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• Madoff Under House Arrest as SEC Says It Missed Signs - Bloomberg 17dec2008
• Calpers Faces Tough Time Over Risky Land Deals: Journal - Market Watch 17dec2008
• The Key Numbers Behind the Bailouts - Wall Street Journal 13dec2008
• Bernard Madoff, Money Manager for the Wealthy, Said to Have Run $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme - Wall Street Journal 12dec2008
  • Great Ponzi Schemers 13dec2008
• Safety Trumps Yield in Bill Sales: Investors Scoop Up 0% Short-Term Notes - Wall Street Journal 10dec2008
• Vauxhall Insignia 2.8 V6: An Adequate Way to Drive to Hell - The Sunday Times (UK) 7dec2008
• Automobiles Stacking Up at Ports and Parking Lots Around United States: Supplies Far Outstrip Demand: Worst Auto Market in More Than 25 Years - Reuters 7dec2008
• Fed Hires Bear Stearns Risk Chief Michael Alix . . .To Supervise Bank Soundness - Naked Capitalism 4nov2008
• General Motors Reports 45% Decline as Tight Credit and Financial Turmoil Put Squeeze on Consumers - Wall Street Journal 4nov2008
• Circuit City to Close 155 Stores: 21% of its U.S. Stores -  IDG News Service 3nov2008
• Banks Owe Billions to Executives: Financial giants getting injections of federal cash owed their executives more than $40 B - Wall Street Journal 31oct2008
• Wall Street Monsters & Meat (You): JP Morgan as the Monster and Goldman Sachs Harlot - 321Gold.com 17oct2008
• Liquidity Troubles, Volatility Bedevil Currency Markets - Wall Street Journal 15oct2008
• G7 and Euro Group Agree to Pour Billions into Banks - WSWS 14oct2008
• The World is at Severe Risk of a Global Systemic Financial Meltdown and a Severe Global Depression - RGE Monitor's Newsletter 9oct2008
• Lehman Brothers Demise Triggers Huge Default: Leaving Insurers With Bill of About $365 Billion (Half the Bailout Money) -The Times (UK) 11oct2008
• Berlusconi Says Markets May Be Shut: G-7 Seeks United Remedy - Bloomberg 10oct2008
• Economic Tsunami Is Here: What We're Facing Could Be a Lot Worse Than a Recession - Toronto Sun 7oct2008
• Bush Approves Loans for Auto Makers - Wall Street Journal 30sep2008
• Bush Bent Out of Shape by House Vote - AP 29sep2008
• Stocks Crushed: About $1.2 Trillion Market Value Gone: Biggest Single-Day Point Loss Ever - CNNMoney.com 29sep2008
• Bailout Bill Fails in House Vote Amid Defections in Both Parties - Wall Street Journal 29sep2008
• Citigroup and Wells Fargo Bidding for Wachovia - International Herald Tribune 29sep2008
• Fortis Is on Verge of Government Rescue - Wall Street Journal 29sep2008
• Wachovia Takeover Rests on Bail-Out - Financial Times 28sep2008
• Bloomberg Analyst: $700 Billion Bailout Could Balloon to $5 Trillion: Initial Cost Estimates a 'Drop in the Bucket' - Business & Media Institute 26sep2008
• Credit Enters a Lockdown - New York Times 26sep2008
• Bailout Could Deepen Crisis, CBO Chief Says Asset Sales May Lead to Write-Downs, Insolvencies, Orszag Tells Congress - Washington Post 25sep2008
  • Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director of Congressional Budget Office / Before the Committee on the Budget U.S. House of Representatives 24sep2008
• J.P. Morgan Buys WaMu After U.S. Seizes Thrift: Largest Bank Failure in U.S. History By Far - Washington Post 26sep2008
• $700B Bailout Plan Breaks Apart: McCain's Intervention Questioned by Dems and Reps - AP 25sep2008
• Home Resales Fell 2.2% in August: Median Home Price Down 9.5% from Year Before - Dow Jones / Wall Street Journal 24sep2008
• Mortgage Delinquencies Continue to Climb, Watch Out for Other Loans - Seeking Alpha 23sep2008
• Dire Warnings Fail to Sway Senators on Big Bailout - AP 23sep2008
• Doubts Grow About US Rescue Plan - Financial Times (UK) 23sep2008
• Freddie and Fannie Bank Losses Grow: Negative Impact on Banks Far Greater Than First Thought - Financial Times (UK) 23sep2008
