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The effort to revive Britain's flagging banking sector has reversed the government's fortunes. Prime Minister Brown's broadly popular plan - which includes extra liquidity for banks and government guarantees for their debt - has inspired similar rescue packages across Europe. Still, one model won't fit all. "Some countries...
A harsh verdict? Consider the report's findings. Not only did people at almost every level of the Palin administration engage in repeated inappropriate contact with Walt Monegan and other high-ranking officials at the Department of Public Safety, but Monegan and his peers constantly warned these Palin disciples that...
...through his Kathy and Richard S. Fuld Jr. Family Foundation, Fuld also gave away more than $5 million. The Lehman Brothers Foundation gave another $39 million last year to charity, either directly or by enabling the charitable giving of its workers - many of whom are now unemployed or considerably less secure about their financial futures...
Presciently, the high-end Japanese bathroom-fixtures manufacturer Toto chose a time when the economy is circling the drain to launch its newest product - a $5,000 commode with a super-efficient flush. The Neorest 550 seems at first a senseless money tank, but at a swellegant downtown New York...
In that light, it's fortunate, in a way, that only one more state supreme court is slated to consider same-sex marriage any time soon. The court in Iowa will hear arguments on the issue in December. Gays will now have to focus on winning marriage equality politically, in...