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Briefing: Wall Street’s hidden time bombs
feature The financial meltdown engulfing Wall Street would not have happened without the advent of complex financial contracts known as derivatives. Why were they created, and why were so many supposedly smart people fooled?
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Issue of the week: A ‘flash crash’ shakes Wall Street
feature The Dow Jones industrial average and other major market indices went into free fall last Thursday, and no one can explain why or how the plunge occurred, or what reversed it.
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Wall Street schools the Ivies
feature All the deans deploring finance’s irresistible pull should wake up to their own responsibility to better prepare their students for employment, said Ezra Klein at The Washington Post.
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Issue of the week: Does Wall Street need speed limits?
feature High-frequency trading now accounts for as much as 70 percent of market volume.
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Can WikiLeaks bring down Wall Street?
opinion Julian Assange says his document-dumping site will take on a titan of U.S. finance — possibly Bank of America — early next year
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Michael Douglas gives 'best performance' as Liberace
In Depth Critics hail veteran star's camp, tacky turn in 'Behind the Candelabra' as landmark role
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Standard Chartered scandal: what is UK bank accused of?
In Depth Bank faces Wall Street exit after US regulator accuses it of breaching sanctions in 'rogue' dealings with Iran
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