| Bibliography for World Events: 10-Feb-09 - 13-Mar-09 |
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Article/URL* |
Media |
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| 10-Feb-09 |
10-Feb-09 |
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'Suicide blast' hits Sri Lanka camp |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Sydney |
Australia |
Ellen Connolly; Jenny
Percival
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Net
closing on arsonists as 200 feared dead in Australian fires |
The Guardian |
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10-Feb-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
Simon
Kennedy |
UBS to
slash more jobs after $7 billion loss |
MarketWatch |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Zurich; Basel |
Switzerland |
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UBS
reports a fourth quarter loss of CHF 8.1 billion; excluding certain
substantial items, adjusted net operating results (pre-tax) were negative CHF
2.8 billion |
UBS |
News Release |
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10-Feb-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
Julia
Werdigier |
UBS
Posts $6.9 Billion Quarterly Loss |
NYT |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Detroit, MI |
U.S. |
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GM
Statement on Layoffs of Salaried Workers, Pay Cuts: GM to Reduce Salaried
Employment Levels |
WSJ |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Federal
Reserve is prepared to expand Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility
(TALF) |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
Ronald D. Orol |
Treasury,
Fed unveil $1.5 trillion rescue plan: Bad bank program should provide as much
as $1 trillion in financing |
MarketWatch |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Secretary
Geithner Introduces Financial Stability Plan: Remarks by Treasury Secretary
Timothy Geithner Introducing the Financial Stability Plan |
U.S.
Department of the Treasury |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Fact
Sheet: The Financial Stability Plan: Deploying our Full Arsenal to Attack the
Credit Crisis on All Fronts |
U.S. Department of the Treasury |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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#VALUE! |
Library of
Congress |
THOMAS |
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10-Feb-09 |
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Lisbon |
Spain |
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ILO
European Regional Meeting opens amid calls for an urgent and coordinated
response to the economic crisis |
International Labour Organization |
News Release |
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| 11-Feb-09 |
11-Feb-09 |
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Houston, TX |
U.S. |
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KBR
CEO Comments on DOJ and SEC Settlement Agreements in Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act Investigation |
KBR |
News Release |
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11-Feb-09 |
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Houston, TX |
U.S. |
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Halliberton
Announces Settlement of Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange
Commission Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigations |
Halliberton |
News Release |
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| 12-Feb-09 |
12-Feb-09 |
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Canberra |
Australia |
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International Alliance of Research
Universities Website |
International
Alliance of Research Universities |
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| 13-Feb-09 |
13-Feb-09 |
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Iraq
suicide bomb kills pilgrims |
BBC News |
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13-Feb-09 |
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Lisbon |
Spain |
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ILO
European Regional Meeting calls for coordinated response to economic crisis |
International
Labour Organization |
News Release |
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13-Feb-09 |
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Eduardo Porter |
What
Newspapers Do, Have Done and Will Do (Editorial) |
NYT |
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| 14-Feb-09 |
14-Feb-09 |
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Baghdad |
Iraq |
Robert H.
Reid |
Female
suicide bomber kills 40 in Iraq |
AP |
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Hamid Ahmed;
AP correspondent |
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14-Feb-09 |
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Scores
killed in Iraq suicide blast |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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14-Feb-09 |
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Wana |
Pakistan |
Hafiz Wazir |
U.S.
