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Asset-backed securities used to be the grease that kept the credit markets rolling smoothly. Now the government props up that market, and it’s planning to cut back.
Raymond B. Harding admitted taking over $800,000 in exchange for doing favors for New York’s ex-comptroller.
Brad Lidge, vital to last year’s World Series victory, has blown 11 saves for the Phillies this season.
A broad array of authors, academics, librarians and public interest groups are fighting Google’s plan to create a huge digital library and bookstore.
Bruce Bartlett, who worked for two Republican presidents, raises a concern that the G.O.P. no longer has a credible economic policy.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 7, 2009, covering October 7, 2009.
Pearl Jam
Jay-Z
Three Days Grace
Whitney Houston
Miley Cyrus
2009Irving Penn, American photographer (born 1917)[†]
Irving Penn was an American photographer known for his fashion photography, portraits, and still lifes. Penn's career included work at Vogue magazine, and independent advertising work for clients including Issey Miyake and Clinique. His work has been exhibited internationally and continues to inform the art of photography.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]