How quickly can the administration get the public-private investment program for toxic assets up and running?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

In addition, the Treasury's Public-Private Investment Program (PPIP) plans to subsidize the purchase of banks' "toxic assets" by hedge funds and other investors.

WSJ: Banks Need Fewer Carrots and More Sticks

The Public-Private Investment Program is better for the taxpayer than having the government alone directly purchase the assets from banks that are still operating and assume a larger share of the losses.

WSJ: Geithner: My Plan for Bad Bank Assets