• GM's Move to Tap Credit Line May Intensify Worries - Wall Street Journal 22sep2008
• Financial Crisis: Default by the US Government is No Longer Unthinkable - The Telegraph (UK) 21sep2008
• Goldman, Morgan to Become Full-Fledged Banks: Bank Holding Companies - New York Times 21sep2008
• Loan Delinquencies Rear Their Ugly Head Again: Rates for Many Categories Jumped at Their Fastest Pace Since Last Year - Wall Street Journal 20sep2008
• Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., Hoping a Hail Mary Pass Connects - New York Times 20sep2008
• Hedge Funds May Be Next: 'We're going to see five fail for every bank' - Financial Post (Canada) 18sep2008
• U.S. Considers Structure For Financial Firm's Bad Assets - Wall Street Journal 18sep2008
• Lawmakers Left On the Sidelines As Fed, Treasury Take Swift Action - Washington Post 18sep2008
• Worst Crisis Since '30s, With No End Yet in Sight - Wall Street Journal 18sep2008
• Central Banks Calm Overnight Money Market But Tensions Remain - Reuters 18sep2008
• Libor: U.S. Mortgage Rates May Wreak Havoc After Libor Gain - Bloomberg 16sep2008
• AIG: Fed’s $85 Billion Loan Rescues Insurer - New York Times 17sep2008
• Barclays to Buy Some Lehman Assets for $1.75 Billion - Reuters 16sep2008
• Wall St.’s Turmoil Sends Stocks Reeling - New York Times 15sep2008
• Crisis on Wall Street as Lehman Totters, Merrill Seeks Buyer, AIG Hunts for Cash - Wall Street Journal 15sep2008
• AIG Scrambles to Raise Cash, Talks to Fed Insurer Looks to Sell Assets - Wall Street Journal 15sep2008
• The Mother of All Mondays - Wall Street Journal 14sep2008
• No Deal Reached Yet to Decide Lehman's Fate - Wall Street Journal 13sep2008
• US Bailout of Mortgage Giants Sets Stage for Wider Financial Crisis - WSWS 12sep2008
• Washington Mutual Faces More Loan Losses - Bloomberg News 12sep2008
• The Little Known "False Flag" Attack to Make a Killing on the Speculation Market - Online Journal 12sep2008
• Loan Giant Overstated the Size of Its Capital Base - New York Times 7sep2008
• Regulators Shutter Silver State Bank: 11th to Fail in 2008: McCain's Son on Silver State's Board - Wall Street Journal 6sep2008
  • FDIC Failed Bank List
• Fannie, Freddie to be Seized: Government's Plan a Bailout - New York Times 5sep2008
• Political Will, Political Won't - Paul Chefurka / Speaking Truth to Power 3sep2008
• Credit Crisis II: A World Financial Armageddon? - Financial Sense 25aug2008
• Existing-Homes Sales Climb, But Inventories Expand and Prices Keep Dropping - Wall Street Journal 25aug2008
• Too Big To Fail? We'll See About That - Los Angeles Times 23aug2008
  • Reducing Systemic Risk - Ben S. Bernanke / Federal Reserve 22aug2008
• Freddie, Fannie Failure Could Be World `Catastrophe,' Yu Yongding Says - Bloomberg 22aug2008
• Food Makers Scrimp on Ingredients In an Effort to Fatten Their Profits - Wall Street Journal 22aug2008
• American Finance Still Bleeding: Fannie, Freddie and Lehman Ensure August is Anything But Quiet - The Economist (UK) 21aug2008
• Are Credit-Default Swaps Living Up To The Hype? - The Economist (UK) 21aug2008
• U.S. Bailout of Housing Giants Is Inevitable - New York Times 20aug2008
• Large U.S. Bank Collapse Ahead, Says ex-IMF Economist - Reuters 19aug2008
• U.S. Producer Prices Surge More Than Forecast in July to 27 Year High - Bloomberg 19aug2008
• Price-Fixing Makes Comeback After Supreme Court Ruling - Wall Street Journal 18aug2008
• U.S. Likely to Recapitalize Fannie, Freddie - Reuters 17aug2008
• European Central Bank (ECB) Slammed as Europe Crumbles - The Telegraph (UK) 15aug2008
• UBS to Buy Back $19B in Securities, Pay $150M Fine - Newsday 9aug2008
• To Be Old, Frail And Evicted: Patients at Risk As Nursing Homes Shift Focus To Short-Term Rehab Care, Families Must Look Elsewhere - Wall Street Journal 7aug2008
