On the recordMarch 31, 2009
Your comments about legacy assets takes me back to earlier in the week in the Banking Committee, where legacy assets is now the term being used for the toxic collateralized debt obligations.
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Merkley compares legacy assets in finance to challenges in the ethanol industry.
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