Following on yesterday's discussion of Britain's TARP here is a look at the latest news on the plan, which provides more details than what were available yesterday:
(From BBC News): " The UK government has announced a package of measures aimed at rescuing the banking system that makes available £400bn ($692bn) of fresh money.
It will initially make extra capital available to eight of the UK's largest banks and building societies in return for preference shares in them.
It is "designed to put the British banking system on a sounder footing", said Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Some bank shares rose on the news although the main FTSE 100 index fell.
Shares in HBOS, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, ended up 24.5%, and Royal Bank of Scotland was 0.8% higher - trimming earlier gains.
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