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Non-Tech : Shorting the Big Banks (e.g. JPM, BT, CMB, CCI) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: BDR who wrote (116)	9/18/1998 8:44:00 AM
From: BDR	Respond to of 268

newsday.com Banks Warned Over Risky Loans By PATRICIA LAMIELL AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- A senior financial regulator is warning that U.S. banks are making more and more risky loans, a problem that could hurt banks in an economic downturn if more borrowers default. >>>>>>> I thought I just heard on the radio that the parties had reached an agreement on the banking situation, but AP is still reporting: newsday.com Japan Deadlocked Over Bank Bills By MARTIN FACKLER Associated Press Writer TOKYO (AP) -- After a night of fruitless negotiations, Japan's ruling and opposition parties struggled today to find a compromise on banking reform in time for Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi's visit to the United States next week.