Bibliography for World Events: 2008Q2      
                   
Date Published Date Published Date Posted Venue Country Author Article/URL* Media Listed Sources Contributors
1-Apr-08 1-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Approval of proposal by JP Morgan Chase  Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  1-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance U.S. Department of the Treasury News Release  
  1-Apr-08   Zurich; Basel Switzerland   Pre-announcement of first quarter 2008 estimated net loss of approximately CHF 12 billion UBS News Release  
  1-Apr-08       David Cho; Jeffrey H. Birnbaum Opposition To Treasury's Blueprint Gains Steam Washington Post   Carrie Johnson; Steven Mufson 
  1-Apr-08       Neil Irwin Under the Treasury's Plan, Fed Would Lose a Key Power Washington Post    
  1-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   Dynamic Maps of Nonprime Mortgage Conditions in the United States Federal Reserve Bank of New York FirstAmerican CoreLogic, LoanPerformance Data  
2-Apr-08 2-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM: JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, New York: Order Approving the Acquisition of Control of a Bank Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  2-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. David M. Herszenhorn; Vikas Bajaj A Bipartisan Bid on Mortgage Aid Is Gaining Speed NYT    
3-Apr-08 3-Apr-08   Chicago, IL U.S.   ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy CNN Money CNN  
  3-Apr-08   Paris France   Europe’s automated ship docks to the ISS European Space Agency News Release  
  3-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   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  
  3-Apr-08         ATV Jules Verne Docks with Station NASA News Release  
  3-Apr-08         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  
  3-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   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  
  3-Apr-08   Bucharest Romania Paula Wolfson NATO Welcomes New Balkan Members, Endorses Missile Shield VOA News    
4-Apr-08 4-Apr-08         Skybus becomes third airline this week to close CNN International    
  4-Apr-08         B-1 bomber burns after landing in Qatar CNN International CNN  
  4-Apr-08         US aircraft catches fire in Qatar Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  4-Apr-08       Jonathan Amos Jules Verne' pictured over UK BBC News    
  4-Apr-08   Luxembourg Luxembourg Stephanie Bodoni Google, Yahoo Keep User Data Too Long, EU Group Says (Update3) Bloomberg    
  4-Apr-08   Brussels Belgium   ARTICLE 29 DATA PROTECTION WORKING PARTY: Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines European Commission    
5-Apr-08 5-Apr-08       Susan Carey Low-Cost Carrier Skybus Closes Down Business WSJ    
  5-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Nancy Kercheval Skybus Ends Service, Third Airline to Fold This Week (Update2) Bloomberg    
  5-Apr-08   Paris France   Space Station crew enters Jules Verne ATV European Space Agency News Release  
6-Apr-08 6-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq   23 killed as Shiite fighters, US forces clash in Baghdad AFP    
  6-Apr-08         Iraq rocket fire kills US soldiers Al Jazeera Agencies  
  6-Apr-08         Blast kills Sri Lanka minister Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  6-Apr-08         Blast kills Sri Lankan minister BBC News    
  6-Apr-08   Colombo Sri Lanka   12 killed, 50 injured in Sri Lanka blast which killed minister China View Xinhua Amber Yao
  6-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Bill Arthur; Rachel Edelsberg Charlton Heston, Played Moses, Ben-Hur in Movies, Is Dead at 84 Bloomberg    
  6-Apr-08       Robert J. Shiller The Fed Gets a New Job Description NYT    
  6-Apr-08       Richard Corliss Appreciation: Charlton Heston Time    
7-Apr-08 7-Apr-08         Clashes break out in Egypt town Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  7-Apr-08       Darren Waters Search engines warned over data BBC News    
  7-Apr-08         UPDATE 1-Some US banks face failure as credit problems mount-RBC Reuters UK    
  7-Apr-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. Ian King Advanced Micro Sales Miss Forecast; Job Cuts Planned (Update3) Bloomberg    
  7-Apr-08       Dean Baker The Foreclosure Prevention Act (a.k.a. the Bank and Builder Bailout Act) Center for Economic and Policy Research    
  7-Apr-08         Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  7-Apr-08 11-Apr-08 Basel Switzerland   Report of the Financial Stability Forum on Enhancing Market and Institutional Resilience Financial Stability Forum    
  7-Apr-08       Freddy Deknatel A "Failed" Strike in Egypt and Mubarak's Enduring Image Huffington Post    
  7-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Ned Parker; Raheem Salman Five Americans die in Iraq Los Angeles Times   Caesar Ahmed
  7-Apr-08       Anne Broache Europeans warn search engines: Delete user data sooner CNET    
  7-Apr-08       Chloe Albanesius EU Says Google Holding Info for Too Long PC Magazine    
  7-Apr-08       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    
8-Apr-08 8-Apr-08   New Delhi India   First India-Africa Forum Summit opens China View Xinhua Feng Tao (ed.)
