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BUSINESS, Page 83Business NotesBANKINGKissing Those Loans Goodbye
Major U.S. banks have tried to prepare for the day when they
would have to acknowledge the hopelessness of collecting most of
their troubled loans to developing countries. Last week that
process gave way to a rush of reality as three major banking
companies set aside funds to bolster their loan-loss reserves, a
move that will give them stiff deficits now but help insulate them
from defaults in the future. Manufacturers Hanover added $950
million to its reserves, Chase Manhattan $1.15 billion, and J.P.
Morgan $2 billion. To shore up its finances, Manny Hanny also
agreed to sell CIT Group, its corporate-finance subsidiary, to
Japan's Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank for $1.3 billion.
The reason for the move: pressure from the Bush
Administration's debt-reduction plan. A Sept. 13 agreement to ease
Mexico's debt gives banks the choice of lending new money to the
country or accepting a 35% cut in the value of their outstanding
loans.