missile strike kills 25 militants in Pakistan |
Reuters
India |
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Alamgir
Bitani |
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14-Feb-09 |
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David Colker |
Headed
for foreclosure? Here's what to expect; The timing varies but the process
follows a predetermined script |
Los Angeles Times |
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14-Feb-09 |
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Surviving
recession: A consumer guide |
Los Angeles
Times |
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14-Feb-09 |
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More
Annals of Global Greed Inc. (Editorial) |
NYT |
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| 15-Feb-09 |
15-Feb-09 |
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US
drone' in fatal Pakistan raid |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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15-Feb-09 |
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Caracas |
Venezuela |
Brian Wagner |
Venezuelan
Officials: Chavez Wins Referendum |
VOA News |
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15-Feb-09 |
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The
Rise And Fall of A Peanut Empire |
Washington
Post |
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Julie Tate;
Madonna Lebling |
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15-Feb-09 |
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Tokyo |
Japan |
Hiroko Tabuchi |
Japan’s
Economy Plunges at Fastest Pace Since ’74 |
NYT |
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| 16-Feb-09 |
16-Feb-09 |
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Caracas |
Venezuela |
Brian Wagner |
Chavez
Celebrates End to Venezuela Term Limits |
VOA News |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Israel
Takes More Land in West Bank, Expands Settlements |
VOA News |
AP |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Suspected
US Drone Strikes Taliban Target in Pakistan |
VOA News |
AFP-AP-Reuters |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Russia |
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Russia's
Industrial Output Drops Nearly 20% |
VOA News |
AFP |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Chavez
wins Venezuela referendum |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Israel
seizes West Bank land |
Al Jazeera |
Al Jazeera-Agencies |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Baghdad
hit by two blasts |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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16-Feb-09 |
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At
Least 8 Killed in Baghdad Minibus Bombings |
VOA News |
AFP-AP-Reuters |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Caracas |
Venezuela |
Juan Forero |
Chávez
Wins Removal of Term Limits |
Washington
Post |
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16-Feb-09 |
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New York ; Clarence Center |
U.S. |
P.J. Huffstutter; Erika Hayasaki |
Stunned
N.Y. town mourns amid questions about Flight 3407 procedures |
Los Angeles Times |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Peshawar |
Pakistan |
Pamela
Constable |
Islamic
Law Instituted In Pakistan's Swat Valley |
Washington
Post |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Taipei |
Taiwan |
Don Lee |
Japanese
downturn is worst in 35 years |
Los Angeles Times |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Israel
seizes West Bank land |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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16-Feb-09 |
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Houston, TX |
U.S. |
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In the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas
Division: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford International Bank,
Ltd., et al: Order Appointing Receiver |
Stanford Financial Group |
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| 17-Feb-09 |
17-Feb-09 |
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Bentonville,
AR |
U.S. |
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Wal-Mart Reports
Financial Results for Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter (FYE09) |
Wal-Mart |
News Release |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Istanbul; Peshawar |
Turkey; Pakistan |
Zulfiqar Ali; Laura King |
Pakistan
officials allow Sharia in volatile region |
Los Angeles Times |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Islamabad |
Pakistan |
Jane Perlez |
Pakistan
Makes a Taliban Truce, Creating a Haven |
NYT |
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Ismail Khan;
Pir Zubair Shah; Salman Masood; Helene Cooper |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Trump
Entertainment Files for Chapter 11 |
NYT |
Reuters |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Atlantic
City, NJ |
U.S. |
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Trump
Entertainment Resorts Files Petition for Relief |
Trump
Entertainment Resorts |
News Release |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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The
American Reinvestment and Recovery Act: Jumpstarting our Economy and
Investing in Our Future |
White House |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Your Money at Work: The American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
White House |
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17-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Securities
and Exchange Commission v. Stanford International Bank, et al., Case No.
3-09CV0298-L (N.D.TX.); SEC Obtains Temporary Restraining Order, Asset
Freeze, and Other Relief Against Defendants
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U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission |
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| 19-Feb-09 |
19-Feb-09 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
Elizabeth
Stanton |
U.S.
Stocks Decline, Dow Industrials Close at Six-Year Low |
Bloomberg |
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| 20-Feb-09 |
20-Feb-09 |
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Germany
approves stimulus package |
BBC News |
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| 21-Feb-09 |
21-Feb-09 |
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Scores
die in Pakistan bomb attack |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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21-Feb-09 |
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Berlin |
Germany |
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Historic
German stimulus plan clears final hurdle |
AFP |
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| 22-Feb-09 |
22-Feb-09 |
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Islamabad |
Pakistan |
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Official
kidnapped in Pakistan, despite Swat Valley cease-fire |
CNN Asia |
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22-Feb-09 |
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Pakistani
Taliban seizes official |
Al Jazeera |
Al Jazeera-Agencies |
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22-Feb-09 |
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Australia
mourns bushfire victims |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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| 23-Feb-09 |
23-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Federal
Reserve offers $150 billion in 84-day credit through its Term Auction
Facility |
Federal Reserve Board |
News Release |
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23-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Joint
Statement by the Treasury, FDIC, OCC, OTS, and the Federal Reserve |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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23-Feb-09 |
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Arroyo Grande, CA |
U.S. |
Paul B. Farrell |
13
'tipping points' to the brink of Depression: Why Obamanomics may backfire,
triggering the next Great Depression |
MarketWatch |
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| 24-Feb-09 |
24-Feb-09 |
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Gov't
looks to quell nationalization fears |
Yahoo!
