Credit Crisis Explained!

I have long been following these wonderful flash reports by AP. Its not about the cartoon but its the simplified explainations that gives me an overview of the current credit crisis.
You will learn about:

fannie and freddie
World Top CEO’s pay
Mortgage-backed securities
yadda yadda yadda……

Take a peek here : The Associated Press Multimedia Reports
This one is titled [...]

Oil Price fell 55% from Peak!!! :o

Excerpt – The price of crude oil has tumbled 55 percent from its peak of $147.27 reached in mid-July.  The Star
Pump prices was at RM1.92 when crude oil was trading around US70 – US90 per barrel. It shot up to RM2.55 when world oil price hit record high at US147.27 in mid-July.
Now that the oil [...]