Analysts say by including private investors in the new initiative the government will be able to better evaluate the true value of these troubled assets and investors will have a stake in making a profit.

VOA: standard.2009.03.23

Banks are in trouble and as you know - they're starting to fail because they the value of their assets in the market is falling rapidly.

银行陷入危机，并且你知道,他们开始破产因为他们,市场中资产的价值,在迅速的降低。

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The net worth of the company is their assets minus their liabilities and that represents the value that the company has if they paid off all their liabilities.

公司净资产为,资产减去负债,也表示,公司清偿债务后的价值

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