| Bibliography for World Events: 1-Apr-08-9-Jun-08 |
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Date Published |
Date Posted |
Venue |
Country |
Author |
Article/URL* |
Media |
Listed Sources |
Contributors |
| 1-Apr-08 |
1-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Approval of proposal by JP
Morgan Chase |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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1-Apr-08 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Under Secretary for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey Testimony Before the Senate
Committee on Finance |
U.S. Department of the Treasury |
News Release |
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1-Apr-08 |
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Zurich;
Basel |
Switzerland |
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Pre-announcement of first
quarter 2008 estimated net loss of approximately CHF 12 billion |
UBS |
News Release |
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1-Apr-08 |
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David Cho; Jeffrey H. Birnbaum |
Opposition To Treasury's
Blueprint Gains Steam |
Washington Post |
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Carrie Johnson; Steven Mufson |
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1-Apr-08 |
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Neil Irwin |
Under the Treasury's Plan,
Fed Would Lose a Key Power |
Washington
Post |
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1-Apr-08 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
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Dynamic Maps of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the
United States |
Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
FirstAmerican CoreLogic,
LoanPerformance Data |
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| 2-Apr-08 |
2-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM:
JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York: Order Approving the Acquisition
of Control of a Bank |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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2-Apr-08 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
David M. Herszenhorn; Vikas Bajaj |
A Bipartisan Bid on
Mortgage Aid Is Gaining Speed |
NYT |
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| 3-Apr-08 |
3-Apr-08 |
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Chicago, IL |
U.S. |
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ATA Airlines files for
bankruptcy |
CNN Money |
CNN |
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3-Apr-08 |
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Paris |
France |
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Europe’s automated ship
docks to the ISS |
European Space Agency |
News Release |
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3-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Chairman Ben S. Bernanke:
Developments in the financial markets, Before the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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3-Apr-08 |
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ATV Jules Verne Docks with
Station |
NASA |
News Release |
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3-Apr-08 |
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Bucharest Summit Declaration: Issued by the Heads of
State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic
Council in Bucharest on 3 April 2008 |
NATO |
News Release |
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3-Apr-08 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Robert K. Steel
Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs |
U.S. Department of the Treasury |
News Release |
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3-Apr-08 |
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Bucharest |
Romania |
Paula
Wolfson |
NATO Welcomes New Balkan
Members, Endorses Missile Shield |
VOA News |
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| 4-Apr-08 |
4-Apr-08 |
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Skybus becomes third
airline this week to close |
CNN International |
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4-Apr-08 |
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B-1 bomber burns after
landing in Qatar |
CNN
International |
CNN |
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4-Apr-08 |
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US aircraft catches fire in
Qatar |
Al Jazeera |
Al Jazeera-Agencies |
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4-Apr-08 |
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Jonathan
Amos |
Jules Verne' pictured over
UK |
BBC News |
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4-Apr-08 |
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Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
Stephanie Bodoni |
Google, Yahoo Keep User
Data Too Long, EU Group Says (Update3) |
Bloomberg |
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4-Apr-08 |
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Brussels |
Belgium |
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ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION
WORKING PARTY: Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines |
European
Commission |
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| 5-Apr-08 |
5-Apr-08 |
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Susan Carey |
Low-Cost Carrier Skybus
Closes Down Business |
WSJ |
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5-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Nancy
Kercheval |
Skybus Ends Service, Third
Airline to Fold This Week (Update2) |
Bloomberg |
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5-Apr-08 |
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Paris |
France |
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Space Station crew enters
Jules Verne ATV |
European Space Agency |
News Release |
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| 6-Apr-08 |
6-Apr-08 |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
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23 killed as Shiite
fighters, US forces clash in Baghdad |
AFP |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Iraq rocket fire kills US
soldiers |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Blast kills Sri Lanka
minister |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Blast kills Sri Lankan
minister |
BBC News |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Colombo |
Sri Lanka |
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12 killed, 50 injured in
Sri Lanka blast which killed minister |
China View |
Xinhua |
Amber Yao |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
Bill Arthur; Rachel Edelsberg |
Charlton Heston, Played
Moses, Ben-Hur in Movies, Is Dead at 84 |
Bloomberg |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Robert J.
