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Credit crisis fixes: Six ideas here
The Swampby William Neikirk A major economic stimulus package, including funds to rebuild the nation's infrastructure, is shaping up as one of the top ideas for responding to the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. Asked to name key measures that......Tags: Securities, Federal Reserve, Money and Monetary Policy, Freddie Mac, Economic Policy
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Stock mutual funds fell almost across the board
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLet's face it: Opening your third-quarter mutual fund or 401(k) statement will be like dropping a bowling ball on your toe. And let's not even think about the fourth quarter. ¶ As the very stability of the global financial system has been called into...Tags: Personal Finance, Stock Broking, Mutual Funds, Stock Market, American International Group
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Obama rides a wave of bad economic news
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersFor months, Mark Wagner stuck by John McCain, even as the economy stalled and other Americans came to blame Republican leadership. Then, about three weeks ago, the deepening economic downturn pushed him to reconsider. Now, the Florida salesman and...Tags: Florida, Illinois, National Government, George Bush, Indiana
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Confronting our fears on Wall Street
Bloomberg NewsGreed and fear are the emotions that rule markets. Fear is winning. U.S. and European stock markets fell steadily last week, even after the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate in concert with central banks in Europe, Canada and China....Tags: Economy, Economic Indicator, Philosophy, Federal Reserve, New York University
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We think: Kosmas, Blythe, Putnam and Stearns would serve voters best
In a time of war and economic turmoil, the choice of a president could not be more important. But the success of the next resident of the White House may depend on the partners he has at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue in the U.S. Capitol. This is a...Tags: Florida, National Government, New Jersey, Kennedy Space Center, Freddie Mac
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Meltdown not over: 'Financial weapons of mass destruction' have yet to go off
Sentinel ColumnistSo who is to blame for the Great Recession? Is it the Democrats, the Republicans, the greed merchants of Wall Street? Here is a condensed version of events to help you decide. And by condensed I mean I have reduced Einstein's Theory of Relativity to Dr....Tags: Credit and Debt, National Government, Securities, Money and Monetary Policy, Freddie Mac
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Federal Data Disproves Conservative Slams On Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
McClatchy NewspapersAs the economy worsens and Election Day approaches, a conservative campaign that blames the global financial crisis on a government push to make housing more affordable to lower-class Americans has taken off on talk radio and e-mail. Commentators say...Tags: National Government, George Bush, Federal Reserve, Mortgages, Housing and Urban Planning
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Bush switches gears on bailout
The New York TimesAs international leaders gathered on Saturday to grapple with the global financial crisis, the Bush administration embarked on an overhaul of its own strategy for rescuing the foundering financial system. Two weeks after persuading Congress to let it...Tags: National Government, George Bush, U.S. Department of Treasury, Mortgages, Financial Markets
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Bank rescue plan to test capitalism
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersAre we witnessing the erosion of capitalism, or its salvation? That question is swirling around the federal government's latest proposed intervention in the private financial markets since Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson announced Friday a plan to...Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., National Government, Securities, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac
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A roller coaster week
President Bush's tepid Rose Garden reassurances Friday that the government is addressing the economic crisis notwithstanding, Washington still hasn't tamed the Wall Street beast. Try as it might, the administration's combination of moves hasn't stopped...Tags: Stock Activities, Federal Reserve, Henry Paulson, New York Stock Exchange, Stock Market
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The financial crisis and health care
The financial markets are gyrating. The world economy is teetering. The U.S. government is making a $700 billion or more bailout to avert a worldwide disaster. No surprise, health care has become a side show. Or has it? Not only does this upheaval...Tags: Medicine, Economic Policy, Medical Services, John McCain, National Institutes of Health
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Legg subsidiary sells entire stake in Freddie
Baltimore's Legg Mason Capital Management, the namesake money manager's subsidiary run by Bill Miller, has sold its entire stake in mortgage giant Freddie Mac, which was taken over by the government last month, according to documents filed yesterday...Tags: Bill Miller, Mortgages, E-Commerce Industry, Freddie Mac, Amazon.com Inc.
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