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<title>EU finance chiefs in crisis talks</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191855361</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  declared separately that money held by ailing banks will be safe. Analysts say the move  ...  emergency legislation to shore up the country&apos;s banking system after the national currency, the krona,  ...  at the International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington in the next week. Its analysts will  ...
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<title>DIARY - Germany - to November 6</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191854298</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Bulletin - 0800 GMT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 WASHINGTON- Meeting of Finance Ministers from the Group  ...  organised by German Association of public sector banks (VB)- 1800 GMT NOVEMBER 2008 TBC- Financial  ...
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<title>Big Australia rate cut spurs Asia stocks rebound</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191854294</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:37 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Group of Seven rich countries meet in Washington this weekend. Interbank money markets -- blocked  ...  Reuters system. &quot;A concerted move by central banks to cut global rates would be seen  ...
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<title>Timeout called in Wachovia takeover battle</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191854031</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of legal dogfights by suing the other banks for $60 billion. The three banks were  ...  deal? The FDIC needs to do these banking transactions with speed and certainty,&quot; Grundfest said.  ...  other bank regulators. Unlike the sale of Washington Mutual Inc. to JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co.,  ...
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<title>IMF says global economy to slow dramatically; Morgan Stanley forecasts outright contraction in Eurozone economic activity</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853882</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  tightening, will trigger business failures and possibly banking emergencies. Some countries will slip toward balance  ...  damage to the banking systems in the United States and Europe be swiftly contained by far-reaching  ...
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<title>Palin character attack on Obama may hurt McCain</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853879</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  trying to dress the political wound that never heals: his role in a 1980s banking scandal that is featured in a new Barack Obama attack video. McCain&apos;s campaign quickly  ...
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<title>Gov. Rick Perry positive about strength of Texas economy amid nationwide turmoil</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853804</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  government officials took action to rescue major banks from utter disaster, the Dow Jones industrial  ...  noted that he refuses to run to Washington to bail his state out of any  ...
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<title>Government weighs plan to assume financing of short - term business debt to ease credit crunch</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853745</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Aversa October 7, 2008 - 00:38 a.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - The government is weighing a  ...  financing, which relies on investors rather than banks, has virtually dried up. ...
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<title>Fed eyes plan to fund short - term business loans</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853741</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Press October 7, 2008 - 0:33 a.m. WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is weighing a  ...  financing, which relies on investors rather than banks, has virtually dried up. ...
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<title>Congress opens financial collapse inquiry</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853735</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  set aside executive bonuses despite nose dive WASHINGTON -- The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers  ...  millions of dollars while betting on risky mortgage-backed investments that ultimately brought the financial system  ...
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<title>Worry mounts for credit-starved US economy</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853699</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  crisis worsens, the impact on workers and businesses is causing growing alarm in the United States. With banks unwilling or unable to loan money, and capital markets in turmoil, businesses, consumers and  ...
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<title>Massive sell-offs send global markets plummeting</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853685</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  world tumbled amid fast-spreading anxiety, officials in Washington worked quickly to put the new financial  ...  and to shovel more money into the banking system. The Treasury Department named a former  ...  would begin paying interest on reserves that banks keep with it. &quot;It&apos;s going to take  ...
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<title>Noriega knocks Cornyn over donations</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853661</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  is cozy with Wall Street investors and bankers who contribute millions to his campaigns. Noriega&apos;s  ...  industry and $546,342 from donors in commercial banking, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, which  ...  who tried to warn congressional leaders in Washington about the housing and financial crisis as  ...
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<title>Rescue plan anxiety rattles markets</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853628</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... WASHINGTON - On Day One, the $700 billion  ...  and to shovel more money into the banking system. The Treasury Department named a former  ...  would begin paying interest on reserves that banks keep with it. Bush sought to reassure  ...
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<title>Congress probes Wall St. meltdown</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=191853626</link>
<pubDate>7 Oct 2008 09:30 GMT</pubDate>
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... WASHINGTON - The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers  ...  millions of dollars while betting on risky mortgage-backed investments that ultimately brought the financial system  ...
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