  8-Apr-08       Don Clark AMD's Revenue Takes Hit; Work Force to Be Cut 10% WSJ    
  8-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Tina Susman Fighting intensifies in Iraq's capital Los Angeles Times   Saad Fakhrildeen; others 
  8-Apr-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. John Markoff A.M.D., Citing a Slowdown, to Cut 1,650 Jobs NYT    
  8-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Barry Wood IMF: Credit Squeeze in US Could Get Worse VOA News    
9-Apr-08 9-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq   Clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City kill 20 CNN International   Jomana Karadsheh
  9-Apr-08         India seeks ties in Africa Al Jazeera Agencies  
  9-Apr-08         IMF warns of US recession Al Jazeera Agencies  
  9-Apr-08         Haitian president calls for calm Al Jazeera Agencies  
  9-Apr-08         Violence marks fall of Baghdad Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  9-Apr-08   Delhi India Sanjoy Majumder India and Africa investment deal BBC News    
  9-Apr-08   New Delhi India   India's big Africa initiative runs deep China View Xinhua Amber Yao (ed.)
  9-Apr-08   New Delhi India Cherian Thomas Africa, India Seek Debate, Action on Rising Prices (Update2) Bloomberg    
  9-Apr-08   Tokyo Japan   Announcement of the Monetary Policy Meeting Decisions (unchanged, Announced at 12:24 pm) Bank of Japan News Release  
  9-Apr-08       Tina Daunt Remembering Heston the maverick Los Angeles Times    
  9-Apr-08       Jason Simpkins India Embraces Africa, Opens the Door to Competition with China Money Morning    
  9-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Iraq's Debt (Taken Question) U.S. Department of State News Release  
  9-Apr-08       Neil Irwin IMF Puts Cost of Crisis Near $1 Trillion: Problems 'Metastasized' To Threaten Economy Worldwide, Report Says Washington Post    
10-Apr-08 10-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Sameer N. Yacoub Violence Kills 16 in Iraq's Sadr City AP    
  10-Apr-08 9-Apr-08 Washington, DC U.S.   IMF: U.S. economy to tip into "mild recession" China View Xinhua Yan Liang (ed.)
