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"Twenty-five billion dollars is obviously going to help the folks who are struggling more than Chase," he began. "What we do think it will help us do is perhaps be a little bit more active on the acquisition side or opportunistic side for some banks who are still struggling. And I would not assume that we are done on the acquisition side just because of the Washington Mutual and Bear Stearns mergers. I think there are going to be some great opportunities for us to grow in this environment, and I think we have an opportunity to use that $25 billion in that way and obviously depending on whether recession turns into depression or what happens in the future, you know, we have that as a backstop."
They shifted gears after PNC Financial Services Group Inc. announced Treasury was investing $7.7 billion in its bank as part of the deal to acquire National City Corp. National City was denied government assistance and was forced into a sale.
First it says it has to have $700 billion to buy back toxic mortgage-backed securities. Then, as Mr. Paulson divulged to The Times this week, it turns out that even before the bill passed the House, he told his staff to start drawing up a plan for capital injections. Fearing Congress’s reaction, he didn’t tell the Hill about his change of heart.
"If it turns out that they are hoarding, you’ll have a revolution on your hands. People will be so livid and furious that their tax money is going to line their pockets instead of doing the right thing. There will be hell to pay."
Suddenly flush with cash courtesy of Uncle Sam, Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks may soon go bargain-hunting for weaker competitors.
SunTrust, one of the Southeast’s biggest banks, said Monday that it plans to sell $3.5 billion in preferred stock to the U.S. government, a move designed to help the company weather the current economic storm, increase lending activity and potentially buy troubled banks.
As part of the $3.5 billion investment in SunTrust, the government has the option to buy roughly 15 million shares of common stock, which could dilute other investors’ holdings by up to 4 percent, the company said.