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• Short-Sellers: Unfairly Targeted in the Market Crisis?
As the panicked selling in equities markets around the world has accelerated over the past two weeks, there have been several attempts to slow the process, including the temporary suspension of trading on stock exchanges from Moscow to Milan. In the ...
• Why 'circuit breakers' haven't been triggered
There are also breakers for drops of 2,200 and 3,350 points. In the worst case, the market would close for the day. The rules would also halt trading on the major securities and futures exchanges in a coordinated cross-market halt.
• McCain pins hopes on high-stakes debate
Exchanges between the candidates have grown ever more acerbic with just four weeks to go until Election Day. Tuesday night’s debate gives McCain one of his last chances before a nationwide TV audience to halt Obama’s momentum and convince voters ...
• Pentagon: China cancels some military contacts
In response to Friday's announcement of Taiwan arms sales, the People's Republic of China canceled or postponed several upcoming military-to-military exchanges," he said. Beijing is angry over the U.S. decision to sell Taiwan a huge package of ...