Janet Yellen says ‘serious risk of contagion’ prompted intervention in banking crisis – as it happened

Senate finance committee holds hearing on bank's collapse and the role relaxing banking regulations had in the crisis

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Ed Helmore reports on a startling story from Politico, to which 12 former staffers for Marianne Williamson described a campaign atmosphere starkly at odds with the bestselling author and Democratic presidential hopeful's famous promise to harness love for political purposes'...

Less than two weeks into her second campaign for the Democratic nomination, the self-help author Marianne Williamson was hit by claims her public message of love and compassion is undermined by behind-the-scenes behavior including foaming, spitting, uncontrollable rage".