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Unsold Loans of Major Leveraged Buyouts

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

The loans backing a slew of multibillion-dollar leveraged buyout deals are languishing on the books of the banks that made them, dragging down earnings and imperiling acquisitions. Here are some of the deals and the amount of unsold loans outstanding:

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BCE:

$17 billion

Clear Channel:

$15 billion

Alltel:

$10.5 billion

TXU:

$8.8 billion

Chrysler:

$7 billion

Harrah's Casino Hotels:


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