. Wizardry. Alchemy. Lead into gold. Are these the playthings only of medieval f...
freeze up after French bank BNP Paribas suspends three investment funds worth 2b...
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Description: . Wizardry. Alchemy. Lead into gold. Are these the playthings only of medieval fools? The credit crunch tells us perhaps not. The Holy Grail of medieval science was to find the formula to turn lead into gold. August 2007 Short-term credit markets freeze up after French bank BNP Paribas suspends three investment funds worth 2bn euros The bank cited problems in the US sub-prime mortgage sector During the following months, US and European banks report losses totalling hundreds of billions ...