• Freddie Mac’s Big Loss Dims Hopes of Turnaround - New York Times 7aug2008
• Wagoner Gets Backing Despite General Motors Surprise $15.5 Billion Loss in Second Quarter - Wall Street Journal 6aug2008
• Housing Lenders Fear Bigger Wave of Loan Defaults - New York Times 4aug2008
• Fannie Faces Glut of Unsold Homes: Mortgage Giants Own 44 Percent of Foreclosed Homes - Chicago Tribune 3aug2008
• Stressed Banks Borrow Record Amount From Fed - Reuters 31jul2008
• Cell Phones : Judge Rules California Law Forbids Early Termination Charges - Mercury News 30jul2008
• National Australia Bank Will Shock Wall Street - Business Spectator (Australia) 25jul2008
• U.S. House Prices Overvalued by Up to 20 Percent: IMF Paper - Reuters 25jul2008
• Regulators Shut Two National Banks: First National Bank of Nevada and First Heritage Bank of Newport Beach - Wall Street Journal 25jul2008
• Wachovia Reports $9 Billion Loss: Nation's No. 4 Bank - CNNMoney 22jul2008
• WaMu has $3.33 Billion Loss, May Be Cut to "Junk" - Reuters 22jul2008
• Bank of America Profit Tumbles 41%: Newly-Acquired Countrywide Lost $2.3B in Quarter - CNNMoney 21jul2008
• Jitters Ease as Citi, Rivals Show Signs of Bottoming Out - Wall Street Journal 19jul2008
• Oil Industry Behind White House Switch on Global Warming - Press Release / Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming / U.S. Congress 18jul2008
• Citigroup Posts $2.5 Billion Loss on Fresh Write-Downs: $56 Billion in Last 4 Quarters! - New York Times 18jul2008
• Merck to Fund $4.85 Billion Vioxx Settlement of 50,000 Vioxx Lawsuits - AP 17jul2008
• Merrill Lynch Posts $4.9 Billion Q2 Loss: Selling Assets - Reuters 17jul2008
• Merrill Lynch Ends Talks on Moving to Ground Zero: Bad Memories and Insufficient Funds - New York Times 17jul2008
• Fannie, Freddie and Bernanke: Fed Chief Bleak on Economic Outlook - New York Times 16jul2008
• Washington Mutual Drop Wipes Out Most of TPG Holding - Bloomberg News 15jul2008
• Producer Price Index for Finished Goods Increased 1.8 percent in June 2008 - Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor 15jul2008
• Bank Failure: U.S. Seizes IndyMac as Troubles Spread - Reuters 12jul2008
• Iraq: General Misled Lawmakers on KBR Work: Maj. Gen. Jerome Johnson - New York Times 10jul2008
• Bank Losses From Credit Crisis May Run to $1,600bn, Warns Bridgewater - The Telegraph (UK) 8jul2008
• Bear Trap Opens For Resource Stocks - Wall Street Journal 7jul2008
• Employers Cut 62,000 Jobs in Sixth Straight Month of Losses - AP 3jul2008
  • The Employment Situation: June 2008 (Summary) - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 3junl2008
• Ecology: The Moment of Truth—An Introduction - Book Review / Monthly Review 1jul2008
• BIS: Bank for International Settlements Annual Report: World Economy May Be At “Tipping Point” - WSWS 1jul2008
• BIS Slams Central Banks, Warns of Worse Crunch to Come: Second Depression - The Telegraph (UK) 1jul2008
• Fortis Snares $630 Million Infusion From Russian Investor - Wall Street Journal 30jun2008
• House of Cards: You Thought the Housing Crisis Was Bad? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet - LA CityBeat 28jun2008
• Fortis: American 'Meltdown' Reason for Money Injection - De Financiële Telegraaf (Amsterdam) 28jun2008
• Fortis Seeks to Bolster Finances - BBC (UK) 26jun2008
• Bernanke Aggravates Trade Deficit Risks - Asia Times (Hong Kong) 12jun2008
• Corn Hits Record on Heavy Rain; Margins Increased - MarketWatch 9jun2008
• Cost of Living to Keep Rising as Oil and Food Hit Record Highs - The Telegraph (UK) 6jun2008
• Continental Airlines to Cut 3,000 Jobs, Reduce Capacity by 11 Percent, Citing Crisis - AP 5apr2008
• U.S. Airlines Slash Jobs: United Trimming 1,600; Small Rival May Cut or Move 60% of Flight Attendants, 45% of Pilots - The Toronto Star 5jun2008

