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"Burnout? If you are lucky, you could have 'burnin' instead."

Ins and outs

As expected, the US central bank launched QE2 last week. This is a second round of pumping money into the US economy by buying Treasury bonds from the banking sector. It also an example of "burnin syndrome".

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Saving industry

Should industry be bailed out? No, writes The Economist. This does not address a big cause of the crisis, a fall in demand for all goods.

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Play tag

Children still love to play tag during the school breaks. It’s a simple, international game of fun. In a way, politicians are playing tag at the moment. Instead of a harmless game of fun, theirs is a game of financial risk.

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A new president

On 4 November, Americans showed they were ready for change, when they elected Democrat Barack Obama as their next president. We look at commentary on the election results from the US media.

Tears in Zurich

The financial crisis is enough to make grown men and women cry, particularly if they are bankers. Not least in Switzerland. But the tears that were seen last weekend in Zurich had a different cause.

Limited success in the financial market.

Saving capitalism

Gordon Brown’s plan to part-nationalize banks may not be what most people think free-market governments should do. But does the rescue necessarily mean the end of private capitalism?

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Rettung

On bullets and biting

There is no silver bullet, and there is no magic wand, but there is the internet! You need a variety of activities to learn the range of skills you'll need for business — which is why we've relaunched our website.

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Not bailed-out

This week, we look at comment on the rejection of the US bail-out bill by the American House of Representatives, and at the reaction of European governments to the banking crisis.

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