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HOW DOES TODAY’S INTERNATIONAL MONETARY STABILITY COMPARE TO PREVIOUS ERAS AND SYSTEMS? Overview 1. Gold standard. The modern history of the IMS starts with the

By Danny Hakim Gov. David A. Paterson and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to allow the state and municipalities to borrow nearly $6 billion to

By Gavin Finch and John Glover European banks at risk of writedowns from the sovereign debt crisis face a funding squeeze that may depress earnings,

By Tyler Durden Ever wonder who may have been buying up every share of BP stock earlier this week, especially when it plunged to 14

By Tim Dickinson On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in

By Gregory White Continue reading Guess Who’s Still Less Popular Than The Gulf Polluting BP

Japan is at “risk of collapse” under its huge debt mountain, the country’s new prime minister has said. Naoto Kan, in his first major speech

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