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Morgan Stanley Bought Back Its Own Debt to Avoid `Bad Signal'

Posted by thekritz 1257 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Business | Tags: credit crisis morgan stanley
Morgan Stanley repurchased $12.3 billion of its own bonds in the past three months ``at incredibly distressed levels'' to try to limit the declines[...] read more »
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Chrysler shuts down all production

Posted by thekritz 1257 days ago (http://money.cnn.com)
Category: Business | Tags: chrysler credit crisis
Close of business Friday will be the start of a monthlong closure of 30 US plants. Company cites 'continued lack of consumer credit. read more »
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Canadian Dollar Hurt by Economy, Politics

Posted by thekritz 1259 days ago (http://www.forexblog.org)
Category: Currencies | Tags: canadian dollar
Having fallen well below parity with the USD, the Canadian Loonie is now being attacked on two fronts. read more »
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It’s the New Economic Reality. Work With It.

Posted by thekritz 1259 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Business | Tags: personal finance wealth
An adviser to the rich recommends four strategies that the wealthy (and even the less than wealthy) can use to better manage their financial and emot[...] read more »
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Giant Wall St. Fraud Leaves Charities Reeling

Posted by thekritz 1259 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Business | Tags: charities madoff ponzi scheme
Around the country, the nonprofit community is reeling from the Madoff scandal, as a result of a Ponzi scheme that depended on new investment money t[...] read more »
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Big Oil Projects Put in Jeopardy by Fall in Prices

Posted by thekritz 1259 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Commodities | Tags: gas oil
In the short run, falling oil prices are leading to welcome relief at the pump for American families, but project delays are likely to reduce future [...] read more »
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Madoff unlikely to oust Ponzi in lingo

Posted by thekritz 1259 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Business | Tags: ponzi scheme
Bernard Madoff may have to wait awhile before his name becomes a term in the popular lexicon and bumps off "Ponzi", which has become shorthand for [...] read more »
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Apple Loses Some Shine as Mac Sales Slow

Posted by thekritz 1259 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Business | Tags: apple p&l
Even Apple Inc. is beginning to suffer in this year's dismal holiday season, and worries are mounting the recession will weigh on its business next [...] read more »
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Debt held by US households shrinks for first time

Posted by thekritz 1263 days ago (http://www.latimes.com)
Category: Personal Finance | Tags: credit crisis debt
The American consumer's long-running love affair with debt appears to be on the rocks. But like a lot of soured romances, the reasons are open to de[...] read more »
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Dollar Slumps Below 90 Yen as US Auto Bailout Fails in Senate

Posted by thekritz 1263 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
Category: Currencies | Tags: dollar yen
The dollar slumped below 90 yen for the first time in 13 years, and headed for a sixth week of declines versus the yen as the automakers failed to ob[...] read more »
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Fed's Assets Top $2 Trillion, as Use of Facilities Is Brisk

Posted by thekritz 1263 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: bailout federal reserve
U.S. financial institutions continued to make extensive use of the Federal Reserve's growing list of credit facilities last week, pushing the Fed's[...] read more »
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Rescue Bid for Detroit Collapses in Senate

Posted by thekritz 1263 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
Category: Business | Tags: auto industry bailout
A frantic, last-ditch attempt to forge a relief package for the auto industry collapsed in the U.S. Senate, dealing a giant blow to the immediate hop[...] read more »
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Dire Forecast for Global Economy and Trade

Posted by thekritz 1265 days ago (http://www.nytimes.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economy trade
The world economy is on the brink of a rare global recession, the World Bank said in a forecast released Tuesday, with world trade projected to fall [...] read more »
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'Car czar' prescribed for automakers

Posted by thekritz 1267 days ago (http://www.iht.com)
Category: Business | Tags: automotive industry regulation
'Car czar' prescribed for automakers read more »
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Fed still has other tools to employ

Posted by thekritz 1267 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
Category: Economy | Tags: economic crisis fed
The U.S. Federal Reserve is running out of room to cut interest rates further but it has other tools it can employ and fiscal policy could start to p[...] read more »
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