Finance |
AP |
Christopher
S. Rugaber; Ieva Augstums; Madlen Read; Sara Lepro |
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24-Feb-09 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
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S&P/Case-Shiller
Home Price Indices |
Standard & Poor's |
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24-Feb-09 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
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Nationally,
Home Price Declines Closed Out 2008 with Record Lows According to the
S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices |
Standard
& Poor's |
News Release |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Climate
Satellite Launch Fails, Spacecraft Falls to Earth |
VOA News |
AP-Reuters |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Dulles, VA |
U.S. |
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Orbital's
Launch of Taurus Rocket is Unsuccessful -- NASAs Orbiting Carbon Observatory
Satellite Does Not Achieve Orbit |
Orbital
Sciences Corporation |
News Release |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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NASA's
Launch Of Carbon-Seeking Satellite is Unsuccessful |
NASA |
News Release |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Japan |
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Minutes
of the Monetary Policy Meeting on January 21 and 22, 2009 |
Bank of
Japan |
News Release |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Catherine Rampell; Jack Healy |
Fed
Chairman Says Recession Will Extend Through the Year |
NYT |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Chairman
Ben S. Bernanke: Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress Before the
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington,
D.C. |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Remarks
of President Barack Obama -- Address to Joint Session of Congress |
White House |
News Release |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Julie
Gregson |
German
Business Confidence Slips to All-Time Low |
Deutsche
Welle |
DPA-Reuters-AFP |
Sonia
Phalnikar (ed.) |
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24-Feb-09 |
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Munich |
Germany |
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Ifo Business Climate
Germany: Results of the February 2009 Ifo Business Survey |
Ifo Institute for Economic
Research |
News Release |
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| 25-Feb-09 |
25-Feb-09 |
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Turkish
Airliner Crash-Lands at Amsterdam Airport |
VOA News |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Cairo |
Egypt |
Edward Yeranian |
Iranian,
Russian Technicians Test Bushehr Nuclear Plant |
VOA News |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Doug
Alexander; Frederic Tomesco |
Caisse
de Depot Lost C$39.8 Billion on Sales, Debt (Update2) |
Bloomberg |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Karen Mazurkewich |
Caisse
takes a 25% haircut in total assets |
Finacial Post |
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Paul Vieira |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Quebec,QC |
Canada |
Rhéal Séguin |
Quebec
to overhaul Caisse in wake of losses |
Globe and
Mail |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Montreal, QC |
Canada |
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La
Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec annonce un rendement moyen pondéré des
fonds des déposants de -25,0 % pour l’exercice financier terminé le 31
décembre 2008 |
Caisse de dépôt et placement du
Québec |
News Release |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Rex Nutting, |
Existing-home
sales drop 5.3% to 12-year low: Prices down 14.8% in past year as
foreclosures flood the market |
MarketWatch |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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2008
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |
U.S. Department of State |
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25-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Hillary
Rodham Clinton (Secretary of State) |
The
State Department's 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices |
U.S.
Department of State |
News Release |
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| 26-Feb-09 |
26-Feb-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
Julia Werdigier |
RBS
Posts Biggest Loss in U.K. History |
NYT |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Maggie Urry |
RBS
taps UK Treasury for Ł25.5bn |
Financial
Times |
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Peter Thal
Larsen |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Detroit, MI |
U.S. |
Nick Bunkley |
G.M.
