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...Available credit for the U.S. is receding and that's the economy's real lifeblood," says Christopher Whalen of research firm Institutional Risk Analytics. "This is a disaster...
Finally, unlike the stock market or consumer confidence, bank lending is a lagging indicator. Businesses look for loans to expand once the economy is growing and orders are coming in again. And banks, since they get hurt so badly in recessions (particularly this one), become very risk-averse at the beginning of economic cycles. "In the initial stages of a recovery, banks are never handing out cash," says Lakshman Achuthan, a managing director at the Economic Cycle Research Institute. "It never happens that way, and we have had plenty of recoveries...
...military options against a guerrilla organization that has blended in with the local population and landscape. Air strikes and missile launches from afar run the risk of highlighting America's impotence rather than its might. On Dec. 17 and 24, joint Yemeni-U.S. strikes against purported AQAP training camps took place and killed more than 60 militants, U.S. intelligence officials claimed. It was initially hoped that the attacks had disposed of Wahishi, Shehri and radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, the cyber-pen pal of the accused Fort Hood shooter, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, but no evidence...
...sewn into his underwear. But intelligence gathering, in this case, didn't seem to be the problem. In fact, that system functioned exactly as it was meant to - indeed, perhaps too well. It's clear now that there were multiple signs in recent months that Abdulmutallab was a potential risk, but they were simply lost in the unmanageable flood of information the U.S. intelligence and security agencies are designed to produce. Obama himself nodded toward this problem after meeting with security officials this week. (See why Obama was angry with the intelligence community...
...called away to another task and forgot to remove the materials from the bag. The electrician then boarded his Danube Wings flight, completely unaware of his hidden cargo. The Slovakian government says the airport authorities then contacted the pilot, who decided the explosives did not pose a safety risk as they were not connected to other necessary bomb components...