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...British economy as a whole - could scarcely have been higher. Central to those plans is the creation of a bumper insurance scheme that will permit banks to buy cover against losses on bad loans in the hopes that this will encourage banks to start lending to Britain's cash-strapped companies and consumers. Also announced: a $74 billion scheme allowing the Bank of England - Britain's lender of last resort - to buy high-quality assets directly from financial institutions as well as other companies. An existing $370 billion plan granting a government guarantee on bonds issued by banks, earmarked...
...renewable energy advocates were confident the country was about to make a solar leap. But the credit market's deep freeze has hit new solar projects just as it has almost every other facet of the economy - the only difference is that many solar manufacturers don't have the cash reserves to ride out a long downturn. That could leave the U.S. shorthanded on solar at the very time when it's finally gotten serious about renewables. "This is still a capital intensive business," says Harris. "Either you have the money and the project will happen...
...Japanese businesses and financial institutions, however, are in a good position relative to their foreign counterparts. Japanese companies have ample cash on hand at a time when cash and liquidity matter most. As mergers-and-acquisitions activity increases abroad, the appreciation of the yen (currently 90 to the dollar) can actually work in favor of Japanese businesses, making acquisitions more affordable as the market caps of their competitors decline. And banks, even with some financial constraints, are seeing lending increase, with growth of 3.7% in December from a year earlier. Positive news, to be sure, but not quite the stuff...
...where is the cash? Harvard certainly has the money to spare, despite the recession. Look what the Boston Foundation, not even worth one billion dollars, has promised. Harvard can do better when it comes to improving its own community...
...trying to reverse the slumping economy in 1963. At the time, Kennedy "said to the Congress, You pass it, I'll sign it," Oberstar recalled on a recent morning in his Capitol Hill office. The only problem was, the infrastructure system wasn't set up for quick infusions of cash. The City of Grand Rapids, Minn., for example, asked for a modern water-treatment facility. "We said, 'Fine, we'll give you a grant.' It took them two years to get the thing under way," Oberstar says with a chuckle...