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No Silver Bullets Here - Washington Post
to hear it from critics on the left and right, the bush administration and legislative leaders were in such a rush to pass a "$700 billion bailout for wall street " that they failed to consider much simpler, cheaper, common sense approaches. in fact ...
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Stocks Bounce Back, But A Key-bank Lending Rate Also Rises, Tightening Credit
but a key bank-lending rate also rises, tightening credit wall street snapped back yesterday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. but the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief.
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Asian Money Market Rates Fall As U.s. Senate Approves Bailout
oct. 2 (bloomberg) -- asian money market rates declined as the u.s. senate passed a $700 billion banking rescue bill, easing concern that more financial companies will fail.
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Are Short Sellers Freezing Credit Markets? - Cbs News
(the politico) the big, scary stuff that's going on in the credit markets -- including the rising, commerce-choking interest rates on loans and credit default swaps -- might be rooted, in part. to bans on short selling meant to protect financial ...
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Unemployment Rising, Car Sales Falling - Guardian Unlimited
dismal manufacturing activity, soaring job losses and a record slump in car sales added to pressure on congress yesterday to reach a deal on the bush administration's contentious $700bn emergency economic bail-out package. gloomy economic news sent ...
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Us Mexicans Send Less Money Home
the slower us economy sparks a sharp drop in the money mexican migrants are sending home, official figures show.
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Stocks Jump After Steep Sell-off; Key Rate Rises
wall street snapped back tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. but the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief.
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Factbox: Data On Sports Stock Market Website - Reuters
chicago (reuters) - oneseason.com, a day-trading website where sports fans, traders and gamblers can invest real money in stocks representing u.s. athletes, teams, leagues and other sports personalities, launched on wednesday. some facts about the ...
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Credit Worries Damp Stocks; Banks Rally - Cnbc
stocks ended lower wednesday amid concerns about strained credit markets and the economic slowdown. banks rallied as investors were encouraged by progress on bailout talks on capitol hill. ge got a vote of confidence -- to the tune of $3 billion ...
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Fed's Plosser Opens Door A Crack To Backing Rate Cut
fed's plosser opens door a crack to backing rate cut
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Stocks Jump After Steep Sell-off; Key Rate Rises
stocks staged a partial rebound early tuesday after their biggest sell-off in years, though financial markets remained troubled a day after lawmakers rejected a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. a key rate that banks charge to lend to one another shot higher, a tightening of the availability of credit that could spill through the economy.
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Restaurants Take Credit Hit, But Leases Improve - Forbes
while the credit crunch is making it hard for some restaurant companies to get loans to build new locations and renovate old ones, other chains are using the slowdown to secure better terms from landlords struggling to find viable tenants. "landlords ...
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Dresser-rand Ranked #25 In Forbes Top 100 - Msn Moneycentral
houston , oct. 1 /prnewswire-firstcall/ -- - dresser-rand drc , a leading supplier of energy conversion solutions, is pleased to announce its rank of #25 in forbes' "100 best mid-cap stocks in america." dresser-rand was also among forbes' "top-ten in ...
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Remittances To Latin America Decline As Global Economy Sours
the amount of money sent home to families in latin american countries by relatives living abroad is projected to grow by its slowest rate on record this year, according to a report to be released today by the washington bank that tracks such transfers.
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Money Market Rates Soar
norwegian money market interest rates jumped again on wednesday, some surging more than 100 basis points from tuesday, due to persistent tightness in dollar funding.
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The Accounting Rule You Should Care About - Cnn Money
new york (cnnmoney.com) -- it's easy to understand why the proposal to spend $700 billion in taxpayer money to rescue banks would inspire impassioned debate in washington. but in a sign of just how complex and controversial the current credit crisis ...
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Moral Hazard Rises When Banks Get Too Big To Fail - Los Angeles Times
when citigroup inc. announced its acquisition of rival wachovia corp. on monday, citi chief executive vikram pandit said the deal would "accelerate our efforts to establish citi as the world's leading global financial institution." is it just me, or ...
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Stock Markets Recover, But Money Markets Remain Stressed On Failed Bailout
equity markets got off to a strong start to start the day?s trade, with the us dow jones industrials average up over 200 points soon after the new york stock exchange open. yet it remains clear that markets remain stressed as of late, with the us house of representatives rejection of the treasury bailout bill forcing deterioration in global credit markets.
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Stocks Jump After Steep Sell-off; Key Rate Rises
new york: wall street snapped back today after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector. but the seized-up credit markets where businesses turn to raise money showed no sign of relief.
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Economic Gloom Piles Pressure On Congress To Pass The Bail-out - Guardian Unlimited
dismal manufacturing activity, soaring job losses and a record slump in car sales added to pressure on congress today to pass the bush administration's contentious $700bn (£380bn) emergency economic bail-out package at the second attempt . as a last ...
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