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  • TOPWRAP 1-Economic gloom deepens in Asia, stocks fall Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 1:15AM(For more stories on the financial crisis click [ID:nCRISIS ])
  • GM Canada beset by pension crisis Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 12:28AMMassive pension deficit presents a quandary for governments that would be on the hook in the event of bankruptcy
  • GM Canada beset by pension crisis Wednesday, November 19, 2008 @ 12:21AMTORONTO — The General Motors of Canada Ltd. pension funds had a shortfall of $4.5-billion as of last November – before the stock market collapse – creating a massive financial headache for the Ontario government and pension cuts for retired employees if the company falls into bankruptcy protection.
  • Bill Whitney: Economic crisis looking like Great Depression Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:15PMThe Great Depression was famous for its pictures of men on street corners in business suits selling apples for a nickel. Today we have the Internet where pieces of toast that look like Elvis are for sale to the highest bidder.
  • Protect Your Retirement Savings From Recession Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 11:13PMOne writer shows how the cracky stock market has recently validated one of his theories on saving for retirement.
  • Fortune Favors The Bold, CCTC Says Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 9:20PM(RTTNews) - The chaos in this market is unprecedented, say the analysts at Chemung Canal Trust Company. The daily volatility of stocks during the month of October was six times greater than average. The news flow of both the U.S. and the global economies gets more ominous with each passing day.
  • Mark Cuban Is Charged With Insider Trading Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 6:15AMThe Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit charging the Internet entrepreneur with insider trading for selling shares of an Internet search company in 2004.
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 11:22 TOPWRAP 5-Bank profits tumble, jobs slashed, bonuses cut Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:52AMBy Yuzo Saeki and Ralph Boulton
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 10:50 STOCKS NEWS UK SMALL-Renold down as outlook tempered Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 5:21AM10:33GMT 18Nov2008-Renold down as outlook tempered
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-18 10:14 UPDATE 2-Japan economy may not grow until 2010, Yosano says Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 4:36AMBy Yuzo Saeki
  • Japan economy may not grow until 2010, Yosano says Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 3:58AM(For more stories on the financial crisis click [ID:nCRISIS ]) (Adds comments, details)
  • Nigeria: Trouble! Tuesday, November 18, 2008 @ 3:50AMWhen a highly cerebral person like former Finance Minister and international consultant, Dr. Kalu Idika Kalu, writes to commend your column, it is trouble.
  • Taiwan Stocks Called Lower On Tuesday Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 6:33PM(RTTNews) - After snapping on Friday the four-day losing streak that had cost it nearly 300 points or 6.5 percent, the Taiwan stock market turned right back to the downside again on Monday.
  • That empty feeling at the gas pump subsides Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 5:16PMWhile stocks, housing prices and some retail sales appear to be reeling from the global financial crisis, business is good at Baker City gas stations, where operators report customers are pleased to see prices as low as $2.34 a gallon.
  • US stocks fall; Dow slips 223 pts Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 4:57PMNEW YORK: US stocks and oil prices fell on Monday after Japan became the latest major economy to slide into recession and Citigroup said it would cut 15% of its work force, the latest signs of a worldwide slowdown.
  • Council stocks on the rise Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 4:38PMLocal government has not been hit as hard as expected by the ongoing financial crisis.
  • Monroe County Opens New Crime Lab Monday, November 17, 2008 @ 4:38PMLaw enforcement officers throughout Monroe County now have a new weapon to help them in the fight against crime. The Monroe County Crime Analysis Center officially opened Monday. Analysts plan to use advanced computer technology to stop criminal patterns before they become trends.
  • City Council is optimistic over revenue Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 5:08AMCARLSBAD – In what may be the biggest economic shock of the fiscal year, the city of Carlsbad projects a rise in property tax revenue at a time when other municipalities are suffering record foreclosures that have shredded their budgets.
