The good and the badBY BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2008 9:55AMThe Financial Standard Intelligence Unit (FSIU) acknowledges that despite the delay, the US Congress will ultimately pass the government's bailout plan. The issue now is what would be the immediate and longer-term ramifications of the package once put in place. The FSIU has put together two simplistic scenarios - positive and negative - as to the likely outcome. |
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