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...more currently outstanding mortgages default, won't the problem just keep going on and on? Yes, that's a big part of the concern at Treasury and the Fed. That economic trouble emanating from the financial system will cause even more people to fall behind on their mortgage payments which will lead to even more trouble in the financial system...
...government should not intervene. It should leave overleveraged financial institutions to default on their derivatives obligations and, if necessary, file for bankruptcy. Much of the crisis has arisen from miscalculating the risks involved in a large book of positions in these derivatives. It is only logical that these institutions pay for their poor management...
...help that this dialogue is held together by a very shaky and predictable plotline. At the beginning, there is an attempt to incorporate political commentary into a film based around societal intrigue–but as soon as it becomes intriguing, the story reverts back to the default quibbles of the aristocratic couple, and all goes downhill from there. It’s not all pomp and circumstance, though. The acting is effective, with Keira Knightley putting in a memorable performance as Georgiana. Knightley successfully portrays the Duchess’s range of emotions from unhappiness at her three-person...
...tact when a court shot down an SEC effort to make mutual funds appoint independent chairman. On the other hand, certain types of enforcement - like cases against companies that backdated stock options - have flourished under Cox. And now he's a loud supporter of regulating the $58 trillion credit default swap market that helps companies insure against defaults on their debt - but also links financial institutions together in dangerously opaque ways...
...drawback for music lovers may be the G1's lack of iTunes; without it, you can't play copy-protected songs purchased from Apple's music store unless you convert them to MP3s first. There is an unbranded music player built by Google, however, and Amazon is the default music merchant...