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The heads of the Big Three automakers pleaded for emergency government aid to stave off potential collapse, but it appeared they had not persuaded enough lawmakers to move quickly on a bailout.
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The Big Three automakers asked for help to stave off collapse, but it appeared they had not persuaded enough lawmakers to move quickly on a bailout.
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Jeff Randall argues that the root cause of this economic misery is debt and the government must start to redeem its IOUs.
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There're hints the White House and Congress may compromise on a $14 billion loan package for the fainting auto makers in Detroit. That would be enough that the current President can say he saved the auto firms on his watch. Chrysler and GM would continue to move on down the road until January. Then it will be Obama's mess as the incoming President. The loans would likely come from the $25 billion allegedly earmarked to help the automakers begin making more fuel efficient vehicles. It is crucial to note that even this year GM has sold more cars in the U.S. than even Toyota. Any vote on the loan package would be next week in Congress. Then the Congressers go...
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President Bush and the Treasury Department said they would consider using money from the $700 billion financial bailout to help automakers.
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Finally – finally! – I get to meet the Jordan that is also Katie Price, but only after the most exhausting and exhaustive negotiations ever. It's this day, no this day, this time, no this time, then there is some contract that keeps going back and forth which demands that we use her portrait photograph, rather than take our own. And then, at last, we have an appointment and I'm half-way there on the train when I get a call to say sorry, the Jordan that is Katie Price can't make it today but she will rearrange. She'd better. Oh, she'd so better. Then I can strangle her or, failing that, at least give her a good kick up the backside.
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said that his government would go ahead with a plan to spend budget money to buy shares on the Russian stock exchange, starting Monday, in the hope of lifting the deeply depressed market.
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The Group of Seven finance chiefs announced Friday a plan of action to fight the global crisis, including the use of "all available tools" to support key institutions and prevent their failure.
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Plastic packaging has long been the bane of environmentalists, who see petroleum-based beverage bottles and shopping bags piling up in landfills as one of the biggest symbols of a wasteful society. That bad rap for plastic (not to mention soaring prices on the materials that go into making it) has sent consumer products companies scrambling to [...]
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Tips for improving your credit standing since your credit score is something that you have a fair bit of control over.
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Surprise delivery: mystery donor posts money through letter boxes
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Trillions in stock market value - gone. Trillions in retirement savings - gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll - gone, gone, gone....
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- After consulting with Barack Obama, Democratic leaders are likely to call Congress back to work after the election in hopes of passing legislation that would include extended jobless benefits, money for food stamps and possibly a tax rebate, officials said Saturday....
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When stocks plummet and your house value slides, what happens to the money you used to have?
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The discovery of a new material called black silicon offers a lesson in government financing of science and technology.
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IT is not just big-name NRL players being targeted by cashed-up French rugby union clubs.
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THE legal team of domestic football's governing body FUFA, will next week revive their compensation case against former coach Lazslo Csaba. The German absconded from duty and headed to Scotland's outfit Hearts FC as manager in June.
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As a high-stakes game of musical chairs unfolds in the global motor industry, carmakers are being forced to ask which assets they want to keep, and what they want to buy or sell
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The financial market collapse of the past few weeks has destroyed trillions of dollars in wealth. So where, exactly, did all that money go?
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The recent collapse of worldwide financial markets has everyone on edge. If you’re like most people, tough times have you looking around at ways to cut back on spending. You might be tempted to impose a freeze on all new purchases of hardware and software, but that draconian strategy only works for so long. Sooner or later, you need to refresh old technology, either because it’s stopped working or is so slow that it’s cramping your productivity. A better strategy, in my experience, is learning to shop smarter. In today’s post, I share some of the secrets I’ve learned about how to get great PC hardware and software without breaking the bank.
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Residents in Edson, Alta., are offering a $22,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Emily Stauffer's killer.
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Enter Mark Leckey’s room in the bowels of Tate Britain and you enter modern popular culture. Music, television, cinema, advertising fused together as anthropological art.
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Merger talks between the two U.S. automakers are a gut-punch to a city reeling from scandal and a downturn.
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Merger talks between General Motors and Chrysler are a gut-punch to a city reeling from scandal and a downturn.
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DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp jumped almost 18 percent on Monday after reports the No. 1 U.S. automaker had been in merger talks in recent weeks with smaller rivals Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC.
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Just because your band doesn't have the bucks for a six-figure advertising campaign doesn't mean you wouldn't be interested in promoting it on MySpace....
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Friends are hoping to raise money for the gravesite marker of the world's tallest woman, Sandy Allen, who died in August.
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A Manchester cancer treatment centre, which invested in an Icelandic bank, says research could be jeopardised if it does not get its money back.
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A Manchester cancer treatment centre, which invested in an Icelandic bank, says research could be jeopardised if it does not get its money back.
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Tomas Holmstrom and Nicklas Lidstrom each scored goals Monday night to help the Detroit Red Wings beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1.
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Candidates for the South Carolina Senate District 1 seat and the School District of Oconee County Board of Trustees made pitches to voters Monday.
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