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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...throw together the collapse of Lehman - the biggest-ever U.S. bankruptcy - the lightning takeover of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, concerns that giant insurer AIG is now on the brink as well, and a financial crisis that has been rolling along for more than a year now, and you get a day that will be enshrined in the history books. Whether it will go down as an economy-shattering debacle or a near miss is something we'll only figure out over the coming days and weeks. The initial reaction of U.S. stock markets - down sharply but far from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Financial Meltdowns: How Big a Blow? | 9/15/2008 | See Source »

...family with power and water, they came over here for showers and lunch beforehand. My sister also showed up - looking for a shower and some air conditioning. Houston was built on a filled swamp, and it's hot and humid on the best of days in the summer. Throw in a hurricane and torrential rain storms, and it's a miserable place to be without air conditioning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Family's Hurricane Ike Wedding Weekend | 9/14/2008 | See Source »

...Above all, call it temporary - and there's still a chance that it won't happen at all. (In fact, if you're in a betting mood, you might want to throw some money at the won't-happen-at-all option...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On 9/11, Obama-McCain (Briefly) Unite | 9/11/2008 | See Source »

...Thais know how to throw a good party - and the one unfolding in the center of Bangkok was a doozy. With the scent of grilled squid and beer in the air, thousands of citizens from across Thailand grooved to rocking guitar riffs and cheered until their voices grew hoarse. But beneath the revelry lay a measure of menace. These were not simple partygoers but protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD), who on Aug. 26 besieged Government House, Thailand's seat of power, vowing to occupy the manicured grounds until Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej resigned. At first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Battle for Thailand | 9/4/2008 | See Source »

...near ports and cities with large pools of labor, India has approved more than 500 SEZs as small as 5 hectares (12.3 acres), and scattered them all over the country. "I don't think that really makes sense," says Chetan Ahya, a managing director at Morgan Stanley in Mumbai. Throw in inconsistent guidelines about how to compensate displaced landowners, and standoffs like this one were all but inevitable. This is not the first heated protest over SEZs since the policy was put into place. "If they had let the private sector negotiate directly with farmers that would have been better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The People vs. the People's Car | 9/3/2008 | See Source »

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