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2008 worldwide financial crisis.

(Date: 7/24/2010 - 43 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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Economic View: Leveling the Playing Field, in Soccer and Finance This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/24/2010 8:43 AM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/24/2010 10:17 AM - 43 days ago - Morning - 27 rank
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In updating their rules, the financial world and the World Cup could use some of the same principles.

Tesla Electric Cars: Revved Up, but Far to Go This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/24/2010 7:52 AM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/24/2010 10:02 AM - 43 days ago - Morning - 1 rank
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Elon Musk, who made a fortune selling PayPal, has poured a lot of his money into Tesla, the maker of electric cars. But it has met with delays, financial crises and a personnel soap opera.

Pope grants broad powers to Legionaries delegate This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
Boston.com -- Latest news
- date added: 7/24/2010 8:47 AM - 43 days ago - Morning - 3 rank
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The pope has granted broad powers of governance and financial control to the archbishop he selected to overhaul the Legionaries of Christ following revelations that the order's founder led a double ...

A New Prague bank fails This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.

     
StarTribune.com rss feed
- date added: 7/24/2010 6:16 AM - 43 days ago - Morning - 5 rank
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Community Security got caught in a downward spiral of falling real estate prices and became the 14th Minnesota bank to fail since the financial crisis began.
     
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Pa. treasurer demands much financial data from DRPA This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: Authority on Friday as the)      
Philly.com News
- date posted: 7/24/2010 12:01 AM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/24/2010 12:32 AM - 43 days ago - Night - 11 rank
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The heat increased on the Delaware River Port Authority on Friday, as the Pennsylvania state treasurer demanded a broad accounting of car allowances, free E-ZPass transponders, hiring of family ...


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Seven of 91 banks fail European stress tests This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.     
MSNBC.com: Top msnbc.com headlines - 7/23/2010 9:32 AM - [direct link]
Markets were on alert Friday, as European regulators published their investigation into the financial health of Europe's banking sector. Stress - Mental Health - Health - Business - Support ... (1 first ranks, 33%, 1 second ranks, 33%)
Bailed-out banks overpaid execs - washingtonpost.com - Today's Highlights - [direct link]
Pay czar: 17 bailed-out banks overpaid executives - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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Bank Failures Top 100 for '10  (2 future stories)     
WSJ.com: What's News US - 7/23/2010 4:47 PM - [direct link]
Regulators closed six more banks around the country, marking the second consecutive year that more than 100 financial institutions have collapsed. (1 first ranks, 33%)
TARP pay czar criticizes big bank bonuses but won't seek refund of bailout money - Los Angeles Times - Top News - [direct link]
Man decked out in Darth Vader mask robs NY bank - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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General Electric raises dividend by 20 percent This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive. (1 future stories)     
msnbc.com: Business - 7/23/2010 10:47 AM - [direct link]
General Electric Co moved to raise its dividend by 20 percent Friday, in a sign that the largest U.S. conglomerate has put the worst of the financial crisis behind it.
GE raises quarterly dividend 20 percent - Boston.com -- Latest news - [direct link]
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Forbes: Texans 10th most valuable sports franchise This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
chron.com Chronicle
- date posted: 7/23/2010 9:27 PM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 9:46 PM - 43 days ago - Evening - 2 rank
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The Texans' exalted financial status reflects the almighty power of the NFL, football's cherished place in Texas' culture, the largesse of Harris County taxpayers and the kismet of showing up at the ...

A.I.G. Failure Would Have Cost Goldman Sachs, Documents Show This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/23/2010 7:44 PM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 8:02 PM - 43 days ago - Evening - 14 rank
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Goldman had contended that credit insurance it bought from financial institutions would have protected it.

Talking Business: Borrowers Suffer From the Tyranny of the Credit Score This story's sentiment has been rated as being negative.

     
NYT > Business
- date posted: 7/23/2010 5:40 PM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 6:02 PM - 43 days ago - Evening - 30 rank
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Since the financial crisis, a borrower’s FICO score has become the only thing that matters to mortgage underwriters.

Affidavit confirms the identity of Hecker donor This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: him $125000 earlier this year to help)      
StarTribune.com rss feed
- date added: 7/23/2010 5:46 PM - 43 days ago - Evening - 10 rank
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A brief affidavit signed by indicted former auto mogul Denny Hecker confirms previous media reports about the identity of the woman who gave him $125,000 earlier this year to help him out of a ...

Luxury condo tower in Century City is completed


 (future word: condominium tower expected to be, been completed after nearly six, after nearly six years of planning)      
Los Angeles Times - Top News
- date posted: 7/24/2010 12:00 AM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 3:17 PM - 43 days ago - Afternoon - 2 rank
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Deluxe high-rise living is relatively new in Los Angeles, but more projects are targeting buyers in the top financial strata.
The Art Deco-inspired Century City condominium tower expected to be ...

Conrad Black ordered to stay in U.S. This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: Florida prison Wednesday about 2, Wednesday about 2 years into his)      
chicagotribune.com -
- date posted: 7/22/2010 10:57 PM - 44 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 11:17 AM - 44 days ago - Morning - 1 rank
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U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve won't allow Conrad Black, the former owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, to return to his home in Canada until she has more information about his financial condition. He ...

Credibility Is Next Test This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.


 (future word: Is Next Test Based, the exercise may nonethless help)      
WSJ.com: What's News US
- date posted: 7/23/2010 2:01 PM - 43 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 11:02 AM - 44 days ago - Morning - 2 rank
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Based on initial reactions, few outside observers were buying into the idea that the European bank stress tests were rigorous. Yet the exercise may nonethless help calm the financial system.

Feinberg: Unfair to Ask Firms to Return Payouts This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
WSJ.com: What's News US
- date posted: 7/23/2010 12:00 PM - 44 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 9:17 AM - 44 days ago - Morning - 4 rank
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The U.S. pay czar declined to request that 17 financial firms that doled out $1.6 billion in "ill advised" executive compensation return the payouts.

Financial reform law includes big cash incentives for whistle-blowers This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
Los Angeles Times - Top News
- date posted: 7/23/2010 12:00 AM - 44 days ago - date added: 7/23/2010 8:32 AM - 44 days ago - Morning - 2 rank
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A little-known provision in the huge package extends to the private sector a concept long applied to government contracts.
The new financial reform law has what some lawyers call a secret weapon ...

Sweden's Skanska says Q2 profit tumbled This story's sentiment has been rated as being positive.

     
Boston.com -- Latest news
- date added: 7/23/2010 12:46 AM - 44 days ago - Night - 1 rank
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Swedish construction company Skanska AB says second-quarter net profits tumbled as sales figures experienced a steep fall due to the lingering effects of weak order bookings during the height of the ...


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2008 worldwide financial crisis.
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Region: Worldwide
Category: Economy
Date added: 12/8/2008
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