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Lex: Insider trading crackdown

US authorities have attacked the alleged ring in the Galleon case with a gusto usually reserved for mafia bosses

Shooting leaves 13 dead at US army base

An army psychiatrist described as being unhappy about being posted to Iraq opened fire at the US’s biggest army base, leaving 13 people dead and 31 wounded, according to Texas officials

Base lockdown causes ‘frantic’ scenes

Residents and personnel at Fort Hood turned to cell phones, clogging up lines as everyone sought information from one another as news of the shooting spread

Impulse buying gives way to US frugality

Tights, sunglasses and boneless chickens have joined the list of casualties of America’s economic crisis, as the era of impulse shopping gives way to more wary behaviour in the nation’s grocery aisles.

Battle looms over UN funding

The UK Foreign Office leads the charge in a looming battle over the rising cost of funding the UN. UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has asked for $4.9bn to finance the organisation’s regular budget over the next two years

Outside Edge: When presidential siblings go rogue

None of America’s 44 presidents has been an only child; and many siblings have proved thorns in the flesh, writes Jurek Martin

Consumers face tiny cuts as companies pare costs

Residents across Houston, and the US as a whole, have noticed little cutbacks apparently aimed at easing companies through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression

Lovells in merger talks to create legal firm

City law firm is proposing a merger with Washington-based Hogan & Hartson that would be aimed at creating a rare successful big transatlantic legal tie-up with a strong litigation focus

Crisis reveals worry about retirement funds

American savers watched in horror this year and last as the balances on their retirement accounts evaporated with the meltdown in the financial markets.

Proposal aims to curb raids on 401(k)s

US lawmakers were set to propose a new law on Wednesday that would discourage people from raiding their retirement savings early to see them through tough financial times or to splash out on expensive items.

Soros to invest $50m in economic think-tank

Mixed blessing for US workplaces on output

Editorial: Social cash making

Christopher Caldwell: The state and journalism

US asks Switzerland to extradite Polanski

NY court rules Tishman wrongfully raised rents

US lawmakers back diluted consumer bill

Editorial: The White House versus Fox News

John Gapper: Goldman should be allowed to fail

Lex: US government debt

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Krishna Guha

Krishna Guha: Insights into the Fed, plus data, graphics and video as part of the Money Supply blog

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Clive Crook

From Washington: Clive Crook, the FT’s Washington columnist and a former deputy editor of the Economist, writes mainly about the intersection of politics and economics

John Gapper’s blog

John Gapper

The business world: John Gapper, the FT’s chief business commentator, shares his pithy observations from New York on business, finance, media, technology and related matters in the US and elsewhere