• GM to Shutter Four Truck Plants: Maybe Stop Selling Hummer Brand - Wall Street Journal 3jun2008

• Legal Battle Between UBS and Paramax Capital - New York Times 1jun2008

• European Central Bank's Draghi Says Oil Prices `Limit' Monetary Policy - Bloomberg 31may2008

• Subprime Finds New Victim as Muni Defaults Triple - Bloomberg 30may2008

• US and European Debt Markets Flash New Warning Signals - The Telegraph (UK) 30may2008

• Housing Industry: Another Difficult Year Predicted - AP 26may2008

• Banking: The Next Credit Crisis - Forbes 21may2008

• Car Makers' Boom Years Now Look Like a Bubble - Wall Street Journal 20may2008

• SEC Sues Ex-AOL Executives Over Inflated Internet Advertising Revenue by More than $1 Billion - Bloomberg 19may2008

• Wholesale Prices Rise Faster Than Expected: Food and Fuel - Los Angeles Times 16apr2008

• Industrial Output Plunges in April, Reflecting Big Cutbacks in Autos and Other Manufacturing: 3rd Negative Quarter - AP 15may2008

• Heparin: FDA Withholds List of Chinese Heparin Suppliers From Probe by Congress - Wall Street Journal 10may2008

  • Heparin: Testimony Before Congressional Subcommittee by Marcia Crosse, GAO Director of Health Care: GAO-08-701T 22apr2008

• FedEx Profits Down on Fuel Costs and Weakening Demand for its U.S. Express Delivery - Business Week 9may2008

• Insurance Giant AIG Posts Record Loss on Bad Debt - BBC 9may2008

• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: Doubts Raised on Big Backers of Mortgages - New York Times 6may2008

• Oil: Goldman's Murti Says Oil 'Likely' to Reach $150-$200 - Bloomberg 6may2008

• Pepsi to Cut Plastic Used in Bottles: Too Bad For Municipalities Recycling Programs - Wall Street Journal 6may2008

• The Great Big Food Kablooey: Why Food is Complicated - Casaubon's Book 1may2008

• Mary Gade: EPA Regional Chief Resigns After Dispute Over Dow's Dioxin Pollution - Wall Street Journal 3may2008

• Low Spending Is Taking Toll on Economy - New York Times 1may2008

• Home Depot Plans More Closings - Wall Street Journal 2may2008

• Consumer Spending Up on Higher Prices: Record Gasoline Prices, Deep Housing Slump and Rising Unemployment - AP 1may2008

• The Politics Of Food Is Politics - Speaking Truth To Power 26apr2008

• New Home Sales Plunge to Lowest Level in 16½ Years  - AP 24apr2008

• Delta, Northwest Lose Combined $10.5B on High Fuel, Charges - AP 23apr2008

• The Market's Worst is Yet to Come - MSN Money 21apr2008

• Bank of America's Profit Drops 77 Percent in First Quarter - AP 21apr2008

• Libor's Rise May Sock Many Borrowers - Wall Street Journal 19apr2008

• Why Lenders Are Leery Of Short Sales - Wall Street Journal 17apr2008

• Credit Default Swaps and Bank Leverage - Naked Capitalism 16apr2008

• Economy Weakens Further in Sales, Housing, Credit, and Jobs - AP 16apr2008

• Global Systemic Crisis: Four Big Trends Over the 2008-2013 Period - Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin 16apr2008

• Global Systemic Crisis: End of 2008: Pension Funds Go Off The Rails - Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin 15mar2008

