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Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke still do not believe monetary policy bears any blame for the crisis

Latest data show they are higher than they were a year ago

Small, medium sized firms thrown a much-needed lifeline with new initiatives

Limited partners are banding together to get better deals

Political sins force ECB chief to pay penance by mopping up liquidity with bonds

As is often the case in business, Europe is following America's lead. A recent spate of cross-border takeovers is one sign that the much discussed revival of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in America is spreading to Europe.

In many European countries, calls for economic reform are heard more often than they are heeded. However, a new report by the OECD, Economic Policy Reforms in OECD Countries: Going for Growth, deserves attention.

"One mouth, six pockets," is how the Chinese describe a typical family on the mainland today: a single, precious offspring doted on by its parents and two sets of grandparents.

As the devastating Indian famine of 1877-79 drew to a close, India's British rulers worried that their relief efforts might have gone too far.