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...first time ever, the economy of the United States of America was at risk. Not just one bank, but the whole financial system. If Wachovia failed to open, or did open but blocked depositors from continuing the run on cash that had begun the previous Friday, panic could have spread to other banks, big and small. The crisis could have become a financial catastrophe in a matter of hours...
...California isn't like New York or Chicago. It's all spread out, and it's kind of hard to get to know people here. I wanted a sense of living downtown, in the middle of things. This place actually feels more like a European shopping district...
...house buyers to get mortgages of any sort, let alone ones requiring only a tiny down payment. Jon Lloyd, joint head of LG's real estate practice, points out that the investment-banking mentality of the past few years - ever bigger fees for ever more complex transactions - has spread to all sorts of businesses, from law to real estate. He wonders whether that's all about to change. "Will we as advisers fall back to where we were 10 to 15 years ago?" he asks. "The question is whether we are now entering a more frugal world...
This might be a troubling idea for countries that have a historically strong dependence on a sense of national identity. Such is the case for France. A nation whose modern history is referential to notions of universality and brotherhood, France’s colonial history echoed a desire to spread French culture—and not just French power—around the globe. That French-language citizens of former colonies might hesitate to pledge allegiance to France would surely disturb many proud readers (like Sarkozy). Yet the nature of the Francophone world—and our entire world today?...
...United Nations issued the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight objectives to advance human welfare, “from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS,” by 2015. Also among the targets were the establishment of universal primary education and reduction of maternal mortality rates. At present rates, with 75 million children lacking schooling and one mother dying in childbirth each minute, these two targets will not even be achieved by 2100, according to British prime minister Gordon Brown...