Thursday, May 7, 2009

Banks Need Billions More

Karey Wutkowski and Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
May 6, 2009

Regulators have told Bank of America Corp it needs $34 billion of capital to withstand a deep economic downturn, an industry source familiar with results of a government stress test said late on Tuesday.

Citigroup Inc may need as much as $10 billion, a person familiar with the matter said this week. About 10 of the 19 big U.S. banks being stress-tested may need more capital, a person familiar with the official talks has said.

The sources were not authorized to speak because the stress test results have not yet been made public. Results are due late Thursday.

Early results of the tests may unnerve investors who had hoped they might show the industry was in less dire condition than feared.

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The Black Sheep tries to warn its friends with the truth it has seen, unfortunately herd mentality kicks in for the Sheeple, and they run in fear from the black sheep and keep to the safety of their flock.

Having tried to no avail to awaken his peers, the Black Sheep have no other choice but to unite with each other and escape the impending doom.

What color Sheep are you?

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