Global economic confidence has seen better days, according to Bloomberg. The U.S. bails out AIG, averting a possible global meltdown. And an Australian pizza delivery man finds that time isn't money.

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Central banks make a coordinated push to grease the wheels of finance, with $180 billion in extra liquidity. Britain's Lloyds TBS buys mortgage lender HBOS for $22 billion. And taxpayers will lose, or gain, billions in the AIG bailout.

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With the big Wall Street bailout coming, commodities are climbing back up. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley opt to become better-regulated banks, ending the gilded investment banking era. And the credit crunch hits Mary Poppins.

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Singapore's sovereign wealth fund shifts to where the money is: in emerging markets. Congress and the Bush administration get closer to a bailout plan. And Lehman and AIG employees have at least one happy hour.

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Chrysler jolts the auto world with three working electric cars. Warren Buffett votes for Goldman Sachs with $5 billion of his dollars. And Vespas are riding rough over other types of vehicles.

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