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Financial, economic gloom grows
The Swampby Frank James The pressure is only increasing on federal policymakers grappling with the financial and economic slide. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 9,000, 680 points down this afternoon, signaling that the financial panic continues. Part...Tags: Economy, Stock Activities, BNP Paribas, John McCain, General Motors Corp.
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Paulson blew it: French finance minister
The Swampby Frank James Sacrebleu. Looks like when the G-7 finance ministers meet in the Washington Friday, there could be some awkward moments between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. and French counterpart, Christine Lagarde. She thinks has botched things...Tags: Ben Bernanke, Bankruptcy, Freddie Mac, Financial Markets, Federal Reserve
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Bush: Rose Garden economy 'assurance'
The Swampby Mark Silva Call it a Rose Garden strategy. A number of times now, during the financial meltdown underway, President Bush has stepped out of the Oval Office to deliver urgent messages for action by Congress and reassurances that the......Tags: Stock Activities, Business, George Bush, Federal Reserve, National Government
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Bush: 'Anxiety feeds anxiety'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, addressing the nation at a "deeply unsettling period for the American people,'' vowed today that the government will solve the underlying problems of the financial meltdown that was dragging the Dow Jones Industrial Average...Tags: Stock Activities, $700 Billion Bank Bailout, George Bush, Federal Reserve, Florida
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Obama-McCain: Dow down, Obama up
The Swampby Mark Silva The Dow Jones Industrial average may have suffered from the financial crisis unfolding on Wall Street this week, but Barack Obama's stock has risen steadily. The Democrat's five-point edge over Republican John McCain in the newest Gallup.......Tags: Stock Activities, Republican National Conventions, John McCain, Political Candidates, Elections
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Bush: Crisis 'worsens' without action
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, insisting that Congress act on a stalled financial market rescue, said today that the nation's economy is "in an urgent situation, and the consequences will grow worse each day if we do not act... "If......Tags: Financial Markets, George Bush, New York Stock Exchange, National Government, Stock Broking
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Obama hits McCain on Social Security
The SwampSen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., center, with Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, left, and Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008.(AP Photo/Reinhold Matay) by John McCormick DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Appearing in a.......Tags: Kathleen Sebelius, John McCain, Arizona, Elections, Executive Branch
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McCain, Obama campaign turning point
The Swampby Paul West As the credit meltdown became a full-blown crisis, it wasn't just a nightmare on Wall Street. It also was one of the worst things that could have happened to John McCain's presidential candidacy. When times are bad,......Tags: Elijah E Cummings, Republican National Conventions, Financial Markets, John McCain, George Bush
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Bush: We will 'strengthen' the ecomony
The Swampby Mark Silva President Bush, cancelling a planned day trip to Florida and Alabama today to monitor developments in the nation's financial markets from the White House, pledged that "the American people can be sure that we will continue to......Tags: Financial Markets, John McCain, George Bush, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae
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Bailout, taxpayers, Wall St: Who pays?
The Swampby Mark Silva While congressional leaders race toward a hard-fought agreement over a $700-billion bailout for the nation's financial markets, resistant House Republicans say they are in no rush to lay the burden "on the backs of American taxpayers.''...Tags: Roy Blunt, Financial Markets, George Bush, National Government, Henry Paulson
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Senate reviving bailout: Adding sugar
The Swampby Mark Silva The Senate will attempt to revive the president's $700 billion financial market bailout today, adding some sweeteners to try to make it more palatable to the House, which rejected it y 228-205 on Monday. It's said the......Tags: Financial Markets, Metal and Mineral, Financial and Business Services, National Government, Financial Services
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Sullivan treasures lost or harmed
During his lifetime (1856-1924), Chicago architect Louis Sullivan designed such masterpieces as the former Carson Pirie Scott & Co. store on State Street. But a combination of human ignorance, carelessness and natural disasters has significantly...Tags: Art Institute of Chicago, Natural Disasters, Financial Markets, Christianity, Baptist
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