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...becomes a martial-arts expert and saves his village from a villainous tiger. Chandni Chowk is more a Kung Fu Pandit, with the oaf-hero Sidhu (Akshay Kumar), chopping away in the shop of his Dada (Mithun Chakraborty). Some visiting Chinese folks ID him as the incarnation of their nation's greatest warrior, Liu Sheng, and think Sidhu is just the fellow to rid their village of the oppressive Hojo (Gordon Liu). Accompanied by his raffish translator Chopsticks (Ranvir Shorey), Sidhu travels to the Great Wall, where his life is saved by a mysterious beggar (Roger Yuan) with twin Indo...
...Most troubling to the financial markets is the ongoing question surrounding the nation's biggest banks, including reports that Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch is shaky and that BofA will need billions more in federal assistance. Meanwhile, Citigroup is trying to stay one step ahead of the sharks, er, shorts, who have taken the stock down more than 20% in the past two days. Though Citi is moving aggressively to hive off assets and divisions - earlier this week it announced the merger of its Smith Barney brokerage unit with Morgan Stanley's Global Wealth Management division...
...pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...
...levers that are, thanks to outgoing Secretary Hank Paulson, far more powerful than they had been. Colleagues say Geithner privately acknowledges that the U.S. economy is still sinking fast and the root cause of the problem - the housing bust and ensuing credit crunch - is still very much with the nation. Critics will ask at his confirmation hearing how the incoming Administration plans to prevent things from getting even worse. His personal finances may be called into question, in light of the revelation that he initially failed to pay part of his taxes while working for the International Monetary Fund...
...pictures of Barack Obama's nation of hope...