Society & Economics
The financial and energy stories of 2007, as the subprime mortgage crisis broke, markets peaked, and oil neared $100 a barrel.
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Oil Prices Spike to Near $100 per Barrel
In late 2007, crude oil prices rose sharply, approaching the $100 per barrel level for the first ...
Stock Market Peaks Before 2008 Crisis
On October 9, 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 14,164.53, an all-time high. Two d...
Northern Rock Bank Run
On September 14, 2007, the Bank of England's emergency liquidity assistance announcement triggere...
Subprime Mortgage Crisis and Bear Stearns Hedge Fund Coll...
The subprime mortgage crisis emerged from years of deteriorating lending standards, a collapsing ...
Nuclear Power Renaissance Begins
In 2007, global interest in nuclear power staged a dramatic rebound after two decades of stagnati...
Hank Paulson and the Treasury Department's 2007 Financial...
Henry M. "Hank" Paulson Jr. served as the 74th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury f...
China emerges as global renewable energy manufacturing le...
By 2007, China had positioned itself as a rapidly expanding force in renewable energy manufacturi...
Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve's 2007 Crisis Response
Benjamin S. "Ben" Bernanke served as the 14th Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal R...
Greensburg, Kansas EF5 Tornado
On May 4, 2007, an EF5 tornado destroyed 95% of Greensburg, Kansas, killing 11 people and becomin...