• Factories Fading, Hospitals Step In - Wall Street Journal 15apr2008

• IMF Warns of 'Fire and Ice' Threat to the World - The Telegraph (UK) 12apr2008

• IMF Cuts US Growth Forecast, Warns of Global Slump - WSWS 12apr2008

• Mining-equipment maker Joy Global has thrived during the commodities boom. How will it fare in a slowdown? - Fortune 28mar2008

• Pending Home Sales Hit New Low in February: Latest Sign of a Still-Tumbling Housing Market - AP 8apr2008

• The Great Inflation Cover-Up: If the price of dinner is pinching us, why don't the CPI numbers acknowledge it? -  Fortune 14apr2008

• Restaurants' Triple Serving of Recession: Not only do they have to cope with a drop in business, but fuel surcharges and soaring food costs as well - CNNMoney 9apr2008

• Overdue Consumer Debts Highest Since 1992, ABA Says - Bloomberg News 3apr2008

• Statement of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Before the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress - 2apr2008

• Factory Orders Fall for Second Straight Month: Double What Expected - AP 2apr2008

• Who Will Be Next Bear? -  Minyanville 31mar2008

• American Cancer Society: The World's Wealthiest "Nonprofit" Institution - Cancer Prevention Coalition 28mar2008

• The Red Menace: The World's Markets Gambled on Financial Alchemy. They Lost. - Sunday Herald (Scotland) 27mar2008

• Growing Number of Companies Use Scanners to Track Employees - AP 26mar2008

• New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears: Spread of Prosperity Brings Supply Woes - Wall Street Journal 24mar2008

• Depression: Financial Turmoil Raises Worries of Deeper Recession - Worst Since World War II - AP 22mar2008

• Greenspan Stands His Ground: Ex-Chairman Says Fed Policies Didn't Cause Current Woes - Washington Post 21mar2008

• Starbucks Ordered to Pay California Baristas More than $100 Million in Back Tips Plus Interest - AP 21mar2008

• Fed Expands Collateral Accepted in Auction Program - Bloomberg 20mar2008

• Treasuries' Scarcity Triggers Repo Market Failures - Bloomberg 20mar2008

• IKB Seeks Fourth Bailout After Subprime Loss Widens - Bloomberg 20mar2008

• Asian Economies Hit by US Financial Crisis and Slowdown - WSWS 20mar2008

• Monsanto Loses Appeal of French Ban on Modified Corn - St. Louis Post-Dispatch 20mar2008

• Cargo Slump Bodes Ill for Supply Chain: Drop in Pacific Passage Hits Global Sea Carriers - Wall Street Journal 20mar2008

• A Dangerous Divergence: World's Central Banks are Worryingly Far Apart - The Economist 19mar2008

• World Trade Decelerates Almost to Standstill - Financial Times (UK) 19mar2008

• Making the Most of a Global Depression - Hope Dance 19mar2008

• Australian Property Trust Plunges Over Margin Call - Reuters 18mar2008

• A Lack of Trust Spells Crisis in Every Financial Language - Financial Times (UK) 18mar2008

• The Reset Button - The Great Change 18mar2008

• Lehman Rout Tests Fed's Resolve: Investors still don't know what lurks on Wall Street balance sheets - Fortune 18mar2008

• The Worst-Case Scenario - Live Commentary and Weekly Watch - Asia Times 18mar2008

• Delta Will Offer Voluntary Severance Payouts to About 30,000, More Than Half Its Workforce - AP 18mar2008

• A Gloomy Outlook, Especially in This Country - The Independent (UK) 18mar2008

• Wall Street Turmoil Ripples Across Main Street - Reuters 18mar2008

• City Shaken as Events on Wall Street Unfold - The Times (UK) 18mar2008

• America Was Conned - Who Will Pay? - The Guardian (UK) 17mar2008

• The Dollar Sinks. Economic Crisis Worsens. Is Anyone in Charge? - San Francisco Chronicle 17mar2008

• End of Wall Street As We Know It - Fortune 17mar2008

• A Stake Through the Heart: Bear's Biggest Holders May Have Little Choice But to Cut Their Losses - Wall Street Journal 17mar2008

• A Red Flag for Bank Liquidity: Investors Taking Closer Look - Business Week 17mar2008

• How Subprime Killed Bear Stearns: Bigger Issue is Experts Don't Know When it Will End - CNN Money 17mar2008

