Word: jannings
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...financial system. It's certainly the worst in home loans, but the troubles in mortgage markets have caused investors to look at other securities a little more skeptically. There's no telling exactly what set off the sell-off in global stock markets, but a possible candidate was the Jan. 18 downgrading by Fitch Ratings of U.S. bond insurer Ambac. The insurer allows cities and other bond issuers to pay lower interest rates because their insured bonds are deemed virtually risk free. But now markets are beginning to question whether Ambac and other bond insurers are really solid enough...
This former lawyer-and lawmaker-found his greatest success writing legal thrillers like The Client and A Time to Kill. His latest book, The Appeal, is out Jan. 29. John Grisham will now take your questions
Wind-powered A commercial cargo ship that set sail Jan. 22 from Germany to Venezuela became the first to use computer-controlled kite technology. A 1,722-sq.-ft. (160 sq m) kite helps propel...
...they teamed up. "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," Obama barked in a Jan. 21 debate as he was dragged into a brawl with what the tabloids called "the two-headed monster" named Clinton. But by then it didn't matter so much who won the night, since he lost so much just by fighting...
...siege of Gaza, imposed by Israel after Hamas seized the Palestinian territory last July, ended abruptly before dawn on Jan. 23 when militants blew holes in a border wall and over 350,000 Palestinians swarmed into Egypt...