Watchdog to curb City speculation
The Financial Services Authority has shocked the City by announcing a ban on 'short selling', to prevent speculators from profiting from the falling share prices of banks. Responding to concerns that speculators would deliberately drive down the share prices of Lloyds TSB and HBOS after their merger, the FSA said... [continued]
Financial crisis is a mess of Brown’s creation 
The Business Pages: today's top stories
People: Lloyds’s Eric Daniels, the quiet American
HBOS: Lloyds rides to the rescue
Lehman exposes Wall Street's moral bankruptcy
Markets rally at US bail-out
Asia's markets - the first to start trading - have soared this morning after the US Treasury yesterday announced they were working on a rescue plan to help American banks get rid of their bad debts. Yesterday, amid rumours of the plan, world markets rallied after a catastrophic week. The... [continued]
Henry Paulson's plan to create Wall Street's 'cash machine'
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Harman: election would be ‘wrong’
Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman sent out a strong message of support for Gordon Brown yesterday. Appearing on the BBC's Question Time, Ms Harman said she did not want a leadership election. She added that rebel MPs who have called for one were guilty of an "error of judgement". She... [continued]
The Mole: David Cairns walks out on Brown - will others follow?
John Reid: Labour plotters' secret weapon
McCain gaffe as FBI chase hacker
US Republican candidate John McCain seems to have committed an embarrassing gaffe, apparently thinking that Spain's prime minister is Latin American. Asked by a US radio station if he would meet Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Mr McCain spoke about his record with world leaders in "the hemisphere". His campaign team... [continued]
Alexander Cockburn: is there hope amid the rubble for Obama?
US Election 2008: McCain and Palin slip up in the growing economic gloom
Peregrine Worsthorne: McCain's choice of Palin is inexcusable
Swaziland holds first election
The tiny African kingdom of Swaziland is holding its first parliamentary election with armed police guarding polling stations after attempted protests by pro-democracy activists. Swaziland, birthplace of actor Richard E Grant, is one of the world's last absolute monarchies, and political parties are not allowed. Some of his subjects... [continued]
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