treasury presses with plan for toxic assets

Lot of "pressing" lately but don't know which "press" they are talking of lol:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/21/AR2009032102246_pf.htmlhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/21/AR2009032102246_pf.html

Treasury Presses Ahead With Plan For Toxic Assets
New Body to Work With Private Investors

By David Cho
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 22, 2009; A01

The Treasury Department will unveil the next step in its financial rescue efforts tomorrow, announcing that it intends to create a government body, called the Public Investment Corp., to finance the purchase of as much as $1 trillion in soured loans and toxic assets from ailing banks, according to sources.

The plan calls for the new entity to combine its resources with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., the Federal Reserve and private investors to buy those loans and other assets. But the government will put far more money into the deals and take on more risk than the investors, which could include hedge funds, private-equity firms, pension funds and foreign investors with U.S. headquarters, the sources said. The corporation will be funded with $75 billion to $100 billion from the $700 billion financial rescue package.

Key details of the toxic asset purchasing program are not yet finalized, said officials in contact with the Treasury. Some expressed concern that the markets would expect too much out of Monday's announcement. When Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner first sketched out the administration's rescue plan last month, he was criticized on Wall Street and on Capitol Hill for being too vague and creating uncertainty in the markets...