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What the Freddie-Fannie bailout means for Asia

American home buyers haven't been the only ones counting on the supposed reliability of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The two companies' bonds have become favorites of Asian governments looking for......

Lehman@10: How the crisis unfolded

The US market regulator Securities and Exchange Commission was doing what it could to stem the flow. It temporarily prohibited naked short-selling in the securities of major financial players......

Financial crisis, legal boom

The mailboxes of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG and Lehman Brothers are filling up with subpoenas demanding that the humbled institutions hand over vast stores of data, documents and electronic......

China: Painting the world red

In his The Decline and Fall of Great Powers, Paul Kennedy argued that, historically, great powers have tended to fall when they undertook financial commitments their economies could not bear. Is......

Financial cowboys need to be lassoed, corralled

Maybe the $30 billion in new money Merrill Lynch & Co has raised still isn't enough. In any case, Merrill and its three big Wall Street rivals must be required to have fixed amounts of capital,......

Golden Globes 2018: Big Little Lies wins

The 75th Annual Golden Globes awards have been announced. There were quite a few surprises and some expected nods. Here's a quick glance at the winners, listed in bold: IMAGE: Laura Dern,......

Golden Globes 2018: The Shape Of Water, Dunkirk, Big Little Lies lead nominations

Other nominations include Dunkirk, The Post and I, Tonya. The 75th Golden Globe nominations were announced by Alfre Woodard, Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Bell and Sharon Stone at the......

Ganguly reveals Waugh's 'dropped it' act

Updated: September 4, 2003 | 21:05 IST England vs South Africa Gary Kirsten puts off retirement [timesofindia.indiatimes.com] Freddie tackles the threat of rugby [mirror.co.uk] Summer star......

World Cup PHOTOS: Moeen Ali secures England redemption

Moeen Ali of England celebrates scoring his century with team mate Ian Bell during during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match against Scotland at Hagley Oval. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty......

World Cup preview: Can embarrassing England stop free fall?

England coach Peter Moores talks with captain Eoin Morgan during an England nets session at Hagley Park Oval in Christchurch on Sunday. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images A floundering......

PHOTOS: Sangakkara makes history as Sri Lanka crush Scotland

Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka celebrates his century during the 2015 Cricket World Cup match between against Scotland at Bellerive Oval. Photograph: Mark Kolbe/Getty Images Kumar Sangakkara......

World Cup 2015: Know the Scotland cricket team

Penpix of the Scotland squad for the 2015 cricket World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Preston Mommsen of Scotland. Photograph: Clint Hughes/Getty Images Preston Mommsen (27): Right-hand bat,......