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Geithner expected to announce plan to eliminate bad debt

Economists and other experts expect Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to call today for a broad financial-recovery plan that includes ways of eliminating the bad debt that has been plaguing the balance sheets of the nation's major banks and stalling the flow of credit to consumers.

Geithner, among other steps, is expected to call on private investors, including hedge funds and possibly insurance...

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