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...Burford got out of its funding arrangement with Donziger et al after it had already put up $4m. “Chevron” had been part of its portfolio....
...The investors pay cheaper rates because of the federal insurance afforded by Fannie and Freddie, says Jim Costello, senior vice-president at Real Capital Analytics....
...The question is whether that benefit would look so attractive were JPMorgan et al forced to internalise most of the costs of a breakup while remaining in their current form....
...So if you don’t need money; if you own an office building and you have no debt and you want to borrow 40 per cent of today’s value there’s some insurance companies that will make that capital available....
...I want to eliminate the capital gains tax for small business investment, and take some of the bailout money the Wall Street banks have returned and use it to help community banks start lending to small businesses...
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