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Pressure on Citigroup builds, shares fall below $4

a shared story    12 hours 52 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) -- Pressure intensified on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself as its stock fell below $4 a share on Friday and fears escalated about future loan losses....  comments (0)  | report problem



Larry Elliott analyses the roots of the US economic crisis

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Not since Roosevelt in 1933 has an incoming US president had a tougher economic challenge to face than Barack Obama. He is still piecing together his Treasury team but he doesn't need a pointy-headed academic to tell him the economy has hit the wall. The housing...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Ukraine president says debt to Russia must be paid

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AP - Ukraine's president on Friday accused the prime minister of saddling the country with a huge debt to Russia and said her government must urgently repay $2.4 billion owed for gas imports.  comments (0)  | report problem



Average gasoline price falls below $2, cheapest since 2005

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The national average price for a gallon of gasoline has fallen below $2 for the first timel since March 2005, the Energy Department ...   comments (0)  | report problem


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Web 'blow' to BBC Wales audiences

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BBC Wales controller Menna Richards says a decision to reject local news websites with video content is very disappointing.  comments (0)  | report problem


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General Motors to give up two of five leased executive jets, as it teeters on brink of insolvency

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General Motors yesterday belatedly promised to give up two of its five leased executive jets, after its boss had used one to fly to Washington to plead for more government cash in order to stay in business.The US car firm said less symbolic cuts were also...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem



Bush signs bill providing extra jobless benefits

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says President Bush signed into law a bill that Congress approved to keep unemployment checks flowing to jobless Americans through the holiday season....  comments (0)  | report problem


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JPMorgan to cut 10 pct of investment bank staff

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NEW YORK (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. is shedding about 10 percent of its investment bank staff in an effort to better weather the global economic slowdown....  comments (0)  | report problem


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UK home repossessions up 12 pct in 3Q from 2Q

a shared story    21 hours 52 minutes ago
LONDON (AP) -- Home repossessions in Britain jumped 12 percent to 11,300 in the third quarter from the previous quarter, the Council of Mortgage Lenders said Friday, more evidence that the financial crisis is taking its toll on households and the ailing housing market....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Survey shows euro-zone economy shrinking in Nov

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LONDON (AP) -- The downturn in the euro-zone economy, particularly within the manufacturing sector, gathered pace in November amid mounting recession fears and the deepening financial crisis, a closely watched survey showed Friday....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Brazil's ambassador to Ecuador leaves in debt spat

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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil called its ambassador to Ecuador back home for consultations on Friday after Ecuador said it won't pay the debt it owes to a Brazilian bank....  comments (0)  | report problem



Congress rejects Big 3 bailout - for now

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WASHINGTON - Lawmakers failed to reach agreement yesterday on a proposal to provide $25 billion in emergency aid to the desperate auto industry, but they left open the possibility they could return after Thanksgiving and try again.  comments (0)  | report problem


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