NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke predicted that the global financial markets crisis is likely to restrain the economy well into next year and signaled that the Fed may be getting ready to cut interest rates. But he ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon. Stocks continued their free fall ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has raised about $3.3 million from contributors who did not list a home state or who designated their state with an abbreviation that did not match one of the 50 states or U.S ...
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I listened this morning to the the latest facts and figures on Internet advertising . One figure stuck out. The growth in e-commerce fell from 13% a year ago to 9% through the second quarter of this year. The explanation given: We’re paying more to ...
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CALGARY — Money, and there's more of it now, makes a difference in Clara Hughes' preparation to defend her speedskating gold medal at the 2010 Olympic Games. Own The Podium, the plan designed to get Canada to the top of the medal standings at the ...
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This volcanic island near the Arctic Circle is on the brink of becoming the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial meltdown. Home to just 320,000 people on a territory the size of Kentucky, Iceland has formidable international reach ...
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MEASURE WW, the East Bay Regional Park District's $500 million bond proposal, is a blatant rip off. While we all love and appreciate our parks, and EBRPD does a half-decent job in managing its nearly 100,000 acres of open space, a large chunk of the ...
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