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• All that money you've lost — where did it go?
... home prices mean you've lost a whole lot of the money that was right there on your account statements just a few months ago. But if you no longer have that money, who does? The fat cats on Wall Street? Some oil baron in Saudi Arabia? The government of ...
• Britain plans financial rescue of top 4 banks
The unprecedented move would make the government the biggest shareholder in at least two banks, HBOS and Royal Bank of Scotland, the newspaper said on its Web site. It did not give a named source for its information. No government officials or ...
• Thai police arrest key protest leader
Thai police arrested a key leader of a month-long protest inside Bangkok's Government House compound on Sunday, but the detained anti-government figure urged his supporters not to quit. In a short letter read out on the People's Alliance for ...
• Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal area
KHAR, Pakistan - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters. The government said it was expelling all Afghan refugees ...
• French bank to take majority stake in Fortis
BRUSSELS, Belgium - French banking giant BNP Paribas will take a 75 percent stake in the remaining operations of troubled bank Fortis NV, the Belgian government announced Sunday. Prime Minister Yves Leterme said the deal gives the Paris-based bank ...