Loses $9.6 Billion; Wagoner in Washington |
NYT |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Detroit, MI |
U.S. |
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GM
Reports Preliminary Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year 2008 Financial Results |
General
Motors |
News Release |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Kendra Marr |
GM
Posts Loss of $30.9B for 2008 |
Washington Post |
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26-Feb-09 |
25-Feb-09 |
Berlin |
Germany |
Craig
Whitlock |
Germany's
Financial Turnabout: Leaders Undergo a Change of Heart, Pledging to Assist
Ailing Neighbors |
Washington
Post |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Press
Briefing by OMB Director Peter Orszag and CEA Chair Christina Romer |
White House |
News Release |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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President's
Message (2010 Budget) |
White House |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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FY2010 Budget: Fact
Sheets |
Office of Management and Budget |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Budget of the United
States Government: Fiscal Year 2010; The Budget Documents |
Office of
Management and Budget |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Budget
of the United States Government: Fiscal Year 2010 |
Office of Management and Budget |
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26-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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A New
Era of Responsibility: Renewing America’s Promise |
Office of
Management and Budget |
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26-Feb-09 |
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US
Banks Post Billions in Losses |
VOA News |
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| 27-Feb-09 |
27-Feb-09 |
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A
trillion, you say? That's with 12 zeroes |
Detroit Free
Press |
AP |
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27-Feb-09 |
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Camp Lejeune, NC |
U.S. |
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Remarks
of President Barack Obama – Responsibly Ending the War in Iraq |
White House |
News Release |
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27-Feb-09 |
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Joe Nocera |
Propping
Up a House of Cards |
NYT |
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27-Feb-09 |
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Gross
Domestic Product: Fourth Quarter 2008 (Preliminary) |
Bureau of Economic Analysis |
News Release |
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27-Feb-09 |
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Julie
Creswell; Clifford Krauss |
Stanford
Accused of a Long-Running Scheme |
NYT |
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John
Branston |
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27-Feb-09 |
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Houston, TX |
U.S. |
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Stanford Financial
Group Receivership |
Stanford Financial Group |
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| 28-Feb-09 |
28-Feb-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Mil Arcega |
US
Government to Take Bigger Stake in Citigroup |
VOA News |
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28-Feb-09 |
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Thailand |
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14th ASEAN Summit |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Thailand |
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| 1-Mar-09 |
1-Mar-09 |
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Sue
Kirchhoff; Matt Krantz; Kathy Chu |
U.S.
readies another $30B as AIG debt problems mount |
USA TODAY |
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Barbara
Hagenbaugh |
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1-Mar-09 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
Lilla Zuill; Kristina Cooke |
AIG
failure would still be disastrous for global mkts |
Reuters UK |
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Walden Siew; Bernard Orr (ed.) |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Large
Insurer AIG Could Seek More Government Help |
VOA News |
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Bloomberg-Reuters |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Thailand |
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Signing
Ceremony of the Outcome Documents of the 14th ASEAN Summit |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Thailand |
News Release |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Jakarta |
Indonesia |
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
[Website] |
ASEAN
Secretariat |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Cha-am |
Thailand |
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Signing of Economic
Agreements at the 14th ASEAN Summit |
ASEAN Secretariat |
News Release |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Kiev |
Ukraine |
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Ukraine
Teeters as Citizens Blame Banks and Government |
NYT |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Geraint Jones |
MI5
Alert on Bank Riots |
Daily Express |
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James Fielding |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Peter Thal
Larsen; Kate Burgess |
HSBC
to scale back US lending |
Financial
Times |
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1-Mar-09 |
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Papers gloomy on
job prospects |
BBC News |
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| 2-Mar-09 |
2-Mar-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Mike Maynard |
Treasury,
Fed in pact to give AIG new $30 billion injection |
MarketWatch |
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2-Mar-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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U.S.
Treasury and Federal Reserve Board Announce Participation in AIG
Restructuring Plan |
Federal Reserve Board |
News Release |
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2-Mar-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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U.S. Treasury and
Federal Reserve Board Announce Participation in AIG Restructuring Plan |
U.S.
Department of the Treasury |
News Release |
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2-Mar-09 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
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AIG
Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Loss: Results Reflect Ongoing
Severe Market Disruption and Restructuring-Related Charges |
American International Group |
News Release |
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2-Mar-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
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HSBC
Holdings plc 2008 Final Results - Highlights |
HSBC |
News Release |
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2-Mar-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
Simon Kennedy |
HSBC
to shutter U.S. operations, raise $17.7 billion: Profit drops 70% after
goodwill charge; 6,100 jobs will be lost |
MarketWatch |
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2-Mar-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
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HSBC
Holdings plc Annual Results 2008: Presentation to Investors and Analysts |
HSBC |
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| 3-Mar-09 |
3-Mar-09 |
2-Mar-09 |
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Floyd Norris |
Dow
Falls Below 6,800; Lowest Close Since ’97 |
NYT |
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Bettina Wassener; Judy
Dempsey |
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3-Mar-09 |
|
New York, NY |
U.S. |
Madlen Read;
Tim Paradis |
Wall
Street drifts lower a day after massive drop |
Yahoo!
