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Credit crunch Britain calendar 'becomes surprise bestseller'

Oct 22, 2009 11:30 PM

Excerpt ...a laugh." The front cover features a dilapidated Woolworths, with all its windows missing and the inside ripped out. The "credit crunch year" then kicks off with the boarded-up New ...

Short View: Treasury market

Sep 21, 2009 12:24 PM

Bond market changes of direction are often swift and potentially devastating to any recovery, writes Jennifer Hughes

Bangladeshis live on the edge as sea rises

Sep 21, 2009 9:45 AM

The swamped village of Lebu Bunia offers an alarming glimpse into a possible future if the international community fails to agree a meaningful plan to tackle global warming in the coming months

IMF defends securitisation markets

Sep 21, 2009 7:47 AM

Restarting the segment is 'critical' to a wider economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund claims as it warns that new regulatory proposals might kill the market

BIS head worried by complacency

Sep 21, 2009 3:59 AM

The head of the body that oversees global banking regulation has issued a stern warning that the world cannot afford to slip into an assumption that the financial sector has rebounded for good

BIS chief calls for evolution, not revolution

Sep 20, 2009 2:23 PM

Jaime Caruana, general manager of the Bank for International Settlements, argues that Basel II banking regulations should be improved, not abandoned

Sep 21: MICHAEL PETTIS on future of US-China trade relations

Sep 20, 2009 8:35 AM

Says China must make structural changes

Companies rush to US bond market

Sep 18, 2009 3:38 PM

Companies this week raised $36bn in the US corporate bond market, drawn by low borrowing costs, taking total US dollar borrowing to an annual record and marking one of the busiest weeks of the year

Money market funds

Sep 18, 2009 2:49 PM

The expiry of a US government guarantee that stopped the stampede out of funds is not the only problem facing them

UK firm ends Congo tin purchases

Sep 18, 2009 2:47 PM

British metals giant AMC suspends tin ore purchases from DR Congo over concerns sales are financing conflict.

Recovery prompts fear of bubble

Sep 18, 2009 11:01 AM

Asset values are surging but, unless consumer spending improves, prospects are uncertain, writes Michael Mackenzie

Colony founder to invest in real estate debt

Sep 17, 2009 4:33 PM

Tom Barrack, founder of Colony Capital, is raising about $500m to invest in real estate debt, another indication of how quickly risk appetite is returning to the markets

Watch Barclays in the cellar

Sep 17, 2009 12:14 PM

'SIV' has become almost as taboo a term as 'subprime securitisation'. But Barclays 'newly established fund' called Protium Finance excites a twinge of déjà vu

Eurozone shows its strength in a crisis

Sep 17, 2009 11:34 AM

A combination of growing risk appetite, reduced worries over market liquidity and ECB actions have helped restore confidence in the euro

Morgan Stanley sells Lehman claim

Sep 17, 2009 11:01 AM

Morgan Stanley has sold a $1.2bn claim in the liquidation of the Lehman Brothers estate, in a move highlighting the booming market for trading claims and bonds linked to the hundreds of different L...