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The Financial Services Authority, the UK regulator, is trying to crack down on short-selling, which is widely blamed for the pounding that bank stocks are taking. The problem has been particularly acute this week with the leading mortgage lender, HBOS, forced into a merger with Lloyds TSB, one the major high street banks

Stanley Reed, Europe Insight

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IN YOUR FACE: DOW DROPS AS WALL STREET REELS

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Fannie-Freddie: Asia Banks' Key Role

Asian central banks are big buyers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac paper. They were terrified that Fannie and Freddie would collapse. Why the U.S. Treasury intervened

 

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Twitter Distracts and Annoys

Not all Web 2.0 applications are advances. Twitter encourages self-absorption and rude behavior in business settings. Pro or con?

 

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Little Crisis for Europe's Banks

While U.S. banks took on lucrative risks, European banks have played it safe. Now Old World institutions are more likely to be buying

German Bank Under Fire for Strange Lehman Deal

On Monday, state lending bank KfW transferred hundreds of millions to Lehman—after the bankruptcy filing. Why?

Mick Jagger Helps EU Tackle Online Retailing

In Brussels, the Rolling Stones lead singer talked with commissioners about anomalies in music downloads and licensing

Mortgage Lending Hits Three-Year Low in Britain

The August drop reflects the depressed level of house sales—half last year's figure—and deep disquiet about the future

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Boosting Europe's Energy Productivity

McKinsey pinpoints seven areas in which companies can improve energy efficiency—and thus increase their output per energy consumed

 

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European Economic Recession Ahead?

European economies are seeing slower growth in world trade, a possibly overvalued euro, and other challenges

 

European Leadership Forum

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