Egypt has stepped up pressure on the Syria-based Hamas leadership to accept a cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza, Egyptian officials close to the negotiations said Tuesday.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday expressed regret, saying a failure of market discipline and the failures of regulation led to the crisis.
In the political calculus of Wall Street, investors have come to regard Republican Administrations as the more favorable for the fortunes of the U.S. aerospace and defense industry. But things don't seem quite so clear-cut as the 2008 election approaches.
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