  10-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   H.R.3221 A bill to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes Library of Congress THOMAS  
  10-Apr-08   Syracuse, NY U.S. Horace Campbell; Sreeram Chaulia Old Friends In A New World The Times of India IST  
  10-Apr-08       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  
  10-Apr-08   Denver, CO U.S.   Frontier Airlines Continuing Normal Operations Following Chapter 11 Filing Frontier Airlines Holdings News Release  
  10-Apr-08   New Delhi India Sandeep Dikshit India, Africa to work together on U.N. seat The Hindu    
  10-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Food Price Rises Threaten Efforts to Cut Poverty—Strauss-Kahn International Money Fund    
  10-Apr-08         Bank of England Reduces Bank Rate by 0.25 Percentage Points to 5.0% Bank of England News Release  
11-Apr-08 11-Apr-08         Security fears as food prices soar Al Jazeera Agencies  
  11-Apr-08   Basel Switzerland   Financial Stability Forum Recommends Actions to Enhance Market and Institutional Resilience Financial Stability Forum    
  11-Apr-08         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  
  11-Apr-08   London U.K. Simon Kennedy Frontier Airlines files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy: Carrier hopes to continue operating as normal MarketWatch    
  11-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Greg Robb G7 sees difficult time, unhappy with currency swings MarketWatch    
  11-Apr-08       Louise Story The Face of a Prophet NYT    
  11-Apr-08   Ottawa, ON Canada Ian Austen Two Issues Combine to Scuttle an Aerospace Takeover NYT    
  11-Apr-08   Hong Kong China   Notice to Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Passengers Oasis Hong Kong Airlines News Release  
  11-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Statement of G-7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors U.S. Department of the Treasury News Release  
  11-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Statement by Secretary Paulson Following Meeting of G7 Finance Ministers And Central Bank Governors U.S. Department of the Treasury News Release  
  11-Apr-08   New Delhi India Anjana Pasricha Africa Calls for Indian Investment Throughout Continent VOA News    
  11-Apr-08   Ann Arbor, MI U.S.   Consumers Think Economy is Now in Recession Reuters University of Michigan  
12-Apr-08 12-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   IMFC Urges Action on Global Economy, Backs Fund Reforms  International Money Fund    
  12-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Ruth Mantell Consumer sentiment plunges to 26-year-low MarketWatch    
  12-Apr-08       Graham Bowley Frontier Airlines Files for Bankruptcy NYT   Keith Bradsher
  12-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Statement by Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. at the International Monetary and Financial Committee Meeting      
  12-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Barry Wood Economic Policy Makers Discuss Measures to Restore Market Confidence VOA News    
13-Apr-08 13-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Laura Wallace Ministers Resolve to Counter Slowdown, Combat Food Hikes International Money Fund    
  13-Apr-08       Gretchen Morgenson It’s a Long, Cold, Cashless Siege NYT    
  13-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Statement by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. at the Development Committee Meeting U.S. Department of the Treasury    
14-Apr-08 14-Apr-08         Plea for urgent food crisis action Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  14-Apr-08         Kenyans killed in sect protests Al Jazeera Agencies  
  14-Apr-08         Taliban raid targets Afghan police Al Jazeera Agencies  
  14-Apr-08   Eagan, MN; Atlanta, GA U.S.   Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines Combining To Create America's Premier Global Airline Delta Air Lines News Release  
  14-Apr-08   Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX U.S. Mary Jane Credeur; Mary Schlangenstein Delta to Acquire Northwest, Create Largest Airline (Update4) Bloomberg    
  14-Apr-08   Rome Italy Steve Scherer; Flavia Krause-Jackson Berlusconi Wins Italian Election, Set for Third Term (Update1) Bloomberg    
  14-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Steven R. Weisman Finance Ministers Emphasize Food Crisis Over Credit Crisis NYT    
  14-Apr-08   Dublin Ireland Mark Landler Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe NYT    
