How long can banks 'delay and pray'?

Courtesy Marketplace  Wed, 08/26/2009 - 12:16

Kai Ryssdal talks to Marketplace's Senior Business Correspondent Bob Moon about a risky strategy by banks to put off dealing with the toxic assets that mucked up the economy and are still on their balance sheets.


 

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