Lending freeze, Global melt

“Alt-A” mortgage specialist IndyMac stops lending and cuts more than half its staff. By at least one measure, the world is now in a bear market. And high corn prices aren’t crimping bourbon’s spirits.&l

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IndyMac stops lending, halves workforce

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