• Sorry, I Wasn’t Pessimistic Enough! - Prudent Bear 17mar2008

• Central Bank Offers Loans To Brokers, Cuts Key Rate Historic Steps - Wall Street Journal 17mar2008

• Wall Street Fears for Next Great Depression - The Independent (UK) 16mar2008

• A Short Critique of the Stern Review - Real-World Economics Review 15mar08

• Global Systemic Crisis: End of 2008: Pension Funds Go Off The Rails - Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin (GEAB) N°23 15mar2008

• Bear Stearns: Fears for World Economy: Links to Failure of Carlyle and Bush Family - Independent (Ireland) 15mar2008

• Bear Stearns Gets Emergency Funds From JPMorgan, Fed: The Largest Government Bailout of a U.S. Securities Firm - Bloomberg 14mar2008

• Bear Sterns Linked to Carlyle Group and from there to Bush family . . . 

  • Exposed: The Carlyle Group - documentary film uncovers the subversion of what's left of democracy in America - Tegenlicht / VPRO Netherlands TV 25jan04
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• The Fed May Run Low on Unconventional Ammo - Wall Street Journal 11mar2008

• U.S. Home Defaults and Foreclosures Rise 60% in February - Bloomberg News 13mar2008

• Mind the Gap: Home-Price Downside - Wall Street Journal 13mar2008

• Dow Retreats As Doubts Rise Over Fed's Move - Wall Street Journal 13mar2008

• $200 Billion: Fed Offers Lifeline for Spurned Debt - Wall Street Journal 12mar2008

• Derivatives the New 'Ticking Bomb': Buffett and Gross Warn: $516 Trillion Bubble is a Disaster Waiting to Happen  -  MarketWatch 10mar2008

• New York Times Trying to Prevent Public from Panicking - Life After the Oil Crash 10mar2008

• Countrywide Financial Corp. Being Investigated by FBI Begins Investigation for Securities Fraud - AP 9mar2008

• Banks Face "Systemic Margin Call" $325 Billion Hit: JPMorgan Chase & Co - Reuters 8mar2008

• Recession! - Jobs Data Suggest U.S. Is in Recession: Largest Payroll Fall In Five Years Spurs New Stimulus Talk - Wall Street Journal 8mar2008

• Massive Job Losses: Recession Fears Rise on More Job Cuts - Reuters 7mar2008

• Investors Dump Securities From Fannie, Freddie: Mortgage Sector Strongholds Falter - Washington Post 7mar2008

• What if Fannie and Freddie Can’t Prop Up Housing? - Housing Wire 7mar2008

• Next Wave of Sub-Prime Losses is About to Hit: More on Carlyle - Money Week 7mar2008

• Confidence Sinks to Lowest Point in Records Going Back to 2002: RBC Cash Index Sank 33.1 from 48.5 in February - AP & Press Release 7mar2008

• Carlyle Capital: Carlyle Capital Reports Additional Margin Calls, Considering 'All Options' - AP 7mar2008

• Carlyle Group Scorched by Mortgage Fund's Stumble - Bloomberg 7mar2008

• Jefferson County Rejects Calls on Swaps Trades: Standard & Poor's Cuts Rating to Triple-C - Wall Street Journal 7mar2008

• Twin Shocks of Finance and Resources Facing Global Economy - Financial Times (UK) 6mar2008

• High Schools Add Classes Scripted by Corporations - Wall Street Journal 6mar2008

• Euro Bond Spreads Hit Record as Panic Grips Markets - Telegraph (UK) 6mar2008

• Chinese Banks Lend $14 Billion to Farm Areas for Snowstorm Recovery in China - AP 5mar2008

• Auction Bond Failures Near 70%: No Sign of Abating - Bloomberg 5mar2008

• Troubles Emerge in alt-A Loans as Delinquencies Ratchet Up - MarketWatch 4mar2008

• Citi Falls on Worries About Cash Levels: $18 Billion Written Down With Another $18 Billion Soon to Go - AP 4mar2008

• Oil Prices Near $104 a Barrel as Dollar Falls to Historic Low Against Euro - International Herald Tribune 4mar2008

• Asset-Backed, Commercial-Mortgage Spreads Met `Ebola' - Bloomberg News 3mar2008

• HSBC $17.2 Billion Writedown  - The Times (UK) 3mar2008

• Markets Fall on Drumbeat of Grim Reports - New York Times 1mar2008

• Freddie Posts $2.45 Billion Loss for 4th Quarter - Wall Street Journal 29feb2008

