A musically gifted teenage girl from New Orleans' 9th Ward is torn between family loyalty and doing what she knows is right after discovering her older cousin has become a violent criminal.

In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research, they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.

48 hours in the life of a burnt-out City lawyer who loses his job, falls for a call girl and steals £400,000 from a gangland boss - who wants every penny of it back.