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Investors have spent the past year or so relearning an important lesson: stocks are risky. From May of last year to March of this one, stocks in the U.S., as measured by the S&P 500 index, lost more than half their value. Many overseas stock markets did even worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thought Bonds Were Safe? Think Again | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

Other canine units are also on the scene. On Saturday, at the Ambacang Hotel, where dozens are believed to still be trapped in the massive wreckage, a pair of Japanese dogs - Eros, a German shepherd, and Akane, a Golden retriever - begin sniffing through the mountains of rubble from the once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Help Arrives to Indonesia's Earthquake Zone | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

The SFO, though, has much at stake in any proceedings, as well. The agency drew plenty of fire for its part in the bungled "Al-Yamamah" probe. (Britain's High Court ruled in 2008 that the SFO had acted unlawfully in scrapping the inquiry, a decision later overturned by the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.K. Defense Contractor Faces Bribery Rap | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

The convenience store already occupies a special place in the heart of Hong Kong. Although most of the stores are no bigger than a New York studio apartment, they're as ubiquitous as Starbucks in Seattle: there are nearly 1,000 7-Elevens in this city of 7 million - almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can 7-Eleven Win Over Hong Kong Foodies? | 10/1/2009 | See Source »

Camara initially looked like he was serious about cleaning up the country. He became the host of a popular television program in which he grilled former Conte cronies about their role in cocaine-smuggling operations in Guinea - under Conte, the country had become a stopover for cocaine shipments from Latin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Violent Crackdown Shatters Democracy Hopes in Guinea | 9/29/2009 | See Source »

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