• Sovereign Wealth Funds: Dubai Fund Hits Back at Criticism: Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem - BBC News 29feb2008

• US Wheat Trader Loses $141m in One Day's 'Unauthorized' Trading: Largest Rogue Trade Loss on Agricultural Market - Financial Times (UK) 29feb2008

• Billions of Dollars of Sales Slam Muni Bonds - Reuters 29feb2008

• Stocks Fall Sharply on Economic Worries - AP 29feb2008

• Commodity Prices Surge, As Investors Seek a Haven - Wall Street Journal 29feb2008

• Prison Population: More Than 10 Percent of US Males in Prison - New York Times + Executive Summary of Pew Report 28feb2008

• Bush, Fed Chief See No Recession Ahead - AP 28feb2008

• Economy Skids to Near Halt in Final Quarter of 2007 - AP 28feb2008

• China Puts Drug-Safety Onus on Buyers - Wall Street Journal 28feb2008

• Collapse of U.S. Economy Foreseen by International Experts - The Intelligencer (Canada) 27feb2008

• EU Wants Sovereign Wealth Fund Code of Conduct by Year End - Thomson Financial News 27feb2008

• Markets on Tear: Wheat, Oil, Euro: Grain Trading Explodes In the Minneapolis Pits; Speculators Flood In - Wall Street Journal 27feb2008

• Decline in Home Prices Accelerates: Fed's Efforts Have Only Muted Effect On Mortgage Rates - Wall Street Journal 27feb2008

• Outlook for U.S. Banks Just Got Gloomier - Financial Post (Canada) 26feb2008

• Global Shortage of Metals Looming: In 10 years, today's prices may look like a bargain - Financial Post 25feb2008

• The Collection Agency - Weekly Report 25feb2008

• Existing Home Sales Fall to Lowest Level in Nine Years: Sales and Prices Both Fall in January - AP 25jan2008

• The Next Credit Tidal Wave: Credit default swaps (CDSs) are the latest financial instruments to be hit by market turmoil. - The Independent (UK) 22feb2008

• Subprime Loans Defaulting Even Before Resets - CNNMoney.com 20feb2008

• America’s Economy Risks Mother of All Meltdowns - Financial Times (UK) 19feb2008

• Wall St. Banks Confront a String of Write-Downs - New York Times 19feb2008

• USDA Orders Nation's Largest Beef Recall: 143 million pounds of frozen beef from Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co - AP 18feb2008

• U.S. Retail Sales Show Increase Because Necessities Cost More - International Herald Tribune 17feb2008

• UK: Northern Rock to Be Nationalized - Wall Street Journal 17feb2008

• The Future of Nuclear Power - Monthly Review 1feb2008

• Think I'm a bear? Get a Load of This Banque AIG Global Strategist - Globe and Mail (Canada) 15feb2008

• Market Place New Trouble in Auction-Rate Securities - New York Times 15feb2008

• Best U.S. Factory Jobs in Rising Jeopardy As Productivity Abroad Rises - Christian Science Monitor 15feb2008

• Paulson's Wild Ride on the Hindenburg: "The worst has just begun" - Information Clearinghouse 15feb2008

• Sovereign Wealth Funds: Growing Foreign Government Investments May Threaten U.S. National Security - Epoch Times 14feb2008

• The Next Crisis Will Be Over Food - Financial Times (UK) 14feb2008

• Bond Insurer Bristles at Gov't Bailout - AP 14feb2008

• Mortgage Servicers Next Victim of Housing Crisis - Reuters 14feb2008

• Baxter Heparin: China Plant Played Role In Drug Tied to 4 Deaths - Wall Street Journal 14feb2008

• More Grain Production Sought Farmers, Baking Industry Urge Government Action As High Prices Take Toll - Wall Street Journal 14feb2008

• UBS Warns of a Difficult 2008 as Profits Dive: Confirms $18 Billion in Write-Downs - The Times (UK) 14feb2008

• GM Posts Record US Auto Loss for 2007, Offers Buyouts - AP 12feb2008

• Has Earth Entered a New Epoch? - Christian Science Monitor 7feb2008
  • Are We Now Living in the Anthropocene? - Zalasiewicz / GSA Today 1feb 2008

