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America’s out of control: A $75 trillion fright fest 0 ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (MarketWatch) — America’s out of control, drowning in debt, gorging: $75 trillion and getting worse. Now we’re dumping Fannie and Freddie on America’s balance sheet. Every year we pile trillions more on future generations.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will as expected this week ask for a dissolution of Parliament and call an election for Oct. 14, the Canadian Press quoted senior government sources as saying late on Monday. Hours earlier, Harper failed to persuade the country’s main opposition leader to keep his minority Conservative government alive.

Japan’s economy shrank 0.6 percent in April-June from the previous quarter, matching market expectations and ending three quarters of expansion on weaker exports and the effect of higher prices on consumption. The government data released on Wednesday underscored growing fears that the world’s second-largest economy is either slipping into a recession or is already in one.

* JGBs rise on overnight gains in Treasuries, Nikkei fall * Jobs and consumption data underscore economic weakness * Investors may decide to sell on the rally and temper gains * Demand for new two-year JGBs expected to be average The 10-year Japanese government bond yield hit a three-month low on Tuesday, after U.S.

Fear the two largest U.S. mortgage finance companies are in such poor health that they need a government bailout pushed financial markets lower on Friday, although stocks pared losses as officials began to talk of safety-net moves for the ailing sector. In a wild trading day fueled by speculation of whether the U.S.

Filed under: Drama, Independent, New Releases, DIY/Filmmaking, Interviews The world changed on September 11, but Austin Chick's second film, August, focuses on the moments right beforehand. Starring Josh Hartnett as a young start-up entrepreneur deluded by power trips, the movie moves along with a

Don’t Paint Nest Eggs in Company Colors BY helping Bear Stearns avert a potential bankruptcy, the federal government essentially declared the venerable investment bank too important to fail. Over the years, many of the firm’s employees clearly felt the same way: collectively, they accumulated one-third of the company’s stock.