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  • Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends -- hard work and honesty, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism -- these things are old. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history.

    President Obama

October 19, 2008 - October 25, 2008

October 19, 2008
23:07 The $55 trillion question: The financial crisis has put a spotlight on the obscure world of credit default swaps - which trade in a vast, unregulated market that most people haven't heard of and even fewer understand. Will this be the next disaster?
23:06 Global breakdown: Winners and losers: From Moscow to Mumbai, investors and consumers are feeling Wall Street's pain
23:05 'The Golden Age for financial services is over': The new most powerful man in finance, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis, talks about the future of Wall Street and the economy
23:02 IBM's all-star salesman: As Big Blue's go-to guy in its fastest-growing division in the fastest-growing part of the world, Vivek Gupta is out to sell you on a very big idea.
23:02 The Lehman Lesson: What went wrong with the storied investment-banking firm is a warning for all of Wall Street.
23:01 Hank Paulson to the rescue: He came to Washington reluctantly. His job was almost a backwater. Today his task is momentous, wrestling down the greatest financial crisis of our time.
22:58 Amid the Gloom, an E-Commerce War between Amazon and Ebay
22:57 The Mansion: A Subprime Parable: When Michael Lewis and his family move into a house they can't afford, he gets a taste of the new American nightmare
22:57 24 Ringtone in MP3 format
22:56 At Amherst college, 1% of first-year students have landlines, 99% have Facebook accounts