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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) opened an investigation into the UK operations of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, focussing on UK victims and any offences that may have been committed in the country. The SFO said on ...

Serious Fraud Office probes Madoff's UK business - Reuters UK

Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The year 2009 began with a sigh of relief that a dismal 12 months had ended. For many Americans born after the 1920s, 2008 was a shoo-in for the least-favorite year. By the time 2009 ends, things might get even more bizarre and ...

This Year Will Be Crazier Than 2008: William Pesek (Correct) - Bloomberg

Brown goes from boom to bust Ireland's second biggest employer defects to Poland Andreas Whittam Smith: Amid the gloom and doom, I've a small piece of advice to offer Steve Richards: Mr Darling's blank-cheque dilemma Leading article: Interest rate ...

Sean O'Grady: Rate cut puts Britain in uncharted waters - The Independent

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned of "grave" consequences without "unprecedented" policy cooperation between governments to lift the world out of the global financial crisis. In an opinion piece in the UK's Financial Times , Mr Rudd says the ...

Rudd in 'quantum of stimulus' calculation call - Australian Broadcasting Corp.

Banks went through the wringer in 2008, and consumers will need to be careful not to get squeezed this year as the lenders try to rebuild their bottom line. Loans are harder to get. Interest yields on accounts are at record lows. Fees are rising. And ...

What 2009 holds for banking: Low yields, high fees - AZCentral.com

SANDPOINT - A year has gone by and the family hasn't kept up with house payments. The eviction process is complete and the trustee's sale notices have been published. No one showed up on the courthouse steps to bid on the property, so it has gone ...

Investors gain from family losses - Bonner County Daily Bee

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In my prior post, I blogged about introducing variable tolls on America’s highways. The basic idea: fight congestion by imposing tolls that vary in response to traffic levels. When roads are too crowded, hike up the tolls, keep some drivers out ...

Why You’ll Love Paying for Roads That Used to Be Free, Part Two - New York Times Blogs

Napster attorney David Boies, right, spoke to the media after a federal court hearing in 2001; the file-sharing company's co-founder, Shawn Fanning, stands behind Boies. When Shawn Fanning was born, on Nov. 22, 1980, he lived with his single mother ...

Napster wounds the giant - Rocky Mountain News

There is a good deal in Evan Davis's remarks this morning on Today that all the fuss about whether the Bank of England should cut interest rates may be the equivalent of bald men arguing over who should have the comb - and his apology to my old ...