Oct 8th, 2008 · After the continuing downfall on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve has announced another half percentage point interest rate cut Monday. The U.S. rate is now at 1.5 percent. The move comes in conjunction with several foreign central banks.
Aug 29th, 2008 · Benjamin Britten's final, haunting opera Death in Venice (based on Thomas Mann's novella) finds an aging writer obsessed with one particular kind of beauty that leads to his downfall, in a production from Glimmerglass Opera.
Aug 11th, 2008 · The Atlantic Monthly is about to publish a story based on a pile of leaked documents from Hillary Clinton's campaign. According to the author, the internal memos and e-mails help explain what caused her downfall as a presidential candidate.
Mar 17th, 2008 · When the dust settled from the dramatic downfall of one of Wall Street's most storied investment banks, rival JP Morgan Chase wound up taking control of the bank. The stunning collapse marks a significant loss for some investors, like Bear employees, who owned 30 percent of the bank.
Mar 14th, 2008 · It's been a busy week in politics. Events include the scandalous downfall of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, Geraldine Ferraro's resignation from the Clinton campaign, and an ongoing heated debate over whether to count Florida and Michigan's presidential primaries.
Mar 11th, 2008 · Depending on where you sit, Gov. Eliot Spitzer's apparent downfall is either distressing or a source of rich if unpleasant irony. For a look at the hopes he carried and the enemies the governor made, Renee Montagne talks with Steve Fishman, contributing editor for New York magazine. Fishman wrote about Spitzer for the magazine last summer.
Nov 12th, 2007 · A 19-year-old TV actress in Vietnam bid a tearful goodbye to her TV show after a sex video of her and her boyfriend appeared on the Internet. The government took the actress' program off the air. The incident reveals how rapidly Vietnam's conservative culture is changing.
Aug 6th, 2007 · Kiki, the black Labrador retriever, could be seen on the Late Show with David Letterman for setting world records for jumping more than 25 feet off docks. But Kiki's skill was his downfall. He jumped the fence surrounding his yard and was struck by a car.