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Chavez says Obama win could spur talks with US - Yahoo! News »
Posted by: FSU92grad 2 weeks, 1 day ago in News
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he is willing to talk with Barack Obama if the Democratic candidate wins Tuesday's election.
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WaMu puts itself up for sale, report says »
Posted by: mozzer 2 months ago in Business & Finance
Washington Mutual, the nation's largest thrift, has put itself up for sale, the New York Times reports, citing unidentified people briefed on the matter.
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Blaming the Victim for the Crimes »
Posted by: populist 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Politics
The economy is in a recession. The bugaboo word, "depression," is at last being used by high-level officials, economists, and talking heads on TV. This ...
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U.S. in recession, jobless to peak at 7.5 percent: survey »
Posted by: STONERS 1 day, 1 hour ago in Business & Finance
The U.S. economy is in recession and will contract at a faster pace in the fourth quarter, extending the decline into early 2009 as ...
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White House Officials - Get Palin Off Ticket? »
Posted by: plaidlemur 1 month ago in Politics
According to Kathleen Parker, of National Review fame, White House Officials have confided in her that they indeed want Sarah Palin off of the Republican ...
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Circuit City files for bankruptcy »
Posted by: mozzer 1 week, 1 day ago in Business & Finance
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Circuit City Stores Inc, the No. 2 U.S. consumer electronics retailer, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday just a few weeks ...
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US slips into recession: Federal Reserve »
Posted by: STONERS 1 month ago in News
The United States has entered a recession, the head of the San Francisco branch of the Federal Reserve, the nation's central bank, said Tuesday.
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Creating More Money for Bailouts: Economic Suicide »
Posted by: populist 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Politics
I was a teenager during the period preceding the Great Depression which lasted 10 years. Our present policy is bringing starvation to the United States ...
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Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis »
Posted by: ameliog 1 month ago in Family
By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy ...
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Wave of job cuts sweeps across corporate America »
Posted by: cosmogenium 3 weeks, 4 days ago in Business & Finance
As companies look at their prospects for the final quarter of the year and begin to see increasingly grim outlooks for 2009, they are cutting ...
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The Woman Greenspan Silenced »
Posted by: _kam0_ 1 month ago in Business & Finance
More than a decade ago, a woman you're likely never to have heard of, Brooksley Born, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission-- a ...
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Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday »
Posted by: STONERS 3 months, 3 weeks ago in News
An 80-13 test vote showed broad support for the package and put it on track to pass the Senate by Saturday. The White House says ...
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Bernanke breathes life into another stimulus bill »
Posted by: STONERS 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
With a timely endorsement from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, there's new life to the idea of Congress returning to Washington next month to ...
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Bernanke breathes life into another stimulus bill »
Posted by: STONERS 4 weeks ago in Business & Finance
With a timely endorsement from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, there's new life to the idea of Congress returning to Washington next month to ...
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Why Has The FED Acted As If The World Is About To End? Here's Why: (Beware Scary Chart) »
Posted by: austin356 2 weeks, 3 days ago in Business & Finance
Bank reserves, other than those achieved through loans (usually FED funds market, or discount window) have evaporated.



