NEW DELHI, India — It took 10 minutes for word of the Nov. 26 , Mumbai terror assaults to reach the top of the government of Maharashtra state, but nearly 10 hours for India 's best commando team to reach the scene. That delay may help to explain why it took three days for India's security forces ...
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CHICAGO, Dec 2 – US president-elect Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to help state governors cope with a deepening recession and asked for their help in crafting a huge stimulus package to create jobs and tackle the crumbling economy. As governors petitioned the federal government for billions of ...
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WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The CEOs of General Motors Corp (GM.N: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) and Chrysler LLC said they would consider restarting talks about a merger during a nearly six-hour congressional grilling on the industry's pleas for $34 billion in government aid. The CEOs ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended in the last hour of trading Thursday as stocks tumbled amid growing investor anxiety about the government's key November employment report. The major indexes each fell more than 3 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average ...
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Brussels/London - Europe's two leading central banks - the European Central Bank and the Bank of England - delivered big rate cuts Thursday as monetary authorities around the world stepped up their drive to spur global growth by slashing the cost of money. While the European Central bank (ECB ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) ― U.S. automakers drew fresh skepticism from lawmakers Thursday in a rocky confrontation over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say they need to survive. Congressional analysts said one bailout plan under consideration would fall short of what the ...
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