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How Goldman secretly bet on the housing crash
WASHINGTON - In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting.
Nations:U.S. People:Henry Paulson Edward Kennedy
2009-11-01
France kicks off two-week literary prize season
PARIS (AFP) - France's annual book prize season was launched Thursday, a two-week whirl of media buzz and wining-and-dining for the literary elite of the country that first came up with the idea of a best novel
Nations:France Spain India Source:(AFP)
2009-10-29
Education chief calls for teacher prep overhaul
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is calling for an overhaul of college programs that prepare teachers, saying they are cash cows that do a mediocre job of preparing teachers for the classroom.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-10-21
Slain Yale student memorialized by university
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale University graduate student who was found murdered a month ago on what was to be her wedding day was remember Monday as a "model student" at a memorial service for the university community.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-13
2 Nobel winners may shape financial crisis debate
WASHINGTON - One scholar studies how best to manage resources like forests, fisheries and oilfields. A fellow American looks at why some companies grow so large. Together they're winners of this year's Nobel Prize in economics for groundbreaking work that could affect efforts to prevent another global financial crisis.
Nations:Sweden U.S. People:Barack Obama
2009-10-12
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