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2008 worldwide financial crisis.

(Date: 7/11/2010 - 56 days ago) View the latest stories >>

The 2008 worldwide financial crisis happened largely as a result of the United States mortgage crisis. The US government has bailed out some of the largest financial institutions in the US and other governments around the world have also taken similar measures to stem the damage it might cause to their economic stability.

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SEC Gears Up for Financial Overhaul  (2 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/11/2010 7:33 PM - [direct link]
Even before Congress's financial overhaul bill becomes law, the SEC is on a tight deadline to write more than 90 new rules and complete nearly 20 studies. (1 first ranks, 33%)
Financial world readies for reform bill passage - msnbc.com: Business - [direct link]
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Kevin Spacey Film Explores Humanity on Wall St. This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/11/2010 8:46 PM - 55 days ago - date added: 7/11/2010 9:33 PM - 55 days ago - Evening - 15 rank
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Actors in “Margin Call,” a film about bankers dealing with the financial crisis, described how they researched their roles.

Japan's ruling party hammered in elections, handicapping its ability to revive economy This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
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- date added: 7/11/2010 12:03 PM - 56 days ago - Afternoon - 7 rank
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Japanese voters handed a stinging electoral defeat to the ruling party Sunday, exit polls showed, rejecting a proposal to increase taxes and handicapping a fledgling government struggling to keep the ...

'This debt is like a cancer' This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.

     
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights
- date posted: 7/11/2010 12:00 AM - 56 days ago - date added: 7/11/2010 10:03 AM - 56 days ago - Morning - 2 rank
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Debt panel chiefs say without action budgetary trends "will destroy the country from within." Financial Services - Business - Financial Planning - Debt Consolidation - Debt settlement
     
Future/spin-off stories

Timing Unclear for Senate Vote on Finance Overhaul This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: Democrats see final passage of)      
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/11/2010 5:46 PM - 55 days ago - date added: 7/11/2010 6:17 PM - 55 days ago - Evening - 2 rank
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Senate Democrats see final passage of a financial overhaul bill as a question of when, not if. Yet, there still seem to be a lot of questions about when.

MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines

Spill another turbulent chapter for Vietnamese


 (future word: boat the Morning Star as, spill occasionally coming to his)      
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
- date posted: 7/11/2010 12:39 AM - 56 days ago - date added: 7/11/2010 1:02 AM - 56 days ago - Night - 4 rank
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The oil spill that has forced Gulf fisherman from boats is especially cruel to the Vietnamese community wrestling with cultural and language barriers as they face financial disaster. Oil ...


A day ago:

Governors Grapple With Financial Woes This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive. (2 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/10/2010 1:02 PM - [direct link]
Republicans and Democrats alike wrestled Saturday at the National Governors Association meeting in Boston with how to capitalize on a fledgling rebound.
Senate Democrats yet to lock down votes for financial regulations bill - washingtonpost.com - Politics - [direct link]
Mortgages: Financial Reform Bill Retools Lending - NYT > Business - [direct link]
all 3 news articles »
 
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Long-term structural changes start at state level This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: races in November Between now, and Election Day the association)      
washingtonpost.com - Politics
- date posted: 7/11/2010 12:00 AM - 56 days ago - date added: 7/10/2010 11:17 PM - 56 days ago - Night - 2 rank
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BOSTON -- Nick Ayers, the executive director of the Republican Governors Association, offers this preview of what's at stake in the 37 gubernatorial races in November. Between now and Election Day, ...

Maybe try holding your nose This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights
- date posted: 7/10/2010 12:00 AM - 57 days ago - date added: 7/10/2010 8:02 PM - 56 days ago - Evening - 6 rank
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Investments were beaten down just as investors appeared to be regaining their appetites for risk. Business - Financial Services - Investing - Business and Economy - Asset

Activists keep Nev. horses from going to slaughter This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
Boston.com -- Latest news
- date added: 7/10/2010 5:32 PM - 56 days ago - Evening - 2 rank
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With the financial backing of the wife of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens and others, activists on Saturday purchased almost all 174 horses up for sale at a state-sanctioned auction in Nevada to keep the ...

Paul Volcker Pushes for Reform, and Regrets His Past Silence


 (future word: to correct years of deregulation)      
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/10/2010 1:09 PM - 57 days ago - date added: 7/10/2010 2:17 PM - 56 days ago - Afternoon - 1 rank
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Despite his efforts on financial legislation aiming to correct years of deregulation, Paul Volcker is concerned that banks will still have too much wiggle room.


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In pictures
7/11/2010
Tom Huynh looks out the front windows of his boat, the Morning Star, as it sits docked at Dulac, La. The Vietnamese longline fisherman has been idle since the oil spill, occasionally coming to his boat to run the engine and check the lines.
Spill another turbulent chapter for Vietnamese
 
 
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2008 worldwide financial crisis.
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Common words: financial, FN100, players, tops, overhaul, sec, Gears
Region: Worldwide
Category: Economy
Date added: 12/8/2008
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