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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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washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - date posted: 7/21/2010 12:00 AM - 47 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 10:02 PM - 47 days ago - Night - 4 rank - [direct link]
Obscure passage in financial reform bill aims to transform a very different place from Wall Street.
Congo - Wall Street - Africa - Democratic Republic of Congo - Shopping |
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/20/2010 8:34 PM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 6:02 PM - 48 days ago - Evening - 7 rank - [direct link]
Sara Lee is exploring a sale of its struggling North American fresh-bakery business and has asked its financial advisers to gauge the interest of potential buyers. |
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/20/2010 6:48 PM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 4:47 PM - 48 days ago - Afternoon - 6 rank - [direct link]
The commercial-mortgage-backed-securities market, a leading source of financing in commercial property until the financial collapse of 2008, is showing signs of life. |
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washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - date posted: 7/20/2010 12:00 AM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 3:17 PM - 48 days ago - Afternoon - 2 rank - [direct link]
Sale moves company closer to goal of raising $10B to cover spill expenses, bolster financial position.
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/20/2010 11:52 AM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 11:47 AM - 48 days ago - Morning - 16 rank - [direct link]
GlaxoSmithKline settled certain lawsuits alleging its Paxil antidepressant caused birth defects in some users but didn't give financial details. |
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/20/2010 8:07 AM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 6:32 AM - 48 days ago - Morning - 9 rank - [direct link]
Fresh warnings that Hungary's financial troubles may spread through the region came alongside a disappointing treasury-bill auction by the country's government debt agency. |
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WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/20/2010 7:00 AM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 4:32 AM - 48 days ago - Night - 13 rank - [direct link]
Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is looking for another acquisition target int eh U.S. as it aims to be one of the top 10 commercial banks in the country, an executive said. |
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Philly.com News - date posted: 7/19/2010 11:34 PM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 12:17 AM - 48 days ago - Night - 2 rank - [direct link]
U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak and former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey, the Democrat and Republican running for U.S. Senate, agree that federal budget deficits are troubling financial problems. |
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(future word: The US may avoid a, about the future)
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/20/2010 4:21 PM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 5:47 PM - 48 days ago - Evening - 1 rank - [direct link]
The U.S. may avoid a double-dip recession, but Americans will probably feel like they did when the economy tanked: insecure, overwhelmed with financial pressures and pessimistic about the future.
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(future word: in the second quarter making, crisis in late 2008)
NYT > Business - date posted: 7/20/2010 5:54 AM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/20/2010 6:32 AM - 48 days ago - Morning - 1 rank - [direct link]
Earnings fell 83 percent in the second quarter, making it the worst quarter for Goldman Sachs since the depths of the financial crisis in late 2008. |
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Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/19/2010 5:08 PM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 6:17 PM - 49 days ago - Evening - 3 rank - [direct link]
In one finding, the use of a microbicide is shown to reduce chances of HIV transmission in women by more than half. Another indicates that financial incentives can delay girls' sexual activity.
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(future word: the nation first consumer financial)
WSJ.com: What's News US - date posted: 7/19/2010 7:31 PM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 5:17 PM - 49 days ago - Evening - 2 rank - [direct link]
Democrats are tying themselves in knots over whether Obama should pick Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren to be the nation's first consumer financial regulator, an indication of the intense ... |
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(future word: sued Chase after the bank, $4000 He may win a, couple of years as banks)
Los Angeles Times - Top News - date posted: 7/20/2010 12:00 AM - 48 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 4:02 PM - 49 days ago - Afternoon - 4 rank - [direct link]
Matthew Pinnavaia sued Chase after the bank closed his two business accounts and four personal accounts even though the balance on each card was no more than $4,000. He may win a $2-million ... |
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CNN.com - date posted: 7/19/2010 2:14 PM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 2:02 PM - 49 days ago - Afternoon - 10 rank - [direct link]
President Obama's supporters have been frustrated about the apparent paradox of this administration. With the recent passage of historic financial regulation legislation, many Democrats are having ... |
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(future word: America Branch Saturday morning jumped the)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/19/2010 1:17 PM - 49 days ago - Afternoon - 1 rank - [direct link]
A man wearing a surgical mask and medical-style latex gloves robbed a Central Falls bank. Police said the man entered the Bank of America Branch Saturday morning, jumped the counter and grabbed some ... |
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msnbc.com: Business - date posted: 7/19/2010 11:07 AM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 11:17 AM - 49 days ago - Morning - 6 rank - [direct link]
The top U.S. securities regulator will need to add about 800 new positions to carry out its part of the massive financial reform legislation, the head of the agency said in testimony to be delivered ... |
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Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/19/2010 10:32 AM - 49 days ago - Morning - 5 rank - [direct link]
A retired judge who was given financial oversight of Central Falls has now taken over duties as mayor.
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NYT > Business - date posted: 7/19/2010 7:25 AM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 9:48 AM - 49 days ago - Morning - 20 rank - [direct link]
Ron Resnick, a co-founder of CounselWorks, argues that the financial regulatory overhaul fails to deal with a basic cause of the financial crisis: the enormous and risky overuse of leverage. |
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NYT > Business - date posted: 7/19/2010 9:00 AM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 9:48 AM - 49 days ago - Morning - 18 rank - [direct link]
White Collar Watch examines how the financial regulatory overhaul will expand the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the chief market ... |
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NYT > Business - date posted: 7/19/2010 6:11 AM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 6:47 AM - 49 days ago - Morning - 6 rank - [direct link]
Cai Business Indepth is aiming to become a major provider of reliable financial news and analysis about China, in English. |
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NYT > NYTimes.com Home - date posted: 7/18/2010 11:10 PM - 49 days ago - date added: 7/19/2010 4:17 AM - 49 days ago - Night - 9 rank - [direct link]
Hundreds of once-decrepit buildings relinquished by New York City are falling back into severe financial trouble. |
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(future word: loss in first half Eurotunnel, in the first half of this year because of)
Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/19/2010 3:32 AM - 49 days ago - Night - 4 rank - [direct link]
Eurotunnel SA on Monday reported a euro45 million ($58.5 million) loss in the first half of this year because of delayed insurance payouts from a 2008 fire in the tunnel it operates beneath the ... |
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Boston.com -- Latest news - date added: 7/19/2010 3:02 AM - 49 days ago - Night - 23 rank - [direct link]
Under growing pressure from state officials, small public school systems across Massachusetts are discussing potential mergers, defying the state’s staunch tradition of local schools and ... |
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