  14-Apr-08       Paul Krugman Crisis of Confidence NYT    
  14-Apr-08   Nairobi Kenya   At least 11 die in Kenyan clashes UPI    
  14-Apr-08   Nairobi Kenya Derek Kilner Kenya's New Coalition Receives Subdued Welcome VOA News    
  14-Apr-08         5 Dead, 9 Wounded in Baghdad Bombing VOA News AP-Reuters  
  14-Apr-08         Taliban Militants Kill 11 Policemen in Southern Afghanistan VOA News AFP-AP-Reuters  
  14-Apr-08   Charlotte, NC U.S.   Wachovia Reports 1st Quarter Results, Announces Initiatives to Further Enhance Capital Base and Flexibility Wachovia News Release  
  14-Apr-08   Charlotte, NC U.S.   Wachovia Corporation Announces Concurrent Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Preferred Stock, for an Aggregate of $7 Billion Wachovia News Release  
  14-Apr-08       Harry Dunphy World Bank Chief Calls for Immediate Action on Deepening Global Food Crisis Washington Post AP  
  14-Apr-08   Geneva Switzerland   The United Nations Compensation Commission UNCC    
15-Apr-08 15-Apr-08   Vatican City Vatican   BENEDICT XVI BEGINS HIS APOSTOLIC TRIP TO THE U.S.A. Vatican Information Service News Release  
  15-Apr-08         Alternative US Jewish lobby formed Al Jazeera Al Jazeera  
  15-Apr-08 14-Apr-08 New York, NY U.S. Chris Isidore Delta acquires Northwest in $3.1B deal CNN Money    
  15-Apr-08         Italy returns Berlusconi to power BBC News    
  15-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Meredith Buel Pope Benedict Begins US Visit VOA News    
  15-Apr-08         Pope Benedict XVI - The USA Tour: Pope Benedict XVI visits New York and Washington, DC, from 15-20 April 2008 VOA News    
  15-Apr-08       Cyrus Ombati; Brian Adero 14 killed as Mungiki unleash mayhem The Standard    
  15-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   NEW AMERICAN POLITICAL VOICE ON ISRAEL LAUNCHES: 100 Distinguished Americans Establish J Street PAC and Lobby to Promote Security through Peace J Street News Release  
  15-Apr-08   Rome Italy Ian Fisher Economy Ailing, Frustrated Italy Picks Berlusconi NYT    
  15-Apr-08       Suzanne Barlyn Foreclosure Act Does Squat for Homeowners TheStreet.com    
  15-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Bankruptcy Filings Rebound in Calendar Year 2007 US Courts Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts  
  15-Apr-08 21-Apr-08 Vatican City Vatican   Apostolic Journey to the United States of America and visit to the United Nations Organization Headquarters (April 15-21, 2008) Vatican Information Service    
  15-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Ernesto Londoño Two Bombs Kill Nearly 60 People, Injure Scores in Iraq Washington Post   Zaid Sabah; K.I. Ibrahim; Naseer Nouri; Saad Sarhan
  15-Apr-08   Rome Italy   Hunger's global hotspots: 15 April 2008 UN World Food Program    
16-Apr-08 16-Apr-08   Vatican City Vatican   MEETING WITH U.S. PRESIDENT, VESPERS WITH BISHOPS Vatican Information Service News Release  
  16-Apr-08         Congo plane crash kills 33, only one a passenger CNN International    
  16-Apr-08         DR Congo probes fatal air crash Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  16-Apr-08         Iraqi forces battle Shia fighters Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  16-Apr-08         Children among Israeli raid dead Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  16-Apr-08         Dozens dead in Iraq bombings Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  16-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Max Deveson US Jewish lobby gains new voice BBC News    
  16-Apr-08         Pope in landmark White House trip BBC News    
  16-Apr-08         President Bush Welcomes Pope Benedict During Lavish White House Ceremony VOA News AFP-AP-Reuters  
  16-Apr-08         At Least 17 Palestinians, 3 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza Clashes VOA News Reuters  
  16-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Lester R. Brown World Facing Huge New Challenge on Food Front: Business-as-Usual Not a Viable Option Earth Policy Institute News Release  
  16-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Food Price Unrest Around the World, September 2007- April 2008 (Table 1) Earth Policy Institute    
  16-Apr-08   London U.K.   Global Hedge Fund Assets Rise 27% to $2.6 Trillion HedgeFund Intelligence News Release  
  16-Apr-08       Amitai Etzioni J-Street: In the Wrong Corner Huffington Post    
  16-Apr-08   Armonk, NY U.S.   IBM Reports 2008 First-Quarter Results IBM News Release  
