It will be interesting to see how this plays out: Alesco Financial Inc. Buys Back Over 56% of Convertible Debt and Suspends Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend for Third Quarter of 2008 <a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080911/ny32885.html?.v=1" target="_blank">http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080911/ny32885.html?.v=1</a>