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Whose Opening Advantage? (Mary Lyon)
(World News Trust) -- I’m mixed. Who won? They both did. And didn’t.
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Russia From My House! (T.P. McWhorter)
(World News Trust) -- Silently I have been swathed in commentary of the current Republican choice for the United States presidency. I listened, watched, and did some heavy reading about the Palin ...
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Gasoline Shortage In Southern United States Creates Panic, Long Lines (Steven Mufson)
If Drivers Can Fill Up, They Get Sticker Shock
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Hundreds of Economists Urge Congress Not to Rush on Rescue Plan (Matthew Benjamin)
(Bloomberg) -- More than 150 prominent U.S. economists, including three Nobel Prize winners, urged Congress to hold off on passing a $700 billion financial market rescue plan until it can be studied ...
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Frank blames House GOP for breakdown of deal (Charles Babington)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee declared Friday that an agreement on legislation to relieve a spreading financial crisis depends on House Republicans ...
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U.S. Economic Growth Slower Than Initially Estimated (Timothy R. Holman)
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy expanded more slowly than previously estimated in the second quarter, showing consumer spending was weakening before the credit crisis intensified.
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Rx: Depression (John Michael Greer)
(Archdruid Report) -- By the time you read these words they will have been sitting on my computer for most of a week; the chance to attend the annual ASPO peak oil conference in Sacramento was too ...
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JPMorgan Chase May Acquire Washington Mutual After FDIC Seizure (Ari Levy)
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Washington Mutual Inc. may be seized by regulators later today and parts sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co. in what will rank among the biggest banking failures in U.S. history.
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California Home Prices Drop Record 41% in August Amid Defaults (Dan Levy)
(Bloomberg) -- California home prices tumbled a record 41 percent in August from a year earlier as foreclosure sales pushed down values in the biggest U.S. state.
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Dodd Says Lawmakers Agree on `Principles' of Deal (James Rowley)
(Bloomberg) -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said Republicans and Democrats have agreed on a ``set of principles'' for a financial-rescue package.
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