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U.K. Treasury and banks set to announce massive capital-raising plan
Monday - WSJ
10/11/2008 4:42:39 PM

# posted by John @ 10/11/2008 07:14:00 PM 0 comments

ALASKA ETHICS PROBE REPORT: GOV. SARAH PALIN UNLAWFULLY ABUSED HER
AUTHORITY

# posted by John @ 10/11/2008 07:09:00 PM 0 comments

Bush, appearing with world financial officials, says crisis requires
'serious global response' - says 'we're in this together.'

# posted by John @ 10/11/2008 07:07:00 PM 0 comments

N. KOREA AGREES TO U.S. NUCLEAR INSPECTION DEMANDS; U.S. REMOVING N.
KOREA FROM LIST OF TERROR SPONSORS

# posted by John @ 10/11/2008 07:07:00 PM 0 comments

Paulson: U.S. to inject capital directly into a 'broad array' of
financial firms
10/10/2008 6:45:24 PM

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 07:41:00 PM 0 comments

Dow plummets over 300 points after recovering from an earlier 700-point
decline in the first minutes of trading.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:48:00 AM 0 comments

Stocks tumble at open -- Dow sinks more than 500 points in first 5
minutes of trading.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:43:00 AM 0 comments

Bush, citing 'deeply unsettling period,' says U.S. is taking
'aggressive' action to right economy. Plan is 'big enough to work.'

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:39:00 AM 0 comments

Dow turns positive less than an hour into the session after tumbling
nearly 700 points shortly after the market opened.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:22:00 AM 0 comments

NEW YORK - The devastating selling continues on Wall Street, with
investors
dumping stocks in early trading. The Dow Jones industrials have already
lost 2,271 points in seven sessions.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:21:00 AM 0 comments

OSLO, Norway -- Finland's ex-president Martti Ahtisaari wins the Nobel
Peace
Prize.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:18:00 AM 0 comments

General Electric reports results in line with estimates. Financial
services profit down 30%. Reaffirms outlook.

# posted by John @ 10/10/2008 10:17:00 AM 0 comments

Japanese stocks drop 7% in early trading
10/9/2008 8:26:56 PM

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 11:35:00 PM 0 comments

Hong Kong's Hang Seng drops 7.9% in early trading
10/9/2008 10:06:11 PM

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 11:33:00 PM 0 comments

NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks plunged in the final minutes of trading Thursday,
sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 600 points to their
lowest level in five years. The Dow fell more than 660 points, or 7.2%,
to about 8,586 in late dealings. The blue chips hadn't fallen below the
9,000 level since Aug. 6, 2003. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell
74.73, or 7.6%, to 910.12 in late dealings.

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 04:32:00 PM 0 comments

NEW YORK (AP) - The Dow Jones industrials fell below the 9,000 mark on
Thursday, hurt by a steep decline in shares of General Motors Corp. The
blue chip index is extending its selling to a seventh straight day as
investors grapple with worries about the credit markets and the economy.

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 04:21:00 PM 0 comments

McLEAN, Va. - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama convinced
many more viewers to think more favorably of him during Tuesday night's
presidential debate than did his Republican opponent, John McCain, a new
USA TODAY/Gallup Poll signals.

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 01:14:00 PM 0 comments

U.S. weekly jobless claims show slight decline to 478,000
10/9/2008 8:34:07 AM

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 09:54:00 AM 0 comments

Stocks open higher amid rising hope that the government will continue
taking steps to breathe life into the economy.

# posted by John @ 10/09/2008 09:50:00 AM 0 comments

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has ordered an emergency interest rate
cut of a half a percentage point to cope with the worst financial crisis
since the 1929 stock market crash.

# posted by John @ 10/08/2008 12:57:00 PM 0 comments

Dow drops 200 points, after bounceback earlier in day, despite emergency
rate cuts by Fed and other central banks.

# posted by John @ 10/08/2008 12:52:00 PM 0 comments

Dow industrials down more than 1,400 points over past five sessions
10/7/2008 4:08:16 PM

# posted by John @ 10/07/2008 04:15:00 PM 0 comments

NEW YORK - Dow Jones industrials fall 500 points on growing concerns
about financial sector.

# posted by John @ 10/07/2008 04:14:00 PM 0 comments

Dow down 800 points, extending decline on global credit crisis. Update
soon.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 02:52:00 PM 0 comments

Dow plummets 700 points as investor fears about global economy escalate.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 02:28:00 PM 0 comments

Treasury, as part of swift implementation of bailout, issues interim
rules on hiring of money managers and conflicts of interest.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 01:19:00 PM 0 comments

Dow industrials down 400 points
10/6/2008 10:28:31 AM

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 10:43:00 AM 0 comments

The Dow Jones industrials have fallen below the 10,000 level for the
first time since Oct. 29, 2004.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 10:11:00 AM 0 comments

Dow plummets more than 300 points, falling below 10,000 for the first
time in nearly 4 years, as anxiety over global slowdown grows.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 10:09:00 AM 0 comments

Federal Reserve doubles to $300B the amount it will loan to financial
institutions in need of short-term capital.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 08:26:00 AM 0 comments

Federal Reserve doubles to $300B the amount it will loan to financial
institutions in need of short-term capital.

# posted by John @ 10/06/2008 08:25:00 AM 0 comments