Debt Rattle, Happy Bissextile Leap Day 2008

On the East Coast it is now February 29. It is formally called Bissextile Day. There are 97 of them every 400 years. Have fun in your bissextileness. Credit turmoil losses set to top $600-billion Losses from the global credit market crisis will likely top $600-billion (U.S.), with banks and brokers responsible for more than half of that, UBS said in a note published on Friday. �Our global