Not a surprise:
“CIT Group Inc., the 101-year-old commercial lender that saw its funding dry up in the credit crunch, filed for bankruptcy in an effort to cut $10 billion in debt following a failed debt exchange and U.S. taxpayer bailout.
CIT listed $71 billion in assets and $64.9 billion in liabilities in a Chapter 11 petition yesterday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The Treasury Department said the government probably won’t recover much, if any, of the $2.3 billion in taxpayer money that went to CIT.
The lender, which funds about 1 million businesses such as Dunkin’ Brands Inc. and Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc., said it plans to exit court protection quickly due to support from bondholders, who voted for a “prepackaged” plan. None of CIT’s operating subsidiaries, including Utah-based CIT Bank, were included in the filing, and operations will proceed as normal, CIT said in a statement.”
Let’s see if Mr. Market thinks this is important tomorrow…
Source:
CIT Group Files Bankruptcy, Seeks to Cut $10 Billion in Debt
Tiffany Kary and Dawn McCarty
Bloomberg, Nov. 2 2009
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aKmvIUy3V8QY&pos=1
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