  • Futures file: Commodities "bullied" by China, stock market Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 5:05AMCommodity prices, especially crude oil, began last week with a bang as Beijing announced a $568 billion government-spending stimulus package to rev up its failing economy.
  • Europe in recession, US in pain as world leaders meet Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 2:58AMNEW YORK: Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the US economy suffered thousands more layoffs and the biggest retail sales dip on record as world leaders are in Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
  • Europe in recession, US in pain as world leaders meet Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 1:27AMNEW YORK: Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the US economy suffered thousands more layoffs and the biggest retail sales dip on record as world leaders met in Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
  • Europe slides into recession Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 12:55AMEurope officially fell into recession overnight and the US economy suffered further blows as world leaders headed to Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
  • Europe in recession, US in pain as world leaders meet Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 12:41AMEurope officially fell into recession and the US economy suffered thousands more layoffs and the biggest retail sales dip on record as world leaders met in Washington.
  • Top 10 greatest IT chief executives Saturday, November 15, 2008 @ 12:30AMLast week, we looked at the geeks who created iconic technologies.
  • Valuable tools: IRA rollover extension advances local philanthropy Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 8:38PMSomewhat overshadowed by the magnitude of the $700 billion Economic Stabilization Act ("Wall Street Bail Out Bill") President Bush signed into law in October was a provision to extend the IRA charitable rollover provision.
  • Businesses need credit, loan guarantees to survive: Conference Board Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 7:04PMOTTAWA - The Conference Board is joining industry groups in urging Ottawa to become the bank-of-last-resort to help Canadian businesses survive the worsening financial and economic crisis.
  • More Losses In Store For Taiwan Stocks Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 6:49PM(RTTNews) - The Taiwan stock market saw its losing streak extended to three sessions, losing more than 120 points or 2.5 percent in the process.
  • TARP jitters, consumer spending fears, commodity slide ignite freefall Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 3:29PM The Russell closed down 6.12%, the second-lowest daily close in more than five years.
  • CPP investment losses pile up Wednesday, November 12, 2008 @ 3:28PMThe Canada Pension Plan fund lost 8.5 per cent on its investments in the second quarter and 7.5 per cent through the first half of its fiscal year.
  • (AFX UK Focus) 2008-11-12 00:19 FACTBOX-20 ideas to kick-start an economy Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 6:22PMNov 12 (Reuters) - Among a group of thinkers who predicted the credit crunch in 2003, the London-based New Economics Foundation is now advancing radical proposals on ways to rebuild the British economy. In its overview of the impact of the crisis last week, the International Monetary Fund predicted Britain would lag other major economies, forecasting a decline of 1.3 percent in 2009, compared ...
  • CLAIRE Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 4:12PMReview Date: NOVEMBER 10, 2008 Publisher: BookSurge (198 pp.) Price (paperback): $15.99 Publication Date: September 19, 2008 ISBN (paperback): 978-1-4392-0468-9 Category: AUTHORS Classification: FICTION
  • Michael Rubin: Embrace Free Stuff Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 3:09PMAuthor says hobbies should take the place of pricier activities.
  • Luxury cars feel meltdown tremors, sales plunge by 62% Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 2:36PMThe so far unaffected luxury cars segment in India has finally taken a hit. For the first time in 2008, the segment has seen a dip in sales as dealers are not getting finance from banks to build up stocks and luxury car buffs are postponing purchases to tide over the financial turmoil.
  • Fisher Building Turns 80 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 1:52PM     A landmark building in the Detroit skyline turns 80-years-old this week.      The anchor of Detroit’s New Center area – the Fisher Building opened its doors officially on November 11th, 1928. An event at the Fisher Theatre took place that day as part of the opening festivities.      Allen Lichtenstein is with the Nederlander Organization. He says Detroit’s theatrical family found success ...
