Word: bankes
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...hurting because he has such a capacious cushion to fall on. His grace in motion isn't exceptional, but he could medal in Segway. There's a perfect meeting of actor and character in one little scene when Paul discovers Amy and the other hostages in a small bank: instead of busting in like an action hero, he just naturally traverses the winding maze of a roped waiting area...
...What cannot be said in an address is that there may not be a solution to the current crisis because nothing tried so far has worked to even a modest extent. The plan that the U.K. has introduced to guarantee bank debt and buy up private debt may help that economy. If so, the process behind it is portable and can be moved to other nations...
...become a guy who might be the most powerful person in the wealthy Dallas enclave his family is moving to after Washington. Might be. So what's a former president to do? Bush has said he's going to work on his library, write a memoir, and earn some bank on that mythical "speaking circuit" that has proved so remunerative for Presidents past. His immediate predecessors include two astoundingly productive ex-presidents (Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton), some lackadaisical ones (Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush), a disgraced lion in winter (Richard Nixon) and a man who, in hindsight, was likely...
...employees and customers, which could make it harder for the company, which is suffering a cash squeeze, to continue operating. The government has stepped in and appointed a new board consisting of heavyweights from India's corporate sector, but officials say a bailout is not needed. Satyam is seeking bank loans to help cover salaries and other operating expenses as it tries to regain its balance...
...Merkel's win in one of Germany's biggest states, a financial center and home to the European Central Bank, puts wind in her sails as she campaigns on behalf of her party and for her own re-election in September. Gerd Langguth, a political scientist and Merkel biographer, says the Hesse result means Merkel's return to the Chancellery is assured. The real question is whether Merkel will be able to form a coalition with the FDP or continue the so-called grand coalition with the left-leaning Social Democrats (SPD), he says. "Merkel believes that it would...