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WASHINGTON - A fresh effort to end the paralysis in lending was launched Monday by the Obama administration, which will join with investors to buy up around $500 billion in soured assets from banks.
But what exactly are these toxic assets the government wants to get off the banks’ books - and how did they get to be poisonous? more…