Then came the euro, which has bashed 12 European currencies into one and decimated forex dealing rooms.

ECONOMIST: Derivatives and foreign exchange

The latest chatter today in dealing rooms is that super-investor Eddie Lampert may be looking to tie Macy's and Sears Holdings together.

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In today's caffeine-fuelled dealing rooms, a barely regulated private-equity group could very well borrow money from syndicates of private lenders, including hedge funds, to spend on taking public companies private.

ECONOMIST: Financial markets

One of the things that happens when people are uninsured is that we pay additional costs when these patients get their care from the places that are least efficient in dealing with them: emergency rooms.

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