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Two years on from the near collpase of the US financial system, the bailout designed to save it is winding down. But the Troubled Asset Relief Programme (Tarp) has been assailed from right and left for undermining US capitalism and failing to help homeowners repectively. TARP Special Inspector General Neil Barlofsky analyses the good, the bad and the downright ugly of the world's biggest bailout.

And, how do you recover from a near catastrophic manufacturing failure and massive global recall? As Toyota bounces back its European President Didier Leroy tells Jonny Dymond why a nine million car recall was not such a disaster for the company.

And, pawn shops in Muslim Malaysia; getting round the prohibition on charging interest.