Sentence examples for worrisome assets from inspiring English sources

But Jefferies is doing the one thing Lehman didn't — or perhaps couldn't: selling off the worrisome assets.

The government investment only masks the longstanding problems inside the sprawling Citigroup empire, including a lot of worrisome assets.

Mr. Thain reassured them about the company's capital base, dwindling level of worrisome assets and the value of Merrill Lynch's businesses, according to someone who attended.

Citigroup is grappling with a host of problems, from how to rid itself of worrisome assets to how to cope with souring mortgages and credit card loans.

Since becoming chief executive in December, Mr. Pandit has been clearing out the corporate attic of weak businesses and unloading worrisome assets at bargain-basement prices.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, for instance, sought to revisit some terms of the government's recent agreement to provide insurance on $306 billion of Citigroup's worrisome assets to make it more favorable for taxpayers.

But while many financial companies are struggling under the burden of worrisome mortgage investments, Goldman, Mr. Viniar said, does not have many mortgage assets left.

After years of double-digit expansion, China's pace of growth has cooled in recent years — a slowdown that has in part been engineered by the authorities in Beijing as they try to ease a potentially worrisome flood of lending, forestall asset price bubbles and direct the economy toward higher-quality expansion.

Calomiris pointed out that the bank reports several different measures, ranging from what appears to be a safe capital ratio of 17.26 percent (implying the bank maintains a loss-absorbing buffer of $17 for every $100 of the assets it owns) to a potentially worrisome 7.48 percent (with stops at 14.06, 12.67 and 8.7 percent).

Banco Santander, Deutsche Bank and others are trying to sell assets and loan portfolios to reduce their exposure to worrisome private and sovereign debt as part of a broad strategy to refocus on their home markets and comply with new regulatory requirements.

Mitchell's Portland, Ore .hedge fund, Adit Capital (assets: $50 million), has to physically store the material, a dauntingly costly and worrisome undertaking.