  • The great bond market crash of 2009 Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 5:02AMInvestors have spent the past few weeks bemoaning the devastation to their portfolios caused by the stock market downturn, which if it does not produce recovery by year-end will have made 2008 the worst stock market year since 1937. Their misery would be compounded if they knew that next year, while it may avoid more than moderate stock market mayhem, is likely to produce the worst bond market ...
  • Stocks fall on belief global recession is at hand Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 4:54AMNEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street joined stock markets around the world in a huge selloff Friday, sending major market indexes to their lowest levels in more than five years on the belief that a punishing economic recession is at hand.
  • Stocks surge as investors anticipate yearend rally Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 4:53AMNEW YORK (AP) - Investors believing that Wall Street is on the verge of a yearend rally piled into the market Tuesday, brushing off more weak economic data while they scarfed up stocks and propelled the Dow Jones industrials up 300 points to its highest close in four weeks.
  • Nigeria: Bretton Woods Apostles - the Great U-Turn Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 4:41AMAt last, after wasting our precious time for over four decades, our Western-trained experts are now admitting that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the two principal pillars of the so-called Bretton Woods system evolved in 1944-1945, are no longer relevant to the development needs of Africa and other developing economies.
  • And now for the important news .... Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 3:31AMhttp://www.JewishWorldReview.com | San Francisco officials decided Friday to build a suicide prevention net under the Golden Gate Bridge. There are environmental concerns. Between the stock market crash and the ban on gay marriage, all the splashing has begun to annoy the sea lions.
  • Africa: Foundation laying ceremony of ETI headquarters Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 3:14AMallAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
  • Stocks pare losses on hopes of G20 action Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 3:02AMStocks pare losses on hopes of G20 action
  • North Texas home sales decline Tuesday, November 11, 2008 @ 2:46AMNorth Texas pre-owned home sales suffered a steep decline in October, falling 17 percent from a year ago. The drop was one of the largest so far this year and coincided with the crash in world financial and credit markets.
  • Rell: 2nd stimulus package should have aid for states Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 11:29AMGov. M. Jodi Rell (R-Brookfield) said that a second federal economic stimulus package should include assistance to states for Medicaid, unemployment compensation and infrastructure improvements as they face huge projected budget deficits for the current fiscal year.
  • Small-cap stocks pushed higher; LFG, FNF, and HOGS lead gainers Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 9:46AM Small-cap stocks pushed higher on the opening, showing a resilient rise in the face of yet another downbeat economic report. Today’s monthly employment release showed unemployment at 14-year...
  • Recession 2.0: Readers Respond Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 9:08AMAn affluent blogger says the financial crisis has affected even him.
  • Merrill Lauds Melissa Etheridge Friday, November 7, 2008 @ 8:16AM Charles Merrill, the cousin of the man who founded Merrill Lynch & Co., and who predicted a stock market crash that will put the 1929 crash to shame, has also been a key figure since 2004 resisting paying federal income tax.
  • AP Financial NewsBrief at 8:44 p.m. EST Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 8:21PMNEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street plunged for a second day, triggered by computer gear maker Cisco Systems warning of slumping demand and retailers reporting weak sales for October.
  • Mark Silver: Avoiding Financial Trauma Stress Disorder Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 8:01PMIt was a fantasy-land wish to see the election victory Obama and a more progressive agenda fill the global economy with enough confidence to stop...
  • Stocks tumble, lose 10 percent in 2-day rout Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 7:58PMNEW YORK ---- Wall Street plunged for a second day, triggered by computer gear maker Cisco Systems warning of slumping demand and retailers reporting weak sales for October. Concerns about widespread economic weakness sent the major stock indexes down more than 4 percent Thursday, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which tumbled more than 440 points.
  • Losses Mount, Fears Overwhelm, and a Life-Ending Decision Is Made Thursday, November 6, 2008 @ 7:34PMAs markets continue to tumble worldwide, some experts predict suicide could increase as those who once enjoyed the fruits of a global asset boom watch their fortunes evaporate.