none of them have been shut down except tiny Sachsen LB, a Dresden-based outfit that ran a toxic-asset operation nearly 11 times the size of its equity.

    Worse Than Wall Street 2010

  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown — who had controversially waived competition rules to allow the HBOS deal — to extricate Lloyds from the U. K.'s toxic-asset insurance program.

    Lloyds Boss's Timely Exit 2010

  • Canada's banks have so far stayed profitable, and their toxic-asset exposure is probably manageable.

    Canadian Banks Should Just Stay Home 2009

  • Dan Frascarelli, partner and director of Lord Abbett's Large Cap Core Fund, with $1 billion under management, says bank shares could strengthen once the Treasury's toxic-asset plan is implemented.

    Financial Stocks: Will Good News Follow the Bad? 2009

  • In his first major Sunday show appearances, Timothy Geithner laid out the policy arguments for the administration's toxic-asset plan, detailed the long-term approach to economic ... var news_amount = 4;

    Robert L. Borosage: Time for a Grand Inquest on the Financial Crisis 2009

  • The Wall Street Journal: "BlackRock helped shape the government's toxic-asset plan, which critics have said helps vulture investors buy assets on the cheap while exposing taxpayers to the bulk of losses if the investments sour."

    Robert Scheer: Our Loss is BlackRock's Gain 2009

  • NEW YORK -- While the stock market welcomed the government's toxic-asset plan with a wide round of applause, the options market received it with more of a dismissive shrug.

    Buyout Rumors Top Bank-Plan Details 2009

  • In his first major Sunday show appearances, Timothy Geithner laid out the policy arguments for the administration's toxic-asset plan, detailed the long-term approach to economic ...

    Henry Blodget: The Question Tim Geithner Refuses To Answer 2009

  • The first order of business is still to recapitalize the banking system, with equity injections and a Resolution Trust-like, toxic-asset removal program.

    Investors Want Clarity Before They Take Risks 2009

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