1. Obama Continuing Bush Policies, Chomsky says
(Newsletter)

... the public discussing issues such as whether Muslim women should be allowed to wear the burqa. CONTINUE... British banks set for sell-offs Economy By Agencies    Tuesday, 03 Novembe...

2. British banks set for sell-offs
(News/Economy)

Britain has ordered two state-rescued banks to sell off branches and meet new "tough" requirements in an effort to to promote competition and appease EU authorities. The move will also see a

3. EU clears Northern Rock 'bad bank'
(News/Economy)

...t and the overall financial stability of the UK economy". Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland, two bailed-out British banks, are also awaiting commission state-aid rulings, along with Franco-Belgia...

4. Iran's Election and US-Iranian Relations
(Opinions/Features)

...id fair compensation for it. Economic sanctions and an oil embargo followed. Iranian assets were also frozen in British banks. Major Anglo-America oil interests supported London, while a CIA coup aim...

5. Reviewing Ellen Brown's 'Web of Debt': Part I
(Opinions/Review)

...called "the father of paper money," then called "scrip." It made the colonies independent of British banks and let them "finance their local governments without" taxation...

6. UK's Lloyds bank posts $6.8bn loss
(Archived/News/Economy)

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a loss of $6.8bn for the first half of the year as it reported a total of $22.7bn in bad debts.

7. European banks set for rescue deal
(Archived/News/Economy)

European governments, including the UK, France and Germany, will provide finance for national banks under strain of the global economic crisis.

8. Mixed response to Eurozone rescue
(Archived/News/Economy)

Some Asian markets have started the week on a positive note, days after regional indices plummeted by double digit figures.

9. Central banks fail to stem sell-off
(Archived/News/Economy)

Stock markets have continued to tumble despite a move by central banks across the world to cut their key interest rates in an attempt to stave off an economic meltdown.

10. Central banks cut interest rates
(Archived/News/Economy)

Central banks across the world have cut their key interest rates in an attempt to stave off an economic crisis that has seen share prices fall in global stock markets.