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The steep decline in the markets has introduced a level of fear into the system that hasn’t been seen in decades.

Every investor wants to say that he or she “bought the bottom” but anyone attempting that feat this year was in for a rude awakening. Bottom picking is a dangerous game and while we have all sorts of indicators to help us get close to that goal they all depend on an orderly market.

When Henry Kissinger wanted to speak to the person in charge of Europe, he never knew the telephone number to dial. Three decades later, Barack Obama and his team face the same challenge.

Rupert Murdoch, chief executive officer of News Corp., is one of the most successful and complex leaders in the media universe. But his biographer Michael Wolff has a simple explanation for what makes Murdoch tick.

Tension in Bangkok ratchets higher as more pro-government protestors arrive in Bangkok and explosions are reported across the area.