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...official Bond titles), has demonstrated a refined taste for alcohol, ordering libations from Dom Pérignon to mint juleps and influencing a whole generation of fans on what's hip to sip. "Instead of an action hero chugging a beer or pounding down a shot, it's clear that Ian Fleming started this franchise with a real sense of taste - if you'll pardon the pun - for fine living and nice drinks," says Tom Sisson, director of the New York Bartending School. "People notice what Bond orders." (TIME travels to London to learn how to make the perfect Vesper...
While the Treasury still has about $480 billion to spend, it's not clear how much of what is left will be used for direct investments into banks. Shortly after the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act was passed by Congress, the Treasury said $250 billion was going to be used to buy shares in banks. That would leave $450 billion to buy up troubled mortgage bonds. (Read "18 Tough Questions [and Answers] About the Bailout...
First, though, Paulson felt called upon to defend what he has done. "The actions taken by Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC in October have clearly helped stabilize our financial system," he began. "Before we acted, we were at a tipping point." He's right about that. We'll never know just what horrors we might have tipped into (Paulson's less-than-evocative phrase for what could have been was "broad systemic event"). But it's clear that financial markets are much calmer - if not happier - than they were in early October...
...fall in tax receipts caused by the housing-market collapse, Ireland's budget deficit is forecast to hit 5.5% of GDP this year - well beyond the 3% limit imposed by Brussels. That has left Dublin little room to spend its way out of trouble, a fact made clear when Finance Minister Lenihan announced a slew of tax hikes and spending cuts...
Judging by the success of the Thayer soirée, it’s clear that alcohol is no longer the main ingredient for a fun party—but a cameo by Domna still...