[lbo-talk] No Loan? No Problem!

[Dennis Redmond]

Earlier this year, the US import-export bank turns down a loan request
from SMIC, a huge China-based chip foundry. Enter a consortium of Chinese
banks, who are lending 550 million EUR ($600 million US) to make up the
difference. Full details at EE Times:

http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=QSD4MJ3T2AGPYQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=163701224

-- DRR