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Global Temperatures 'Will Rise 6C This Century' (Jonathan Leake and Tricia Holly Davis)
March 10, 2009 (Times Online) -- Surging global greenhouse gas emissions mean the world now faces likely temperature rises of up to 5-6C this century, according to the scientist leading the ...
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Carbon emissions creating acidic oceans not seen since dinosaurs (David Adam)
Chemical change placing 'unprecedented' pressure on marine life and could cause widespread extinctions, scientists warn
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Stocks Post Best Rally of 2009 on Improving Citigroup Outlook (Rita Nazareth and Lynn Thomasson)
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks around the world staged the biggest rally of the year after Citigroup Inc. said it was having its best quarter since 2007, spurring speculation the worst of the ...
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Credit Cards -- The Next Credit Crunch
March 10, 2009 (Reuters) – Prominent banking analyst Meredith Whitney warns that "credit cards are the next credit crunch," as contracting credit lines will lower consumer spending and hurt the U.S. ...
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Stocks in Europe, Asia, U.S. Futures Gain; HSBC, Citigroup Rise (Sarah Jones)
March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Europe and Asia advanced and U.S. futures gained as Citigroup Inc. said the bank had its best start to a quarter in more than a year.
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U.S. Stocks Fall on Buffett, World Bank Warning About Economy (Rita Nazareth and Lynn Thomasson)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell, extending the worst weekly slump in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since November, after Warren Buffett said the economy “has fallen off a cliff” and the ...
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Roubini Says S&P 500 May Drop to 600 as Profits Fall (Jeff Kearns)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index is likely to drop to 600 or lower this year as the global recession intensifies, said Nouriel Roubini, the New York University professor who ...
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Roubini: US Recession Could Last Up to 36 Months (CNBC)
March 9, 2009 (CNBC) -- The man who predicted the current financial crisis said the U.S. recession could drag on for years without drastic action. Among his solutions: fix the housing market by ...
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Reason Returns to the White House (Mary Lyon)
Like it or not, knuckle-draggers: Science is back IN.
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Berkshire’s Buffett Says Economy ‘Fallen Off a Cliff’ (Erik Holm)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett, whose Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted its worst results ever in 2008, said the economy “has fallen off a cliff” and that efforts to stimulate ...
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Depression Dynamic Takes Hold as Markets, Banks Revisit 1930s (Rich Miller)
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. economy’s vital signs may not confirm a diagnosis of depression. The symptoms increasingly point to one.
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