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    Markets want political lead, rate cuts for crisis (Reuters)

    A trader takes a break as trading was halted on the main floor of the BM and F Bovespa stock exchange market in Sao Paulo October 6, 2008. (Paulo Whitaker/Reuters)Reuters - Western governments and central banks faced demands for coordinated action on Tuesday after Australia responded to the escalating global financial crisis by cutting its interest rates sharply.


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    Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:55:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Credit crisis adds to pressures on auto dealers (AP)

    Ford Mustangs sit on the lot of a new car dealership in July 2008. US auto sales took a beating in September as financial turmoil on Wall Street emptied dealer showrooms and major automakers reported sales drops of up to 37 percent Wednesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Scott Olson)AP - Hundreds of thousands of new cars and trucks that would have quickly made their way to people's driveways a year ago are now stacking up on dealer lots across the country, with potential buyers worried about whether they'll keep their jobs, be able to pay for gas, or qualify for a car loan.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:09:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Fed, Treasury take steps to confront financial crisis (AFP)

    The US Federal Reserve building in Washington. The Federal Reserve has said it would start to pay interest on bank deposits for the first time and expand bank refinancing operations to 900 billion dollars by year-end in a bid to increase liquidity.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)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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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:44:47 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Lehman's Fuld falls on sword as Congress bares teeth (Reuters)

    Gregory Smith, General Counsel for the Colorado Public Employees' Retirement Association, testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the causes and effects of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 6, 2008. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)Reuters - Richard Fuld, the disgraced head of Lehman Brothers , said he took full responsibility for his actions ahead of the downfall of the 158-year investment bank, but said U.S. regulators knew exactly what the firm's liquidity was and how it was pricing its distressed assets in the months before its collapse.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:42:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Treasury names rescue program chief (Reuters)
    Reuters - The Treasury on Monday named Assistant Secretary for International Economics and Development, Neel Kashkari, as head of the $700 billion government program that will buy soured investments to help restore the financial markets to health. -- read full article
    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:01:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Oil drops $6 to below $88 on demand concerns (Reuters)

    General view of the Tema oil refinery near Ghana's capital Accra in this file photo from March 28, 2005. (Yaw Bibini/Reuters)Reuters - Oil dropped $6 to below $88 a barrel on Monday on expectations the growing financial crisis will further slow already faltering global fuel demand.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    U.S. calls for unity as crisis wrecks markets (Reuters)

    Foreign currency dealers monitor screens displaying exchange rates between the dollar and the Korean won at the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in Seoul October 6, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - Governments and central banks around the world grasped at measures to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis on Monday but global stocks still plummeted as investors bet a recession was inevitable.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:43:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Stocks plummet in global market rout (Reuters)

    Stocks fell on Monday, with the Dow diving 400 points to below 10,000 for the first time in four years, as investors feared the widening fallout from the credit crisis would drag the economy into recession. (Graphics/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks slid more than 6 percent on Monday, with the Dow diving to its lowest level in almost five years, on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:35:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    AIG to sell Thai bank, consumer finance units (Reuters)
    Reuters - American International Group Inc (AIG) is to sell its Thai consumer finance businesses, including AIG Retail Bank and AIG Card, the head of the bank said on Monday. -- read full article
    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:36:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Cloud lifts, but Wall Street outlook still grim (AFP)

    Traders pause to watch the U.S. House of Representatives vote on television on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) October 03, 2008 in New York City. A brutal week on Wall Street ended with the approval of a massive US government lifeline for the troubled financial sector, but investors are still searching for a reason to cheer.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)AFP - A brutal week on Wall Street ended with the approval of a massive US government lifeline for the troubled financial sector, but investors are still searching for a reason to cheer.


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    Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:56:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Paulson to name adviser to oversee U.S. bailout: paper (Reuters)

    U.S. President George W. Bush (L) stands with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, after thanking Treasury workers for their efforts after the House passed the $700 billion financial rescue legislation, outside the Treasury Building in Washington, in this recent photo from October 3, 2008. (Mike Theiler/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is expected to name Neel Kashkari to oversee the $700 billion program to buy distressed assets from financial institutions, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:02:56 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    World stocks tumble, yen surges as crisis escalates (Reuters)

    A foreign currency dealer reacts as he monitors a screen displaying exchange rates between the dollar and the Korean won at the Korea Exchange Bank (KEB) in Seoul October 6, 2008. (Jo Yong-Hak/Reuters)Reuters - World stocks dived to three-year lows on Monday as investors fled to government bonds and the low-yielding yen, fearing efforts by policymakers to contain the credit crisis might not be enough to prevent a recession.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:33:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Eli Lilly set to buy ImClone for $6.1 billion: sources (Reuters)

    A laboratory researcher in a file photo. (File/Reuters)Reuters - ImClone Systems Inc has agreed to be acquired by Eli Lilly and Co for about $6.1 billion after rebuffing a sweetened takeover offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:16:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Fed moves to broker deal for Wachovia: sources (Reuters)

    Men walk past a branch of Wachovia Bank in Washington, October 3, 2008. (Mitch Dumke/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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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:24:44 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
    Guarantees, cash injections offer scant reassurance (Reuters)

    A pedestrian passes the entrance to German lender Hypo Real Estate bank in Berlin, September 30, 2008. (Pawel Kopczynski/Reuters)Reuters - More European governments followed Germany's lead on Monday offering blanket deposit guarantees to savers in a frantic effort to calm fears among investors over the worst financial crisis in 80 years.


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    Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:19:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Business
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