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    Middle East was at the top of American policies‚ a crisis arose during the presidency of Jimmy Carter. In November 1979 Iranian students took hostage of the United States Embassy in Tehran for 444 days. The shaping of the national agenda and the organizing of the 1980 presidential campaign was drastically altered. At the same time the United States economy was in a recession by a doubling of oil prices‚ which was closely associated with the crisis. Iran supplied about 65 percent of the world’s exported

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    of The Financial Crisis of 2007-2009 According to our financial textbook “ Financial crises are major disruptions in financial markets characterized by sharp declines in asset prices and firm failures” (Mishkin and Eakins 2012). In August 2007‚ defaults in mortgage market for subprime borrowers sent a shudder through the financial markets‚ leading to the worst U.S financial crisis since the Great Depression. Alan Greenspan‚ chairman of the Fed‚ described the financial crisis as a “once-in-a-century

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    The Energy Crisis of 1974 During the end of 1973 through the beginning of 1975 Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) slowed down oil production‚ and placed an embargo on the United States and the Netherlands. Before the crisis‚ OPEC was offering oil to the world at a decent price‚ however the end of the Arab-Israeli war changed that. After the war OPEC raised prices for Europeans‚ and even placed an embargo on oil being sent to the Netherlands and the United States. This embargo forced

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    missile crisis‚ a struggle fought between the world’s two largest superpowers‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ which nearly provoked a nuclear catastrophe on both sides from October 16‚ to October 28‚ in 1962. This crisis had been brewing for many years and was sparked by previous issues between the two nations. The United States had been at odds with Communist ideals for many years beginning with the onset of the Cold War. The direct stimulant for the Cuban missile crisis‚ however

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile crisis of October 1962 was a major international crisis and political standoff between the Soviet Union and The United States of America over missile placement in Cuba‚ 150 km from US shores. This was a major nuclear threat to world peace. On the 1st January 1959‚ President Batista of Cuba was overthrown. This allowed Castro backed revolutionary forces to seize power. Fidel Castro then became Prime Minister of Cuba. In May 1960‚ a US plane flying

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    on The Present Global Financial Crisis and Sri Lankan Economy by Mr Ajith Nivard Cabraal‚ Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka 10 October 2008 1. The Global Economy is in Turmoil.  The ongoing financial crisis originated as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis (SMC)‚ erupted in mid 2007. The SMC erupted due to the bursting of the US Housing Bubble and high default rates on “Sub Prime Mortgages”‚ beginning 2006.  The major cause for this financial crisis was the reckless providing of loans

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis represents a change in the 1960’s because of its long term effect on our relationship with Cuba‚ as well as Russia. Regardless of all John F. Kennedy’s attempts to achieve peace and preserve our relationship‚ this had resulted in the complete shutdown of trade between the U.S. and Cuba up until January 2015. The U.S. was forced to remove offensive missiles in Turkey and has further tainted our relationship with Russia. This was an event that was ignited by post World War

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    The Cuban missile crisis‚ which happened in October 1962‚ certainly has many lessons for us regarding nuclear warfare- or the prevention of it. However‚ whether the experience and knowledge gained from these lessons can be applied in Iran today is debatable. There is a relative correspondence to what happened fifty years ago in Cuba and what is happening in Iran right now- but there are also significant differences. Obviously‚ the main and most important similarity is that there is a potential risk

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    Subprime Crisis in Financial Market Abstract This paper analyzes the reasons of the subprime crisis in mortgage financing occurred in 2007 and the impacts of the crisis on the overall financial system. The subprime crisis in US is caused by excessive amounts of loans made to people who could not afford them‚ and also the investors who were very eager for high return put excessive amounts of money into the mortgage. There are a number of factors in generating crisis‚ such as legislations like

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    The US Economic Crisis HiranJ 9 Oct 2008 Session content • • • • • The sub prime market and sub prime crisis Housing Mortgage Fraud CDS – Easy money! Wall Street in Turmoil The bailout plan The Sub Prime Market • What is the sub prime market? – Sub prime lenders • Lends to borrowers that do not qualify for mainstream lending by FannieMae/FreddieMac • Lending rates are usually high • Has prepayment penalties • One of the common lending terms is 2/28 ARM The Sub Prime Market • 2/28 ARM • ARM

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