Korea stares into the abyss

Last December, Korea staved off default by a whisker. As the rest of the world dithered, the US banks came up with a rescue plan. It bought time while two heroes emerged to hammer out a deal: Citibank's debt-crisis veteran Bill Rhodes and Mark Walker, one of the toughest lawyers in the business, acting for Korea. The battle was all about bank relationships and the double-edged sword of market forces. Peter Lee reports.

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Marketing the deal

Korea’s first sovereign bonds

Can Korea pull through?

Editorial: Korean rescue is only a start

On December 22, William McDonough, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, summoned the heads of the six biggest banks in the US to a meeting in his fortress-like Federal Reserve building on Liberty Street. With the holidays looming, not all the banks were able to send their chairmen.

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