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By Alan Zibel Fannie Mae has again asked taxpayers for more money — this time $8.4 billion — after reporting another steep loss for the

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Switzerland will host a forum of bankers and policymakers next month to discuss strengthening the global monetary system after the financial crisis, the Swiss central

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By Allen Breed and Seth Borenstein BP’s chairman defended his company’s safety record and said Sunday that “a failed piece of equipment” was to blame

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