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federal Reserve To Rescue Aig In $85-billion Finance Plan - Los Angeles Times
washington -- in the u.s. government's largest single intervention in the private sector and in a measure of the depths of the global financial crisis, the federal reserve agreed late tuesday to lend american international group inc. $85 billion to ...
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Manufacturer federal-mogul To Cut 4,000 Jobs
auto supplier federal-mogul says its cutting its work force by 4,000 jobs, or 8%, due to a tough automotive market.
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federal-mogul To Cut 4,000 Jobs As Auto Sales Falter (update4)
sept. 17 (bloomberg) -- federal-mogul corp. , the auto-parts maker controlled by billionaire carl icahn , will eliminate 4,000 jobs globally because of slowing vehicle sales.
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Biden's Record On Race Is Scuffed By 3 Episodes - International Herald Tribune
wilmington, delaware : senator joseph biden jr. says he entered public life in the late 1960s dismayed by the riots of that era and inspired by the quest for racial justice. "i wasn't at the bridge at selma," he said in an interview, "but the ...
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Deadly Crash Raises Safety Doubts About Socal Rail - International Herald Tribune
los angeles : a head-on collision that left 25 people dead has brought new scrutiny to the safety of southern california's regional rail service — a system that has logged more fatalities than any similarly sized system in the nation in recent ...
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White House Defends federal Takeover Of Aig
the white house says the extraordinary federal takeover of american international group was needed to prevent broader harm to the reeling economy.
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federal Judge Rejects Challenge To Sen. Stevens Indictment
the criminal charges against sen. ted stevens, r-alaska, who is accused of filing false financial reports to obscure hundreds of thousands of dollars in gifts and home renovations, do not violate constitutionally protected legislative activity, a federal judge ruled tuesday in dismissing an attack on the indictment. williams & connolly lawyers, representing stevens, had argued that government ...
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Investigators Trying To See If Engineer's Split Shift Played Role In ... - Los Angeles Times
federal investigators are trying to determine whether back-to-back, split-shift workdays that began before dawn and ended at 9 p.m. played a role in a metrolink engineer's failure to heed warning lights in last week's crash that left 25 people dead ...
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On Capitol Hill: Lawmakers Left On The Sidelines As Fed, Treasury ... - Washington Post
the frenetic pace of the financial crisis has forced the treasury department and federal reserve to make rapid-fire decisions in recent days, leaving capitol hill lawmakers effectively impotent -- and frustrated. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle ...
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Treasury Department To Auction federal Reserve Debt
the treasury department has announced that in an effort to help the federal reserve deal with unprecedented borrowing needs resulting from the current credit crisis, it will begin auctioning debt for the central bank.
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Dc Receives federal Funding For Eastern Market
district of columbia officials say the city has received a $2 million federal grant to help restore eastern market, which was gutted by fire last year.
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Rep. Don Young Wins Alaska House Primary Race - Guardian Unlimited
juneau, alaska (ap) - rep. don young, a 35-year veteran of the u.s. house and who is under federal investigation, won the republican primary battle over alaska's only house seat. in a close race only decided wednesday with the final counting of about ...
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federal Officials Arrest 175 In Mexican Drug Cartel - Kfox 14
a 15 month investigation leads federal officials to arrest 175 of a mexican drug cartel. the arrests were made in italy and the united states on tuesday and wednesday. according to u.s. attorney general michael mukasey the gulf cartel is responsible ...
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federal Sage Grouse Ruling Appealed By Farmers
livestock and farming groups in four western states are challenging a ruling by a federal judge in idaho who ordered the u.s. fish and wildlife service to reconsider whether sage grouse deserve federal protections.
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Wis. Governor Asks For More federal Flood Help
gov. jim doyle has asked federal authorities to give wisconsin its fair share of new aid to deal with the aftermath of june's floods.
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Gold Coins, Bullion Sales Go `gangbusters' As Aig, Lehman Fall - Bloomberg
sept. 18 (bloomberg) -- while tv camera crews staked out american international group inc. 's wall street headquarters following its takeover by the u.s. government, jules karp was quietly trading gold coins in ``unbelievable'' numbers from his ...
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White House Alters Defense Of Economy's Strength - Guardian Unlimited
washington (ap) - the white house throttled back its description of the u.s. economy on wednesday, labeling it resilient enough to withstand some shocks to the system but refusing to say it is fundamentally sound - the phrase that has jolted the race ...
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federal-mogul To Cut 4,000 Jobs, Or About 8% Of Workforce
federal-mogul to cut 4,000 jobs, or about 8% of workforce
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Texas: Plane Carrying federal Officials Is Missing
a small plane carrying two state department officials and two officials of the mexican government has disappeared somewhere near the international border, the federal aviation administration said.
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Bush Absent On Financial Crisis As Paulson Leads U.s. Response - Bloomberg
sept. 18 (bloomberg) -- this week, president george w. bush held a state dinner for ghana's president, surveyed texas hurricane damage, posed with youth of the year award finalists, and met with army general david petraeus . during that time, bush ...
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