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Something's Gotta Give waiting for last reel to unwind

By Francesco Guerrera

Published: May 12 2007 03:00 | Last updated: May 12 2007 03:00

If you are a film fan you could probably call it Apocalypse Later, while literary types might prefer Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold. Whether Francis Ford Coppola or Gabriel García Márquez is your muse, the point is the same: the financial world cannot stop talking about an impending meltdown.

Investor gurus, banking chiefs, regulators and even private equity moguls are lining up to spread the word that the end is (almost) nigh.

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