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Financial turmoil takes toll on September sales
Posted on Oct 06, 2008 - 3:41 pm
AP - WHAT'S UP: Retailers are expected to report dismal same-store sales figures on Wednesday, providing the first full gauge of consumer behavior since the financial meltdown began. The only bright spots will be discounters and wholesale clubs as customers focus on bare-bone essentials.
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FDIC working to bolster fund for more bank failures
Posted on Oct 06, 2008 - 2:41 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Banking regulators are working aggressively to implement higher deposit insurance limits and to ensure that there will be sufficient reserves to cover losses from more bank failures, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp said on Monday.
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Fed, Treasury take steps to confront financial crisis
Posted on Oct 06, 2008 - 1:41 pm - AFP
AFP - The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury announced measures Monday to confront a rapidly escalating financial crisis under new emergency powers as panicked investors fled stock markets.
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Fed moves to broker deal for Wachovia: sources
Posted on Oct 05, 2008 - 11:37 pm - Reuters
Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve is brokering discussions between Wells Fargo & Co and Citigroup Inc over which of the banks will buy Wachovia Corp's assets, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.
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Family Dollar profit tops estimates
Posted on Oct 03, 2008 - 7:20 am - Reuters
Reuters - Family Dollar Stores Inc posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, helped by shoppers who spent tax rebate checks at the discount retailer and by closely controlling costs.
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French PM says world "on edge of abyss"
Posted on Oct 03, 2008 - 6:20 am - Reuters
Reuters - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Friday the world stood on the "edge of the abyss", gripped by a global financial crisis now threatening industry, trade and jobs worldwide.
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Financial bailout vote looms; markets slide
Posted on Oct 03, 2008 - 1:19 am - Reuters
Reuters - A darkening economic outlook fueled by the global credit crisis dragged Asian shares lower and added pressure for the U.S. Congress to approve a $700 billion financial industry bailout package later on Friday.
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Fed's Bullard: Don't cut rates back to 1 percent
Posted on Oct 02, 2008 - 10:18 pm - Reuters
Reuters - The Federal Reserve should not cut interest rates again, even though the economy may face recession, a top Fed policy-maker said on Thursday.
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Financial crisis moves from Wall St. to the mall
Posted on Oct 02, 2008 - 5:16 pm - AP
AP - Alarmed by the financial meltdown, stores nationwide are slapping sale signs on everything from fall sweaters to furniture — frantically trying to attract shoppers who are cutting back.
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Factories, jobs market paint bleak picture
Posted on Oct 02, 2008 - 12:14 pm - Reuters
Reuters - U.S. factory orders tumbled in August and the number of workers seeking jobless benefits rose in the latest week to a seven-year high as trauma in financial markets threatened to cement a deep downturn for the world's largest economy.
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Ford U.S. sales fall 34.6 percent
Posted on Oct 01, 2008 - 12:05 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Ford Motor Co on Wednesday said its U.S. sales fell 34.6 percent in September to its weakest levels of the year due to a weakening U.S. economy and tight credit conditions.
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Futures extend losses after ADP job report
Posted on Oct 01, 2008 - 8:03 am - Reuters
Reuters - Stock index futures extended losses on Wednesday as data showed further signs of weakness in the labor market.
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FDIC wants to raise deposit insurance limit: source
Posted on Sep 30, 2008 - 1:58 pm - Reuters
Reuters - The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee has told lawmakers that a federal bank regulator will seek authority to increase the deposit insurance limit to a level above its current $100,000, said a source familiar with the chairman's thinking.
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Fed's Lockhart: Credit crisis threatens economy
Posted on Sep 30, 2008 - 12:58 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Stressed financial markets risk doing severe damage to the broader economy, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said on Tuesday.
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Fund slump forces Legg's Miller to seek safer bets
Posted on Sep 29, 2008 - 12:51 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Facing his worst-ever slide due to catastrophic bets on financials, Legg Mason Inc fund manager Bill Miller is toning down his characteristic bold investment style in an attempt to recapture his past glory.
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Financial markets paralyzed
Posted on Sep 28, 2008 - 12:46 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Investors start the final quarter of 2008 this week in an increasingly dysfunctional global market, after weeks of historic turbulence that have prompted a near seizure in lending between banks.
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Fortis in play as Trichet joins emergency talks
Posted on Sep 28, 2008 - 12:46 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Fortis faced a takeover or break-up as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet held emergency talks with Dutch and Belgian lawmakers to restore faith in the Belgian-Dutch financial group.
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Fortis, authorities scramble to restore confidence
Posted on Sep 28, 2008 - 9:45 am - Reuters
Reuters - Fortis and financial authorities were scrambling on Sunday to restore confidence in the Belgian-Dutch financial group after its dramatic share drop last week and nomination of a new chief executive, sources familiar with discussions told Reuters.
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Fortis may sell itself or unit: paper
Posted on Sep 28, 2008 - 6:44 am - Reuters
Reuters - Troubled Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis may sell itself or the ABN AMRO Dutch banking business it acquired last year, a Dutch financial daily reported on Sunday.
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Fortis talks to continue over weekend
Posted on Sep 27, 2008 - 7:38 am - Reuters
Reuters - Financial authorities are holding discussions over the future of Fortis this weekend, while the troubled Belgian-Dutch financial group is seeking to close key divestments deals.
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Fortis talks to continue over weekend: regulator
Posted on Sep 27, 2008 - 4:37 am - Reuters
Reuters - The future of troubled Belgian-Dutch financial group Fortis will be discussed by authorities over the weekend, a Belgian banking regulator said on Saturday.
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Fleeing WaMu deposits sent regulators scrambling
Posted on Sep 26, 2008 - 8:35 pm - Reuters
Reuters - As depositors lost confidence in Washington Mutual Inc , and began emptying their accounts, regulators abandoned hopes of saving the largest U.S. savings bank and conducted a secret auction.
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