A selection of our favourite posts:

Earth to Bloomberg: the Gold Fields story is a hoax (Update: Will the real Pastorini please stand up)

Project Spice – the real plan to break up Scottish and Newcastle

Reuters news alert: Thomson Corporation the suitor?

Blogging live: the PE/politico showdown

Project Wing: the Northern Rock briefing memorandum

Quick! To the Crockmobile!

BHP launches bid for Rio

Commercial paper freeze forced Citi to double subprime CDO exposure

SIVs in the Citi

Name that Acronym – the credit market quiz

A very British crisis

CDO wipeout: AAA noteholders get nothing

A memo: guide to the middle east

Stand by for generalised systemic financial meltdown

Blogging live: Merv King in Westminster

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