August 11th, 2011
French bankers and officials scrambled to calm nerves on Thursday after two days of whipsaw trading that saw their banks’ market value fall and rise by billions of euros.By late in the day those efforts appeared to settle markets jittery about the health of French banks and [...]
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August 11th, 2011
Economists looked by MarketWatch had expected the Labor Department to report an increase in initial claims, to 410,000.Trading in U.S. stock futures followed a choppy pattern with investors on edge after the previous session’s plunge, while shares of Cisco Systems Inc. [...]
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August 5th, 2011
Two years after the last recession ended, Wall Street is showing rising fear that the U.S. economy could be headed for a new downturn.Stock prices plummeted in the U.S. and Europe on Tuesday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average to its lowest level since March and to its longest losing streak — eight straight sessions [...]
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October 12th, 2008
The following is President Bush’s statement Saturday on the financial crisis, as released by the White House. He spoke in the Rose Garden after meeting with financial ministers from the G-7 nations:
Thank you all very much. Good morning. [Treasury] Secretary [Henry] Paulson, Secretary [of State Condoleezza] Rice and I just had a productive discussion with [...]
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October 12th, 2008
John D. McKinnon reports on the financial crisis from Washington.
President Bush’s Rose Garden appearance Saturday morning was meant to provide a reassuring picture of stability — the world’s most powerful leader, standing alongside finance ministers of the seven old-line industrial powers, their flags flapping proudly in the autumn breeze.
But as recent financial shocks have showed, [...]
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October 11th, 2008
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Bush urged global finance leaders on Saturday to work together on plans to fix “the serious global crisis” in credit markets. “We’re in this together.
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September 8th, 2008
Sensex nose dives below 14,500, ends 415.27 pts down
Mumbai, Sep 5 (UNI) The Bombay Stock Exchange Sensex today nose dived even below 14,500, wiping off 415.27 points to close at 14,483.83 on sustained profit booking interest across the sector triggered by persisting weak global cues.
The BSE benchmark index touched the day’s low of 14,438.59, losing [...]
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September 8th, 2008
By Martin Crutsinger and Alan Zibel, AP Business Writers
US Government seizes control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration’s seizure of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is potentially a $200 billion bet that it will help reverse a prolonged housing and credit crisis.
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