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Singapore slides into recessionguardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours agoSingapore officially slid into recession today after falling consumer demand from the US and Europe hammered its manufacturing exports. ...Singapore PM warns of a tough ride for Asian economies HinduSingapore PM warns rough economic ride China DailyAsia faces 'rough ride,' Singapore's leader says The Associated PressForbes - RTT Newsall 135 news articles

(TrendHunter.com) Whether you love him or hate him, Weird Al Yankovic knows how to stay relevant. His latest satiric tome, “Whatever You Like,” lampoons the financial crisis to the tune of T.I.’s “Whatever You Like.” T.I.’s…

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A global recession is almost certainly on the wayDEPRIVE a person of oxygen and he will turn blue, collapse and eventually die. Deprive economies of credit and a similar process kicks in. As the financial crisis has broadened and intensified, the global economy has begun to suffocate. That is why the world’s central banks have been administering emergency measures, including a round of co-ordinated interest-rate cuts on Wednesday October 8th. With luck they will prevent ...

BBC NewsIs Alex Salmond's 'Arc of Prosperity' done for?Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 11 hours agoBy Alan Cochrane There was a time in the not too distant past when the words “bank” and “Scotland” conjured up an image of dour respectability, certainly, ...Ceasefire in Cold War as Murphy invites Salmond to crisis summit Times OnlineSalmond: UK should fund a new Scots digital TV channel ScotsmanFirst minister welcomes bank plan BBC NewsAberdeen Press and Journal - Telegraph.co.ukall ...

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The UK government announces a package of measures to help the banking system which could total £500bn ($880bn).

China must do better at handling disasters“RIDICULOUS” is how China’s banking regulator, Liu Mingkang, recently described American lending practices that led to the current crisis. In private, some Chinese officials have expressed even greater contempt for the Western financial system. But while Communist bureaucrats are allowing themselves a little smugness, they have crises of their own to fret about and are struggling to learn—even from the West—how to manage them. Many a foreign businessman, in ...

Boston GlobeBanking bail-out: the reactionguardian.co.uk - 48 minutes ago'These are extraordinary times. You just have to look at what's happening in markets around the world,' Alistair Darling said The prime minister, Gordon Brown, said about today's bail-out package for the UK banking sector: "Extraordinary times call for ...Britain unveils $84B bank rescue plan CNN InternationalUPDATE 1-Britain to unveil major bank rescue package ReutersTimes Online - Reuters UK - CNNMoney.com - Telegraph.co.ukall 1,245 news articles

President Hoover, dourfulness personified, was a man highly experienced in economic affairs, who had done a marvellous job in saving Germans from starvation after the Great War.…

The presidential campaign plummeted into imbecilic tedium last night in Nashville as Barack Obama and John McCain faced off in the second debate. The encounter took place…

Telegraph.co.ukGnawingly dull debate won't halt the Obama TideTimes Online - 10 hours agoIf John McCain’s supporters were hoping that Tuesday night’s second presidential debate would turn back the Obama Tide that has engulfed their campaign in the last two weeks they will have been disappointed.The Town Hall Debate: Wake Me When It Starts Washington PostVIEWPOINTS: McCain’s hero status is worn out The News HeraldDemocracy Now - Huffington Post - BYU Newsnet - Jerusalem Postall 259 ...

As the Guys Who Can't Stop Talking About Warcraft Party candidate for president of the United States, I am subject to irksome levels of scrutiny. My critics say I have not been properly vetted. Even though most of them think "vetted" means "examined by an animal doctor," I feel it's important to answer their charges so that you, America, know who I am, what I stand for and where I bathe. It is true that ...

China says it hopes the 'right person' will win the Nobel Peace Prize, amid reports jailed Chinese dissidents are on the short list.

BBC NewsZimbabwe Coalition Talks Deadlocked on Control of Army, PoliceBloomberg - 2 hours agoBy Brian Latham Oct. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's talks with the opposition over the formation of a unity government are deadlocked over control of the ministries in charge of the police, military and judiciary, officials from ...Analysis: Zimbabwe's Mugabe confident on Cabinet International Herald TribuneStill no deal on Zimbabwe govt: opposition AFPVoice of America - BBC News - AllAfrica.com ...

ABC NewsPope says world financial system 'built onTimes Online - 1 hour agoPope Benedict XVI today said that the global credit crisis shows that the world's financial systems are "built on sand" and that only the works of God have "solid reality".Pope criticises pursuit of wealth BBC NewsSaid the Lord: Praise the Truth! Ceylon Daily NewsCatholic Culture - Catholic News Agency - Telegraph.co.uk - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyall 684 news articles

Smoking is costing the NHS in England £2.7bn pounds a year, up from £1.7bn a decade earlier, a report claims.

The "deepest ever" living fish are discovered 7.5km down, scientists say.