Where Recession Will Hit Hardest

Where Recession Will Hit Hardest
The worst–and best–metro areas to ride out the growing storm.

A Limited Affirmation Of Decency
In the last debate, we learned there are limits to what the candidates will say to one another face-to-face.

Carlyle moves in on Lehman’s Neuberger Berman

Carlyle Group, the US private equity giant, is to launch a rival bid for Neuberger Berman, the highly prized asset management arm of Lehman Brothers, the collapsed Wall Street bank.

Excel error gives Barclays more Lehman assets than it wanted

First-year law associates unknowingly add contracts when reformatting a spreadsheet in Excel.

Bush defends actions on meltdown

Extraordinary measures … US President George W. Bush, pictured with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson / File US President George W. Bush, who is meeting with top …