UK house prices
Concerns about the pace of a slowdown in the UK housing market have intensified as mortgage approval rates fall and builders down tools
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Global financial crisis
Full coverage of one of the most radical reshapings of the global banking sector, as governments and the private sector battle to shore up the financial system following the disappearance of Lehman and Merrill as independent entities and the $85bn government rescue of AIG
IMF
Heads of the IMF and the World Bank gather for their annual meeting
Icelandic economy
The Icelandic government has stepped in to rescue its banking system
Regulating short selling
Regulators are clamping down on short sellers
US election
Barack Obama and John McCain trade blows ahead of the November 4 election
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Russia’s military intervention in Georgia sparked an exodus of foreign capital which, together with a dearth of credit and a loss of investor confidence has turned the mood in Moscow gloomy
Finance job cuts
Almost 50,000 banking jobs have been lost as a result of the credit squeeze. Estimates are for many more with 40,000 expected to go in the City of London alone
Business Book of the Year
The short list for the £30,000 FT/Goldman Sachs prize is announced on September 18. The award for ”the most compelling and enjoyable insight” into modern business is announced in October
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Government bail-outs
Interactive graphic: As governments intervene to save ailing banks, this graphic shows the value of recent state help to banks
Fear grips the money markets
Interactive feature: How do money market funds work and what are the consequences of the recent problems in the aftermath of a fund ‘breaking the buck’
Mining consolidation
Interactive feature: The FT looks at the top 50 mining deals, the most acquisitive companies and the reasons behind the ‘super cycle’ in commodity prices
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