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Bush Says Economy Needs government Action
president george w. bush on tuesday said the economy was depending on decisive action from the government on a financial bailout plan or the economic damage could be "painful and lasting."
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Brazilian government Faces Criminal Charges Over Amazon Deforestation - Guardian Unlimited
the brazilian government faces criminal charges after a report found that the amazon rainforest is being deforested three times faster than last year as rising food prices encourages more illegal logging. a study by brazil's national institute for ...
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Argentina's Defaulted Bonds Trade At 3-month High On Swap Plan - Bloomberg
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- argentine defaulted bonds traded at a three-month high after the government said it will give creditors a chance to restructure the $20 billion of securities they held out of a 2005 settlement. the government is working with ...
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Gen. Odierno: Iraqi government Must Improve Services
dramatic security gains made in iraq over the past year could be jeopardized if its government doesn't improve essential services such as electricity and bring together rival political and religious factions, the new top u.s. commander in iraq said monday.
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Glitnir Plummets After government Bailout; Byr Cancels Talks
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- glitnir bank hf , the icelandic bank bailed out by the government yesterday, plunged as the shares resumed trading in reykjavik. byr savings bank canceled talks with the lender about a possible merger.
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China's Dairy Farmers Lectured On Food Safety - Washington Post
beijing (reuters) - chinese president hu jintao publicly lectured a dairy executive on the importance of food safety tuesday, leading a media campaign to show the government's resolve in a scandal over tainted milk powder. thousands of children have ...
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Glide America: A Clarion Call From Main Street To The United States ... - Pr Newswire
new york, sept. 30 /prnewswire-usnewswire/ -- the 2008 election year finds america in perhaps the greatest financial crisis in its history and the american people demanding change and reform in washington, dc. starting today, the american people will ...
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European Two-year government Notes Advance; Yield At 3.42%
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- european two-year government bonds rose, erasing an earlier decline. the gain pushed the yield on the two-year note 1 basis point lower to 3.42 percent as of 12:41 p.m. in london.
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Irish Financials Jump As government Guarantees Debt (update2)
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- anglo irish bank corp. plc led a surge in irish financial stocks after the government guaranteed the deposits and borrowings of six lenders to calm investors after banks lost a quarter of their value yesterday.
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After Wall Street, Anger Spreads To Congress - Msnbc
mary ann bock got pretty angry when she found out that lax mortgage standards had started a financial maelstrom that appeared likely to require billions of dollars in federal money to fix. she got even angrier after she heard that congress wasn’t ...
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Belgium And France Prop Up Dexia - International Herald Tribune
paris : dexia, a french-belgian lender, received a capital injection of more than $9 billion from public shareholders on tuesday as a deepening global credit crisis continued to shake european banks. meanwhile in ireland, the government backed all ...
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European government Notes Pare Gains; Ecb To Keep Rates On Hold
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- european two-year government notes pared the biggest monthly gain since 1992 amid speculation policy makers in the region will resist pressure to cut interest rates as the credit crisis spreads to europe.
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Irish government Guarantees Banks
the irish government is to guarantee all deposits in irish banks following an enormous slide in the value of bank shares.
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Karzai Calls For Peace Talks With Taliban - Financial Times
kabul, sept 30 – afghan president hamid karzai has made a call for peace to taliban leader mullah omar and has asked the king of saudi arabia to help in talks with the militant group responsible for a surge in violence. karzai’s plea comes hours ...
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Cameron Will Work With Pm On Crisis - Western Telegraph
conservative leader david cameron offered to suspend political hostilities to help the government deal with the crisis in the financial markets. he was aiming to avoid a british repeat of the wrangling in congress which blocked george bush's 700 ...
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Mugabe Promises New Zimbabwe government By Week End
zimbabwe president robert mugabe said monday that a new unity government will be formed by the end of the week, denying a deadlock in talks with the opposition over key ministries.
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Irish Financials Jump As government Guarantees Debt (update1)
sept. 30 (bloomberg) -- anglo irish bank corp. plc led a surge in irish financial stocks after the government guaranteed the deposits and borrowings of six lenders.
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Gurkhas Win Right To Settle In Uk - Crewe Guardian
gurkhas have won their court battle for the right to settle in britain. lawyers for the men who fought alongside british troops in battles over 200 years said: "today we have seen a tremendous and historic victory for the gallant gurkha veterans of ...
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European governments Rescue Another Failing Bank - Washington Post
paris, sept. 30 -- the french and belgian governments stepped in to rescue another failing european bank tuesday as the turmoil that began on wall street continued rippling across the globe. dexia, a franco-belgian bank that specializes in lending to ...
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Fortis Reshaped By government Bailout
shares in troubled bank fortis nv plummeted monday despite a 1.2 billion euro ($16.4 billion) government bailout, amid growing signs european banks have been hit harder by the u.s. financial crisis than they have been willing to admit.
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