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Oct. 02, 1989: Business Notes:Banking
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TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
Oct. 02, 1989 A Day In The Life Of China
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 83
Business Notes
BANKING
Kissing Those Loans Goodbye
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<p> Major U.S. banks have tried to prepare for the day when
they would have to acknowledge the hopelessness of collecting
most of their troubled loans to developing countries. Last week
that process gave way to a rush of reality as three major
banking companies set aside funds to bolster their loan-loss
reserves, a move that will give them stiff deficits now but help
insulate them from defaults in the future. Manufacturers Hanover
added $950 million to its reserves, Chase Manhattan $1.15
billion, and J.P. Morgan $2 billion. To shore up its finances,
Manny Hanny also agreed to sell CIT Group, its corporate-finance
subsidiary, to Japan's Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank for $1.3 billion.
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<p> The reason for the move: pressure from the Bush
Administration's debt-reduction plan. A Sept. 13 agreement to
ease Mexico's debt gives banks the choice of lending new money
to the country or accepting a 35% cut in the value of their
outstanding loans.
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