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Texas Officials Work to Avert Health Crisis After Ike (Brian K. Sullivan and Demian McLean)
(Bloomberg) -- Three days after Hurricane Ike delivered a less-powerful punch than predicted, coastal Texas is struggling to fend off a health-care crisis.
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U.S. Economy: Consumer Prices Decrease as Energy Costs Retreat (Timothy R. Homan)
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. consumer prices fell in August for the first time in almost two years as fuel costs declined from record levels.
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Crashed Jet Carrying Cocaine Linked to CIA (Jeremy R. Hammond)
A number of jets connected to drug-trafficking, including a Gulfstream II carrying more than three tons of cocaine that crashed in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico last year, have been linked to the ...
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The Conservative Palinguage Guide Vols. 1 and 2 (That Minority Thing)
(That Minority Thing) -- If you’re a minority and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates you’re a “token hire." If you’re a conservative and you’re selected for a job over more ...
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Money-Market Rates Double Amid Global Credit Seizure (Gavin Finch, Kim-Mai Cutler)
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of borrowing in dollars overnight more than doubled to the highest since 2001 as the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings inc. and credit downgrades of American ...
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WaMu Rating Lowered to Junk by S&P on Mortgage Losses (Ari Levy)
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Washington Mutual Inc., the biggest U.S. savings and loan, had its credit rating cut to junk by Standard & Poor's because of the deteriorating housing market.
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Fed Adds Most Reserves Since 9/11 as Banks Hoard Cash (Liz Capo McCormick)
(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve added $70 billion in reserves to the banking system, the most since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, to reverse a surge in borrowing costs sparked by the ...
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U.S. Stocks Drop, S&P 500 Sinks Most Since 2001 Terror Attacks (Lynn Thomasson & Elizabeth Stanton)
(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks tumbled, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to the steepest drop since the September 2001 terrorist attacks, as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy and ...
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U.S. Stocks Tumble, Sending S&P 500 to Worst Drop in Six Years (Lynn Thomasson, Elizabeth Stanton)
Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks tumbled, pushing the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to the steepest drop since September 2002, as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s bankruptcy and declining ...
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A Ripe Moment (James Kunstler)
(World News Trust) -- It turns out the real hurricane blew through Wall Street last week, not Galveston. This morning, Manhattan is strewn chest-deep with the debris of banking and at this hour ...
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Bank of America Said to Buy Merrill for $44 Billion (David Mildenberg, Bradley Keoun)
Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Bank of America Corp. agreed to buy Merrill Lynch & Co. in a deal that values the 94-year-old firm at about $44 billion after its shares plummeted in the past week, two ...
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