President Bush touched by subprime

Do you think politics and influence has anything to do with today’s mortgage problems? Carlyle Capital Corp Ltd, a subsidiary of one of the most influential US private equity funds and closely tied to the Bush family, is in default on several of its securities. Carlyle is an offshore subsidiary of the Washington-based Carlyle Group, one of the most politically powerful private equity firms of the past two decades. Among the leading partners of the Carlyle Group in recent years have been George H W Bush, father of President George W Bush; James Baker III, the Bush family’s attorney and fixer; and former British prime minister John Major.

 

President Bush touched by subprime

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