  16-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Tina Susman 2 Iraq bombings kill more than 50 Los Angeles Times   Ned Parker; special correspondents 
  16-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Stephen Labaton; David M. Herszenhorn Big Tax Breaks for Businesses in Housing Bill NYT   Micheline Maynard
  16-Apr-08   Goma Congo   Plane Crashes at Takeoff in Congo NYT Reuters  
  16-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Marisol Bello; Cathy Lynn Grossman Bush hosts pope at White House USA Today   M. Shawn Cohen and Gary Stern, The (Westchester County, N.Y.) Journal News; AP
17-Apr-08 17-Apr-08         Suicide bomber strikes Iraq funeral Al Jazeera Al Jazeera-Agencies  
  17-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Keynote AJC Annual Meeting Opening American Jewish Committee News Release  
  17-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Christopher Stern U.S. House Backs Bill to Avert Student Loan Crunch (Update2) Bloomberg    
  17-Apr-08   Carpinteria, CA U.S.   THE CROWN ESTATE TO PURCHASE THE WORLD’S LARGEST OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE FROM CLIPPER WINDPOWER FOR DEPLOYMENT IN UK WATERS  Clipper Windpower News Release  
  17-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Jomana Karadsheh Suicide bomber kills 50 in northern Iraq CNN    
  17-Apr-08   Mountain View, CA U.S.   Google Announces First Quarter 2008 Results Google News Release  
  17-Apr-08       Amos Harel; Yoav Stern  20 Palestinians, including Reuters man, killed in heavy Gaza clashes Haaretz Haaretz-Reuters  
  17-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   Merrill Lynch Reports First-Quarter 2008 Net Loss From Continuing Operations of $1.97 Billion Merrill Lynch News Release  
  17-Apr-08       Kenneth Chang Edward N. Lorenz, a Meteorologist and a Father of Chaos Theory, Dies at 90 NYT    
  17-Apr-08         THE CROWN ESTATE TO PURCHASE THE WORLD’S LARGEST OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE FROM CLIPPER WINDPOWER FOR DEPLOYMENT IN UK WATERS The Crown Estate News Release  
  17-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   H.R. 5715: To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families Library of Congress THOMAS  
  17-Apr-08         Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 50 in Northern Iraq VOA News AFP-AP-Reuters  
  17-Apr-08       Patricia Sullivan Edward Lorenz; Pioneer in Creation of Chaos Theory Washington Post    
18-Apr-08 18-Apr-08   Vatican City Vatican   Address to U.N., Synagogue Vist, Ecumenical Meeting Vatican Information Service    
  18-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S. Bradley Keoun Citigroup Reports Loss on Writedowns, Credit Costs (Update3) Bloomberg    
  18-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   Citi Reports First Quarter Net Loss of 5.1 Billion, Loss Per Share of $1.02 Citigroup News Release  
  18-Apr-08   Baghdad Iraq Howard LaFranchi Iraq bombings target US-allied, anti-Al Qaeda groups: Bombings this week in Sunni areas of Iraqi have killed more than 100 people Christian Science Monitor    
  18-Apr-08       Thomas H. Maugh II Edward N. Lorenz, 90; Scientist Developed Influential Chaos Theory Los Angeles Times    
  18-Apr-08       Eric Dash Citigroup Records a Loss and Plans 9,000 Layoffs NYT    
  18-Apr-08       Laurie Kulikowski Citi Shares Rise Despite Big Loss TheStreet.com    
  18-Apr-08   United Nations     Addressing General Assembly, Pope stresses major UN role on raft of issues UN News Service    
  18-Apr-08   United Nations     Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations HOLY SEE PRESS OFFICE    
  18-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Information Service    
  18-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S. Margaret Besheer Pope Benedict Calls for Respect of Human Rights During UN Address VOA News    
  18-Apr-08         Edward N. Lorenz ScD ’48 The Tech The New York Times News Service  
19-Apr-08 19-Apr-08         US, Iraqi Forces Seize Militant Stronghold in Basra VOA News AFP-AP-Reuters  
  19-Apr-08   Jerusalem   Griff Witte Carter Meets With Hamas Chief In Exile, Defying Israel and U.S. Washington Post    
20-Apr-08 20-Apr-08         Riba Wikipedia    
  20-Apr-08   Rome Italy   11th International Energy Forum International Energy Forum Micromegas  
  20-Apr-08   Jerusalem   Robert Berger Israel Launches Deadly Air Strikes on Gaza VOA News    
21-Apr-08 21-Apr-08         National City to Raise $7 Billion in New Capital NYT DealBook Andrew Ross Sorkin (ed.)
