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20 November 2008

Headline: Babcock sacks 850, starts fire sale to appease banks

The Australian Financial Review, 20 November 2008, Brendan Swift, p.1

Embattled investment bank Babcock & Brown (B&B) will sack 850 employees and offload about half of its total assets in a bid to cut its A$3.1 billion debt burden. B&B, which faces the risk of breaching its banking covenants because of falling asset values, on Tuesday met its banking consortium to discuss its latest moves.

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