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As confidence plunges to all-time lows, CFOs prepare their companies for the worst.

December 8, 2008

"This time is different" is the most expensive phrase in finance, according to European strategists at Morgan Stanley, who cite a long history of bursting bubbles in a recent report. Nonetheless, they add, "every now and then a true shift takes place." Read more...

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There are all kinds of theories about how to save the Big Three automakers. At the radical end of the spectrum: lease them to China.

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