There always has to be a benefit from trawling the US press. I found this:

Just watch this. Barney Frank says the Republicans are being petty. He’s right.

If there’s one thing the world needs tomorrow morning it is a suspension of the stock market Most economists assume markets are rational. Right now
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From the Guardian: There are serious economists, for example, who think we could be on the verge of a huge bank run. And the Federal
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The Tories are rotten to their core. Good to see Prem Sikka on this. We worked on the same story without knowing it. Now it’s
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Tonight I’m very worried. Anyone who isn’t is behaving like an ostrich. It was interesting to see Brown’s reaction. He repeated himself four times. Cameron’s
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It’s hard to get reliable information out of Washington right now, which is amazing in itself. But what I gather is that Republicans voted their
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From the New York Times tonight: Oil prices slumped below $100 a barrel on Monday as the House voted down a $700 billion bailout plan
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I confess I didn’t want it to drag the rest of use down with it. It might. I sincerely hope the Treasury heeded my advice
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