Domino Effect

Rethinking Afghanistan

Stanley Kutler | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Domino Effect, John McCain, Gordon Johndroe, War on Terror, H.Con.Res 362, Terrorist Insurgency, Taliban, War on Terrorism, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Bush Administration, Middle East, Niall Ferguson, Mark Carleton-Smith, Vietnam, Taliban Afghanistan, Soviet Union, Politics News
Stanley Kutler

What in the world is Barack Obama thinking? Mercifully, he plans to scale down and end the Iraq misadventure, yet he insists he will expand the effort in Afghanistan.

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Barney Frank's Concentric Circles of Sense (Video)

Tom Gregory | Posted 09.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Domino Effect, $700 Billion Bailout, Video, Recession, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Barney Frank, Business News
Tom Gregory

This summer I sat down with Congressman Barney Frank when he touched on -among other things - the unfolding mortgage meltdown. Today his sincerity...

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HSBC Sees Dive In Profits, Jump In Negative-Equity Loans

Daily Mail | Becky Barrow | Posted 08.04.2008 | Business

Read More: Economy, Negative-Equity, Domino Effect, Lending Crisis, Hsbc, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Negative-Equity Loans, Business News

More than one in 10 mortgages are in negative equity or close to being plunged into it, one of the world's biggest banks admitted today. HSBC said it...

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Middle East Inflation Agitates Lower Classes

New York Times | Robert F. Worth | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Jordan, Domino Effect, Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Gasoline Prices, Gasoline, Fuel Subsidies, Oil, Petroleum, Business News

Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is ...

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