Der SpiegelDecember 22, 2008 Germany’s former Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, 60, speaks with SPIEGEL about the global financial crisis, the lack of German leadership in Europe and what Barack Obama is doing right. more
International Herald TribuneDecember 22, 2008 President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday announced the creation of a task force to bolster the standard of living of middle-class and working families in America, tapping Vice President-elect Joseph Biden Jr. to lead the effort with four members of the cabinet. “Our charge is to look at existing and future […]
New York TimesDecember 21, 2008 Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. defended on Sunday plans for an expanded economic recovery plan against charges it would unwisely inflate the national deficit, saying bluntly that the incoming administration’s first and most urgent goal was “keeping the economy from absolutely tanking.” more
International Herald TribuneDecember 21, 2008 By the end, the world itself was too small to support the vast Ponzi scheme constructed by Bernard Madoff. Initially, he tapped local money pulled in from country clubs and charity dinners, where investors sought him out to plead with him to manage their savings so they could start reaping […]
International Herald TribuneDecember 20, 2008 Masked youths attacked the French Institute in Athens with firebombs on Friday, while Greek union members and university professors geared up for anti-government rallies outside Parliament. Some windows of the French Institute, a cultural and educational center, were smashed but the interior was not seriously damaged in the attack by […]