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Oil notches record monthly drop on US downturn

Posted by sumib 1304 days ago (http://ap.google.com)
Category: Commodities
Oil prices ended the week with a modest rally Friday but couldn't erase one ugly October: Crude capped its biggest monthly drop since futures tradin[...] read more »
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Speculation about Yahoo-Google deal rampant

Posted by sumib 1304 days ago (http://www.mercurynews.com)
Category: Tech | Tags: yahoo google deal
As talks between Google, Yahoo and the U.S. Department of Justice drag on, investors are betting that the two Internet companies will walk away from [...] read more »
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FDA Faulted for Stance on Chemical in Plastics

Posted by sumib 1304 days ago (http://www.washingtonpost.com)
Category: Green | Tags: fda plastics
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel agreed Friday that the agency had erred in August when it said that a chemical widely used in baby[...] read more »
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Bernanke discusses future of Fannie and Freddie

Posted by sumib 1304 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bernanke freddie mac
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Friday that the federal government will need to continue to play a role in the future of the mortgage fina[...] read more »
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JPMorgan Chase Freezes Foreclosures

Posted by sumib 1304 days ago (http://www.businessweek.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: jp morgan chase
In what may the biggest sign yet that banks are getting serious about attacking the nationwide wave of home foreclosures, giant JPMorgan Chase (JPM) [...] read more »
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REIT Spinoff Is Proposed for Target

Posted by sumib 1306 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Real Estate | Tags: reit spinoff
Activist investor William Ackman on Wednesday proposed spinning off the land Target Corp. owns under its stores into a separate, publicly traded real[...] read more »
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Legg Mason, Lazard Blame Market For Losses

Posted by sumib 1306 days ago (http://www.forbes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: lazard legg mason
Asset-management firms Legg Mason and Lazard separately blamed deteriorating market conditions for wider-than-expected losses stemming from large cha[...] read more »
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Wall Street Won't Surrender Bonuses Amid Outcry, Veterans Say

Posted by sumib 1306 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: wall street
Wall Street's chief executives will hunker down and pay bonuses this year in the face of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, a ta[...] read more »
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Mazda profit drops 20 percent on yen, material costs

Posted by sumib 1306 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: mazda profit yen
Mazda Motor Corp (7261.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) reported a 20 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday, hit by a strong[...] read more »
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OPEC Agrees to Cut Production Quotas as Price Slumps (Update2)

Posted by sumib 1312 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: oil price slump opec
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries cut oil production targets for the first time in almost two years as the group battles to slow a co[...] read more »
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Stock markets fall across the globe

Posted by sumib 1312 days ago (http://www.miamiherald.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: nasdaq fall stock market fall
U.S. stocks plunged after the opening bell on yet another frantic Friday that saw another bloodletting on stock exchanges across the planet, turmoil [...] read more »
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Chrysler to Cut 25% of Salaried and Contract Jobs

Posted by sumib 1312 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: chrysler
Chrysler, which is in merger talks with its crosstown rival, General Motors, told its employees Friday that it would cut about 25 percent of its sala[...] read more »
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PNC Financial to Buy National City for $5.2 Billion (Update3)

Posted by sumib 1312 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Stocks | Tags: pnc financial
PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Pennsylvania's biggest bank, plans to buy National City Corp. for about $5.2 billion in stock with funds from th[...] read more »
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U.S. Home Resales Rose in September to One-Year High (Update2)

Posted by sumib 1312 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: us home resales
Home resales in the U.S. rose more than forecast in September, aided by foreclosure-driven declines in prices that made properties more affordable. read more »
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Paulson Is Said to Plan Buying Stakes in Regional U.S. Banks

Posted by sumib 1312 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: henry paulson
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is preparing to take stakes in a number of regional U.S. banks as he seeks to halt the freeze of credit to businesse[...] read more »
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