• The Road To Hyperinflation: A Failure of Central Banking - Asia Times 30jan2008

• GDP Growth Slowed in 4th Quarter: 0.6% Annual Rate is Smallest Yearly Rise Since 2002 - Wall Street Journal 30jan2008

• Home Prices Plunged a Record 8.4 Percent in November, Marking Two Years of Slowing Returns - AP 29jan2008

• GAO Faults FDA for Scrutiny Of Medical-Device Makers - Wall Street Journal 29jan2008

  • GAO Testimony: Medical Devices: Challenges for FDA in Conducting Manufacturer Inspections: Statement of Marcia Crosse, Director Health Care 29jan2008

• U.S. Shipbuilders Grapple With Shortage of Skilled, Experience Labor Amid Rise in Orders - AP 27jan2008
• Jérôme Kerviel: French Bank Rocked by Rogue Trader: Société Générale Blames $7.2 Billion in Losses On a Quiet 31-Year-Old -Wall Street Journal 25jan2008
• You Should Be Wary Of This Market Rebound - New York Post 24jan2008
• Existing Single-Family Home Sales Drop by Largest Amount in 25 Years - AP 24jan2008
• Ford Looks to Trim Up to 13,000 More Jobs: Buyouts Could Pave the Way For Lower-Paid Replacements - Wall Street Journal 24jan2008
• Corporate Default Risk Rises as Fed Rate Cut Signals Recession - Bloomberg News 22jan2008
• Black Monday: Recession Fears Spark Global Share Crash - The Guardian (UK) 22jan2008
• Fears of a Recession Spark a Global Selloff; New Pressure on the Fed - Wall Street Journal 22jan2008
• Asian, European Markets Plunge on Pessimism Over US Stimulus Plan: Too Little, Too Late, Won't Help - AP 21jan2008
• Collapse: WalMart and Waiting for the Shoe to Drop - Culture Change 20jan2008
• Overseas Investors Buy Aggressively in U.S. - New York Times 20jan2008
• Job Data Passes Threshold Where Recessions Dwell - New York Times 19jan2008
• Merrill Lynch: Springfield, Mass., Takes Aim at Merrill Over Subprime Losses - Wall Street Journal 19jan2008
• Sprint Nextel to Cut 4,000 Jobs: Wireless carrier loses 683,000 postpaid customers - MarketWatch 18jan2008
• Dow Falls 306 Points: Stocks Extend Plunge As Manufacturing Index Falls; Bond Insurers Fall Amid Fears of Losses - AP 17jan2008
• Homebuilding: Sharpest Drop in 27 years: Declines Not Seen Since Past Recessions - CNNMoney 17jan2008
• Merrill Lynch Sub-prime Losses Top $23bn - The Times (UK) 17jan2008
• Unpublished Medical Reports Have Found Many Drugs Have Little or No Effect on Patients - Wall Street Journal 16jan2008

• Chinese and U.S. Demand Drives Commodities Surge - New York Times 15jan2008

• Citigroup Loses $9.8 Billion; Will Cut Jobs and Dividends  - New York Times 15jan2008

• Supreme Court Backs Limits on Securities Fraud Suits - Reuters 15jan2008

• IndyMac to Lay Off 24 Percent of Its Work Force to Slash Costs - AP 15jan2008

• Merrill Lynch Says USA Already in Recession - Computerworld 14jan2008

• Citigroup to Cut 20,000 Jobs and Slash Dividend - Bloomberg News 14jan2008

• No Quick Fix to Economic Downturn - New York Times 13jan2008

• Pyramids Crumbling - Investment Outlook (PIMCO) 12jan2008

• Citigroup May Turn to Alwaleed, China for Cash to Offset Losses - Bloomberg 11jan2008

• Shadow Banking System Down, Credit Out - Reuters 7jan2008
• Retailers Had Weak Sales in December - AP 10jan2008
• New Blows Hit Housing Industry: KB's Loss, Worries About Countrywide Spook Ailing Sector - Wall Street Journal 9jan2008
• 2008 Housing Outlook: Longer and Deeper with Double-Digit Declines - CNNMoney.com 7jan2008

• U.S. Manufacturing Unexpectedly Contracts After 10 Monthly Gains, Lowest Since April 2003 - AP 2jan2008