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The Financial Crisis

IN YOUR FACE: FED INNOVATION?

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Reader Ryan Brantley Writes:

"Since when is borrowing money innovation? Debt is still debt, no matter how many fancy loopholes and acronyms you attach."

 

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Special Report

The Financial Crisis

This credit quake looks to be the severest threat to the economy in decades, and its tremors are being felt from Wall Street to the Great Wall

The Fed's Revolution

To head off a catastrophe, Bernanke has reinvented the central bank while injecting a huge dose of money into the system

Street of Fear

Bear Stearns may not be the last surprise in the subprime saga

The Few Bright Spots

Amid the gloom, several sectors are doing well and should continue to shine

Hillary Targets the Credit Crisis

She's stepping up with measures aimed at voters' pocketbook woes

None So Blind...

How regulators, investors, and lenders failed to see a crisis coming

Dollar Daze in Europe

How the falling greenback is killing jobs and crimping profits on the Continent

Once-in-a-Blue-Moon Bargins

What If Your Broker Goes Belly Up?

Suddenly the notion of big investment firms failing no longer seems like an alarmist fantasy