Markets fall sharply worldwide
Hopes that the markets would rally on Monday were dashed when the FTSE 100 closed 7.85 per cent down - its biggest percentage fall in a day since 1987. The sharpest drops were in the banking and
mining sectors. Shares across Europe also fell. The German... [continued]
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Merkel pledge puts pressure on UK
A pledge by the German chancellor Angela Merkel to guarantee savers' deposits has placed pressure on Gordon Brown to do the same. British officials are furious after Merkel, who joined Brown on
Saturday in leading calls on European Union members to resist unilateral action, announced Germany would follow the leads... [continued]
Airtime: News shows make a drama out of the financial crisis
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Wall St crisis gives bin Laden the last laugh
Bail-out collapses under pressure from US voters
Obama hits back at McCain’s ‘smear campaign’
Barack Obama has accused his Republican rival John McCain of a smear campaign, saying that he is more interesting in bringing the Democratic candidate down than fixing up the US economy. Obama hit
back over accusations on Saturday by Sarah Palin in which the Republican vice-presidential candidate said... [continued]
US election: with a month to go, campaign gets personal
Alexander Cockburn: is Sarah Palin the new Ronald Reagan?
Blair: Mandelson job a ‘no-brainer’
Peter Mandelson sought approval from Tony Blair before agreeing to return to government for a third time, it has emerged. The former Prime Minister told Mandelson that a political comeback as Gordon
Brown's business secretary was a "no-brainer". Mandelson, who abandoned his role as EU trade commissioner to... [continued]
People: Mandelson taken into hospital
The Mole: Mandelson's return is bound to get the whisperers going again
In pictures: Mandy's back
Johnson looks at Met race inquiry
Boris Johnson is considering an inquiry into concerns over racism in the Metropolitan Police after allegations made by the Metropolitan Black Police Association. Members of the Met BPA are planning a recruitment boycott which aims to discourage black and Asian potential recruits from applying to the force. They... [continued]