Shiller |
The Fed Gets a New Job
Description |
NYT |
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6-Apr-08 |
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Richard Corliss |
Appreciation: Charlton
Heston |
Time |
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| 7-Apr-08 |
7-Apr-08 |
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Clashes break out in Egypt
town |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Darren Waters |
Search engines warned over
data |
BBC News |
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7-Apr-08 |
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San
Francisco, CA |
U.S. |
Ian King |
Advanced Micro Sales Miss
Forecast; Job Cuts Planned (Update3) |
Bloomberg |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Dean Baker |
The Foreclosure Prevention
Act (a.k.a. the Bank and Builder Bailout Act) |
Center for Economic and Policy
Research |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Federal Reserve will offer
$50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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7-Apr-08 |
11-Apr-08 |
Basel |
Switzerland |
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Report of the Financial
Stability Forum on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience |
Financial Stability Forum |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Freddy
Deknatel |
A "Failed" Strike
in Egypt and Mubarak's Enduring Image |
Huffington
Post |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
Ned Parker; Raheem Salman |
Five Americans die in Iraq |
Los Angeles Times |
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Caesar Ahmed |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Anne Broache |
Europeans warn search
engines: Delete user data sooner |
CNET |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Chloe Albanesius |
EU Says Google Holding Info
for Too Long |
PC Magazine |
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7-Apr-08 |
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Dean Baker
(co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research) |
The Foreclosure Prevention
Act (a k a the Bank and Builder Bailout Act) |
TruthOut.org |
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7-Apr-08 |
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UPDATE 1-Some US banks face
failure as credit problems mount-RBC |
Reuters UK |
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| 8-Apr-08 |
8-Apr-08 |
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New Delhi |
India |
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First India-Africa Forum
Summit opens |
China View |
Xinhua |
Feng Tao
(ed.) |
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8-Apr-08 |
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Don Clark |
AMD's Revenue Takes Hit;
Work Force to Be Cut 10% |
WSJ |
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8-Apr-08 |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
Tina Susman |
Fighting intensifies in
Iraq's capital |
Los Angeles
Times |
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Saad Fakhrildeen; others |
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8-Apr-08 |
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San Francisco, CA |
U.S. |
John Markoff |
A.M.D., Citing a Slowdown,
to Cut 1,650 Jobs |
NYT |
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8-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Barry Wood |
IMF: Credit Squeeze in US
Could Get Worse |
VOA News |
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| 9-Apr-08 |
9-Apr-08 |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
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Clashes in Baghdad's Sadr
City kill 20 |
CNN International |
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Jomana Karadsheh |
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9-Apr-08 |
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India seeks ties in Africa |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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9-Apr-08 |
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IMF warns of US recession |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Haitian president calls for
calm |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Violence marks fall of
Baghdad |
Al Jazeera |
Al Jazeera-Agencies |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Delhi |
India |
Sanjoy
Majumder |
India and Africa investment
deal |
BBC News |
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9-Apr-08 |
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New Delhi |
India |
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India's big Africa
initiative runs deep |
China View |
Xinhua |
Amber Yao (ed.) |
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9-Apr-08 |
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New Delhi |
India |
Cherian
Thomas |
Africa, India Seek Debate,
Action on Rising Prices (Update2) |
Bloomberg |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Tokyo |
Japan |
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Announcement of the
Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions (unchanged, Announced at 12:24 pm) |
Bank of Japan |
News Release |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Tina Daunt |
Remembering Heston the
maverick |
Los Angeles
Times |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Jason Simpkins |
India Embraces Africa,
Opens the Door to Competition with China |
Money Morning |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Iraq's Debt (Taken
Question) |
U.S.
Department of State |
News Release |
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9-Apr-08 |
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Neil Irwin |
IMF Puts Cost of Crisis
Near $1 Trillion: Problems 'Metastasized' To Threaten Economy Worldwide,
Report Says |
Washington Post |
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| 10-Apr-08 |
10-Apr-08 |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
Sameer N.
Yacoub |
Violence Kills 16 in Iraq's
Sadr City |
AP |
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10-Apr-08 |
9-Apr-08 |
Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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IMF: U.S. economy to tip
into "mild recession" |
China View |
Xinhua |
Yan Liang (ed.) |
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10-Apr-08 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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H.R.3221 A bill to provide
needed housing reform and for other purposes |
Library of
Congress |
THOMAS |
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10-Apr-08 |
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Syracuse, NY |
U.S. |
Horace Campbell; Sreeram Chaulia |
Old Friends In A New World |
The Times of India |
IST |
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10-Apr-08 |
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Dean Baker
(co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research) |
Socialism for the Rich: Bailing Out the Bankers and
Builders |
AlertNet |
TruthOut.org |
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10-Apr-08 |
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Denver, CO |
U.S. |
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Frontier Airlines Continuing Normal Operations Following
Chapter 11 Filing |
Frontier Airlines Holdings |
News Release |
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10-Apr-08 |
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New Delhi |
India |
Sandeep
Dikshit |
India, Africa to work
together on U.N. seat |
The Hindu |
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10-Apr-08 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Food Price Rises Threaten
Efforts to Cut Poverty—Strauss-Kahn |
International Money Fund |
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10-Apr-08 |
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Bank of England Reduces
Bank Rate by 0.25 Percentage Points to 5.0% |
Bank of
England |
News Release |
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| 11-Apr-08 |
11-Apr-08 |
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Security fears as food
prices soar |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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11-Apr-08 |
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Basel |
Switzerland |
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Financial Stability Forum
Recommends Actions to Enhance Market and Institutional Resilience |
Financial
Stability Forum |
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11-Apr-08 |
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GE Reports First Quarter
2008 Net EPS of $.43, down 2%, and Continuing EPS of $.44, down 8%; Revenues
of $42.2 billion, up 8%; Orders of $24 billion, up 8% |
General Electric |
News Release |
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11-Apr-08 |
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London |