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U.S. will buy stock in banks to boost capital
Associated PressThe government will buy an ownership stake in a broad array of U.S. banks for the first time since the Depression, Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. said late yesterday, announcing the historic step after stock markets fell still lower around the...Tags: Heads of State, Financial Markets, The White House, Henry Paulson, Stock Market
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You have some input on interest rates
The Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage point this week in the hope of stimulating lending and spending. Are you wondering how this will affect you, the consumer? We've written a lot about how lenders have tightened their...Tags: Credit and Debt, Federal Reserve
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Wall Street finishes worst week ever
Of The Associated PressSpeaking at the White House Friday as finance ministers and central bankers from around the world gathered nearby. Stock markets jolted still lower in the U.S. and around the world Friday despite all efforts to slow the selling stampede, and the globe'...Tags: Financial Markets, The White House, Henry Paulson, Stock Market, Ben Bernanke
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Markets end historic downswing
Wall Street ended one of its worst weeks ever trying to figure out whether to continue its freefall or take some tentative steps toward a possible recovery. The stock market gyrated up and down, sending the Dow Jones industrials bouncing within a 1,000-...Tags: New York Stock Exchange, Barclays Plc, Financial Markets, Stock Broking, Stock Market
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G7 Endorses Plan To Battle Financial Crisis
The tsunami of global stock sell-offs swept through Europe on Friday as European shareholders deserted the markets in droves, pushing down stock prices in a frenzy some dubbed "red October." Exchanges that had hit record highs just a year ago plunged...Tags: Credit Ratings, Financial Markets, Henry Paulson, Moody's Corporation, Ben Bernanke
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Stock markets end week of credit crunch worries
carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.com; This storyCredit-crunch worries continued to weigh on U.S. stock markets Friday, but the hemorrhaging evident for most of the week was contained. The Dow, however, was buffeted by wild gyrations amid frenzied trading. The blue-chip index twice recovered from drops...Tags: New York Stock Exchange, U.S. Department of Treasury, Economic Policy, Stock Market, Henry Paulson
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Dow down again, caps off worst week since 1914
carrie.mason-draffen@newsday.comCredit-crunch worries continued to weigh on U.S. stock markets Friday, but the hemorrhaging evident for most of the week was contained - at least temporarily. The Dow Jones lost 128 points Friday, or 1.5 percent, to close at 8,451, capping its worst week...Tags: New York Stock Exchange, U.S. Department of Treasury, Economic Policy, Stock Broking, Stock Market
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Stocks swing wildly, surge late
The Associated PressWall Street capped one of its worst weeks ever with a wild session today that saw the Dow Jones industrials gyrate within a 1,000 point range before closing with a relatively mild loss and the Nasdaq composite index actually ending with a modest advance....Tags: Bonds, General Electric Company, Stock Market, Wells Fargo & Co., Petroleum Industry
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Snowballing sell-off on Wall Street spreads worldwide
The Associated PressStock prices careened lower Friday in Asia and Europe and gyrated wildly in the United States, extending a stampede of selling that began on Wall Street a day earlier and deepening a global financial crisis that has defied all efforts to stop it....Tags: Financial Markets, Stock Market, Government, General Motors Corp., Petroleum Industry
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Bush says the government's financial rescue plan is aggressive and big enough to work
AP White House CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) _ President Bush said Friday that the government's financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in. "We can solve this crisis and we will," he said in brief remarks from the White...Tags: U.S. Department of Treasury, Heads of State, The White House, Stock Market, Government
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Top economic powers endorse plan to battle financial crisis
AP Economics WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday to stem the worst financial crisis in more than a half-century. The officials from the Group of Seven countries issued the five-point plan aimed at...Tags: Credit Ratings, Financial Markets, Henry Paulson, Moody's Corporation, Ben Bernanke
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Oil prices plummet to 13-month on fears global slowdown will cut crude demand
AP Business WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ The stunning collapse in oil markets accelerated Friday, sending a barrel of crude plunging below $78 as investors grow more pessimistic about resolving a mushrooming global economic crisis. Oil hasn't been this cheap in 13 months —...Tags: Energy Resources, Natural Resources, Stock Market, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry
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