  21-Apr-08         Israel mulls Gaza crossing curbs Al Jazeera    
  21-Apr-08   Rome Italy   Oil price unlikely to fall below $90 a barrel - Venezuelan oil minister CNN Money Thomson Financial News delivered by Newstex  
  21-Apr-08         Darling backs £50bn bank bailout BBC News    
  21-Apr-08   Charlotte, NC U.S.   Bank of America Earns $1.21 Billion, or $0.23 per Share, in the First Quarter Bank of America PRNewswire-FirstCall  
  21-Apr-08   Cleveland, OH U.S.   National City to Strengthen Capital Base by Raising $7 Billion of Equity, Solidifying Its Financial Foundation: Company Also Reduces Common Dividend; Reports First Quarter Results National City News Release  
  21-Apr-08   London U.K.   Special Liquidity Scheme Bank of England News Release  
  21-Apr-08   Rome Italy Fred Pals; Ayesha Daya Using Food to Make Fuel Is `Criminal,' Venezuela's Ramirez Says Bloomberg    
  21-Apr-08   Charlotte, NC U.S. David Mildenberg Bank of America Net Income Falls 77% on Writedowns (Update4) Bloomberg    
  21-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Federal Reserve will offer $50 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today Federal Reserve Board News Release  
  21-Apr-08       Amos Harel; Barak Ravid; Yuval Azoulay; Fadi Eyadat  Gaza Strip crossings shut after attacks  Haaretz    
  21-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S. Riley McDermid Bank of America profit hit; CEO frets for consumer: Profit falls 77%; prolonged housing slump, subprime fallout remain worries MarketWatch    
22-Apr-08 22-Apr-08   Paris France David Jolly British Bank Seeks New Funds NYT    
  22-Apr-08   London U.K.   THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC: £12 Billion Rights Issue; Update on Credit Market Exposures, Disposals, Capital, Trading Conditions and Outlook Royal Bank of Scotland    
  22-Apr-08   New York, NY U.S.   Warburg Pincus Closes $15 Billion Global Private Equity Fund Warburg Pincus News Release  
  22-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   Joint Statement by President Bush, President Calderon, Prime Minister Harper The White House News Release  
23-Apr-08 23-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Al Pessin Top US General in Iraq to Head Regional Command VOA News    
  23-Apr-08   Pittsburgh, PA U.S. Paula Wolfson Clinton Wins Crucial Pennsylvania Primary VOA News    
  23-Apr-08   New Delhi India Anjana Pasricha At Least 90 Soldiers, Rebels Killed in Sri Lanka's Heavy Fighting VOA News    
24-Apr-08 24-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S.   H.R.493: To prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment Library of Congress THOMAS  
  24-Apr-08   Houston, TX U.S.   ConocoPhillips Reports First-Quarter Net Income of $4.1 Billion Or $2.62 Per Share  ConocoPhillips News Release  
  24-Apr-08   Zurich Switzerland   Credit Suisse Group reports net loss of CHF 2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2008 Credit Suisse News Release  
  24-Apr-08   Gurgaon India Heather Timmons Debt Collection Done From India Appeals to U.S. Agencies NYT    
25-Apr-08 25-Apr-08   San Francisco, CA U.S. Michael V. Copeland Microsoft swears it's embracing open standards - really! CNN Money Fortune  
  25-Apr-08   Vienna Austria   Statement by IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei International Atomic Energy Agency News Release  
  25-Apr-08   Washington, DC U.S. Greg Miller; Paul Richter U.S. offers evidence of North Korea-Syria nuclear plant Los Angeles Times   Maggie Farley
  25-Apr-08