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Inside Job: lessons to be learned?
Jon tips his cap to Inside Job, the Oscar-winning documentary which exposed some startling home truths about the avoidability of the 2008 financial meltdown, blogs Jon Snow.
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Fiscal cliffhanger as Republicans reject Obama’s plan
So much for those post-election hopes that the parties would reach a deal to avoid the looming fiscal cliff. Leading Republicans have trashed Obama’s plan as “totally inadequate” and a “non-starter”.
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US warned Bank of England about Libor fixing in 2008
The US pressed the Bank of England to improve the Libor system before Lehman Bros collapsed in 2008 amid reports that Barclays and other global banks were rate rigging, newly released e-mails show.
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Death in Tehran
What the latest murder of a nuclear scientist in Tehran tells us about growing tensions between Iran and its enemies.
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The eurozone debt crisis that keeps repeating itself?
We track the repeat “crunch talks” which punctuate the eurozone debt crisis, as a global finance expert tells Channel 4 News Europe’s leaders are wrestling with an “ungovernable system”.
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Markets plunge on US gloom
Markets slide after bleak economic data from across the globe stokes recession fears. One analyst tells Channel 4 News the western world is facing a “sharp slowdown”.
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EU delays Greek bailout payment
The European Union will not make a decision about the next tranche of bailout money for Greece until October, weeks later than expected.
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World central banks act to stem Eurozone crisis
Five of the world’s most powerful central banks have flooded the international financial system with dollars to stave off a liquidity crisis in European banks.
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Kissinger’s Middle East legacy still felt in Egypt
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is best known for negotiating an end to the Vietnam war. But he also helped turn Egypt away from the USSR and towards the west.
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Strauss-Kahn faces increasing pressure to quit IMF
As pressure mounts on Dominique Strauss-Khan to quit as head of the IMF over attempted rape charges, Jon Snow hears what life is like in the notorious Rikers Island jail where DSK is being held.
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G8 to discuss aid for Tunisia and Egypt
G8 leaders are expected to approve a multi-billion dollar aid package to support Tunisia and Egypt, and will discuss issues ranging from the IMF leadership to global internet regulation.
