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10/11/2008
G.M. and Chrysler Explore Merger
General Motors is in preliminary talks about a possible merger with Chrysler, which could remake the auto industry.
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10/11/2008
Rich Nations Pushing for Coordination in Rescue
The United States and six other nations agreed to a plan to rescue the financial industry, but fell short of offering concrete steps to backstop bank lending.
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10/10/2008
Whiplash Ends a Roller Coaster Week
For three straight days, the stock market collapsed in the last hour of trading. On Friday, it merely swooned.
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10/10/2008
White House Memo: In Final Months in Office, Bush Is Burdened but Still Confident
Just as President Bush is convinced he did the right thing in Iraq, he is convinced he is doing the right thing on the economy.
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NYT > Business
10/10/2008
Economic Uncertainty Spreads
Around the world, fears of recession have fed a stock market panic, as worries about toxic assets spread from the financial sector to the credit markets and now to the broader economy.
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10/10/2008
As Stock Falls, Morgan Looks to Japanese Bank
Morgan Stanley was racing to secure its financial lifeline from a big Japanese bank as confidence in the embattled Wall Street bank continued to erode.
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10/10/2008
A Bit of ?I Told You So? Outside World Bank Talks
Protesters gathered to express their sadness ? and in some cases, glee ? over the global economic catastrophe that some said had proved them right.
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10/10/2008
Your Money: One Thing You Can Control: Your Credit Score
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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10/10/2008
Insurance on Lehman Debt Is the Industry?s Next Test
Sellers of insurance on bonds issued by Lehman Brothers are now likely to face demands that they pay out more than 91 cents on the dollar to buyers of those insurance contracts.
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10/10/2008
Oil Closes Below $78 as Demand Forecast Is Cut
Oil prices fell to their lowest level in more than a year as the International Energy Agency cut its forecast for global demand.
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10/10/2008
Finance Arm Weighs on G.E. Results
After lowering its quarterly profit guidance last week, G.E.?s numbers were not surprising. Profit from continuing operations fell 12 percent to $4.5 billion in the third quarter.
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10/10/2008
Global Anxiety Catches Up to Japan?s Economy
The world?s second-largest economy, which had seemed immune from the global financial contagion, is suddenly looking a lot more vulnerable.
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10/10/2008
Battered Money Funds Find Relief
For the first time in a month, investors have put new cash into the most-battered category of money market funds.
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10/11/2008
This Land: In a Home Like Many Others, Uncertainty in Every Check of the Market
Tyler Pappas is intelligent, in good standing with society and, like so many of us, not quite sure what to do as his family?s life savings shrink by the day.
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10/10/2008
Russia to Spend Billions Buying Shares on Stock Exchanges to Bolster Confidence
The move would support one of the world?s hardest-hit markets from the credit crisis, as the country suffered fresh blows from plunging commodity prices.
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10/10/2008
Iceland?s Banks Face Overseas Claims
Across Europe, countries, companies and consumers are discovering exposure to the three main Icelandic banks, all of which have been taken over by the government.
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10/10/2008
Off the Charts: The World?s Banks Could Prove Too Big to Fail ? or to Rescue
As the banking system quaked this week in many countries, one question was asked quietly: Can the governments afford it?
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10/10/2008
Saturday Interview: What May Lie Ahead for Mutual Funds
Geoffrey Bobroff, a mutual fund industry consultant, discusses what the changes on Wall Street might mean for mutual funds.
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10/10/2008
Trade Deficit Down as Oil Imports Dip
The U.S. trade deficit declined 3.5 percent in August, the government reported, and is expected to shrink further as a severe economic slump depresses demand for oil and other goods.
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10/11/2008
Meeting on Crisis, Executives Say High Taxes Hinder City?s Economy
Leaders of many of New York City?s largest companies gathered at the New York Stock Exchange to discuss how they and government officials should respond to the financial crisis.
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10/11/2008
Counseling, Consoling, and Staying Calm
Numerous clients have been calling their financial planners as the world rocks unsteadily, seeking advice and words of comfort.
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10/10/2008
The Frugal Teenager, Ready or Not
With no choice but to cut back, parents say ?no? and children say, ?Huh??
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10/10/2008
Shortcuts: When Job Hunting, Be Your Own Salesman
Most job seekers know that nothing beats networking and face-to-face contacts. But how do you meet those people?
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10/10/2008
Hearst to Close CosmoGirl Magazine
The December issue will be the magazine?s last, as ad pages plummet across the magazine industry.
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10/10/2008
Verizon Wireless Plans to Charge Companies Sending Text Messages
Verizon told companies that send out text messages that starting Nov. 1 it will impose a fee of 3 cents for each message it delivers to the phones of its subscribers.
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10/10/2008
YouTube to Offer TV Shows With Ads Strewn Through
YouTube said it would start offering full-length episodes of some television shows on its sprawling Web site.
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10/10/2008
Market Values: Investing Like Buffett
We may be able to feel like billionaires and nudge our net worths higher by thinking and acting with our money as Warren Buffett does with his.
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10/10/2008
Couric Rebounds With Web and Palin
By getting some of their best election coverage online, Katie Couric and the team behind ?CBS Evening News? may have seized on a template for the not-so-distant future.
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10/10/2008
Iran Vendors Protest Move to Collect a Sales Tax
The protests, the largest since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005, occurred in several large cities.
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10/10/2008
Talking Business: Swept Up by Insanity of Markets
We find ourselves experiencing the same kind of financial panic that has dogged mankind at least since the Dutch tulip mania of the 1630s.
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