Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank of the United States has filed for bankruptcy protection. Earlier it was said that Barclays bank and Bank of America were interested in buying Lehman Brothers. Barclays backed out and all attempts at saving Lehman Brothers failed.

Barclays has now shown interest in buying profitable core assets of Lehman Brothers. Barclays does not want Lehman’s “toxic investments in the residential and commercial property markets”. It also does not want Lehman’s unsettled transactions. Lehman Brothers has suffered huge losses in the current mortgage crisis in the United States.

The demise of Lehman Brothers will have far reaching consequences in international markets. It is one of the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the United States since 1930.
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Atlantic Car Care is a clean and efficient shop. If you want to have hassle free maintenance for your car I would recommend you to visit their website. Car maintenance can be a very stressful job. I am sure that you will like their professional services. If you want to keep your car in top condition, it is necessary to that you maintain it properly and get it thoroughly checked by qualified people. Atlantic Car Care can take care of all your worries.
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Pakistan is in the grip of various types of crisis. It is faced with the threat of fully fledged US attack in the tribal areas, there is political instability in the country as the ruling coalition has fallen apart and the economy of the country is in bad shape. There is acute energy crisis in the country and people have to do without electricity for long hours.

It has been only five years after the new government was formed and it has already lost credibility with the people. Ordinary people of the country who had voted to bring about a change in their fate now feel that the government has forgotten all the promises which it made during electioneering. If it continues like this, then I am sure that the government will not complete its term. It will have to go under mounting pressure from public.

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Pakistan is in financial crisis. The value of US dollar againt Pakistani rupee is constantly increasing and it is feared that it will touch new heights in the coming days. Oil prices have declied worldwide and the benefit should have been passed on to the consumers but strangely the government has done nothing to improve the situation. The finance minister has categorically denied any decrease in the oil prices in the country in the coming days. It is said that the government wants to bridge budget deficit in this way becasue it does not have any other available option.

There is acute power shortage in the country which has badly affected industry. Big industrial cities like Karachi have to go without electricity for ten to fifteen hours and nobody seems to care. Despite this situaiton the prices of electricity are increased every few months without justification.

The current account deficit has also increased and it has crossed more than $ 1.7bn. The foreign reserves of the country are also on the decline and it has gone below $9.3bn dollars which is alarming. Out of the present $9.3bn, the share of government is nearly $ 5.8bn only and the rest is being held by private banks.

The situation is compounded by the law and order situation in the country which has resulted in the flight of capital. Foreign investors are also not coming as they were during Pervez Musharraf administration when there was a conducive atmosphere for investment in the country. The relations with the United States have also deteriorated over operations in the tribal areas of the country.

Despite all this, the political leadership of the country is busy in making political alliances for petty gains and there is a wrangling over distribution of ministries. May God help Pakistan
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The shares of United Airlines (UAL) nosedived after an old news story about the group filing bankruptcy protection appeared on the internet. The shares sank 75% to lows of $3 immediately after the news was republished by Bloomberg.

It was only after $1bn were wiped off the market value of the company that it was detected that there was some problem. The article about the decision of the United Airlines to file for bankruptcy protection was first published in 2002. This story was picked up by a reporter who supplies stories to Bloomberg. Obviously the reporter did not bother to even read the article which would have made it clear to him that it was an old story.

United Airlines is faced with financial problems and is about to lay off employees in order to cut rising fuel costs.
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The national airliner of Italy, Alitalia is facing acute financial crisis and it is said that it will have to cancel some flights because of lack of funds to buy fuel. Alitalia’s bankruptcy administrator made the comments after he called unions to emergency talks.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has blamed political motives behind the failure of Alitalia. He said that he would take all steps to save Alitalia from collapse.
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If you want to set up a small business on the Internet, you must find a web hosting company which may give smooth and constant service. There are many web hosting companies which provide a number of hosting packages. It would not be easy for you to make a good selection out of so many companies. I would ask you to visit webhostingrating.com where you will find some of the top hosting companies with independent reviews from real customers.

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