According to the Bank for International Settlements, a staggering 40% of American mortgages originated in the first quarter of 2007 were interest-only or negative-amortisation loans.

国际清算银行称，美国2007年第一季度发放的按揭贷款中，高达40%是那些纯利率或负按揭的贷款。

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By the end of the first quarter 14m American households (27% of mortgage-holders) owed more than their homes were worth, according to estimates by Deutsche Bank.

根据德意志银行的估计到第一季度末，1400万美国家庭(其中27%是按揭付款买房)已经资不抵债。

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In the first week of October, Haiti’s reconstruction commission approved a $500 million Inter-American Development Bank project to reconstruct the education sector.

在十月份的第一周，海地重建委员会批准了一笔五亿美元的款项，用于重建教育部门。

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Read up on BCCI and First American Bank, Clark Clifford and Robert Altman and their behavior in the 80s and early 90s.

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BCCI's secret purchase of First American Bank also linked him to D.

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Citigroup is very different than First American Bank.

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