Finance |
AP |
|
| 5-Mar-09 |
5-Mar-09 |
|
Washington, DC |
U.S. |
|
Bankruptcy
Filings Up In Calendar Year 2008 |
U.S. Courts |
News Release |
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| |
5-Mar-09 |
|
London |
U.K. |
|
Bank
of England Reduces Bank Rate by 0.5 Percentage Points to 0.5% and Announces
Ł75 Billion Asset Purchase Programme |
Bank of
England |
News Release |
|
| |
5-Mar-09 |
|
Washington, DC |
U.S. |
|
Board
has compiled some tips to help protect consumers from foreclosure scams |
Federal Reserve Board |
News Release |
|
| 6-Mar-09 |
6-Mar-09 |
|
Calabasas,
CA |
U.S. |
|
PennyMac Loan Services [Website] |
PennyMac
Loan Services |
|
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| |
6-Mar-09 |
|
Calabasas, CA |
U.S. |
|
Private
National Mortgage Acceptance Company [Website] |
Private National Mortgage
Acceptance Company |
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| |
6-Mar-09 |
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|
Car
bomb hits Iraq cattle market |
BBC News |
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| |
6-Mar-09 |
|
Washington, DC |
U.S. |
|
Recovery
Rides on The 'G-2' [Originally published in the Washington Post] |
World Bank |
News Release |
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| 7-Mar-09 |
7-Mar-09 |
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Anti-Israel
protest turns violent |
Al Jazeera |
Al
Jazeera-Agencies |
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| |
7-Mar-09 |
|
Vienna |
Austria |
Frederic Morton |
The
Armageddon Waltz [Op-Ed] |
NYT |
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| 8-Mar-09 |
8-Mar-09 |
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Baghdad
police attack 'kills 28' |
BBC News |
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8-Mar-09 |
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Dozens
killed in Iraq suicide blast |
Al Jazeera |
Agencies |
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| |
8-Mar-09 |
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Cairo |
Egypt |
Edward
Yeranian |
Suicide
Bombing Targets Police Academy in Baghdad |
VOA News |
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8-Mar-09 |
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World
Economic Crisis Erases $50 Trillion in Wealth |
VOA News |
AP-Bloomberg |
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| 9-Mar-09 |
9-Mar-09 |
|
Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
|
Federal
Reserve offers $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction
Facility |
Federal
Reserve Board |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Whitehouse Station, NJ;
Kenilworth, NJ |
U.S. |
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Merck
and Schering-Plough to Merge |
Merck |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Whitehouse
Station, NJ; Kenilworth, NJ |
U.S. |
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Merck
and Schering-Plough to Merge |
Schering-Plough |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Sri
Lanka: 150 Tamil Rebels Killed in Weekend Fighting |
VOA News |
AFP-Reuters |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
Paula
Wolfson |
Obama
Lifts Stem Cell Research Restrictions |
VOA News |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Removing
Barriers To Responsible Scientific Research Involving Human Stem Cells |
White House |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Obama
moves to separate politics and science |
CNN Politics |
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Azadeh
Ansari |
| |
9-Mar-09 |
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Singapore |
Shamim Adam |
Global
Financial Assets Lost $50 Trillion Last Year, ADB Says |
Bloomberg |
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9-Mar-09 |
|
Manila |
Philippines |
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Global
Financial Market Losses Reach $50 Trillion, Says Study |
ADB |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Manila |
Philippines |
|
Global
Financial Turmoil and Emerging Market Economies: Major Contagion and a
Shocking Loss of Wealth? |
ADB |
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9-Mar-09 |
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New York, NY |
U.S. |
Christopher
Hinton; Shawn Langlois |
Dow
Chemical, Rohm & Haas reach deal |
MarketWatch |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Midland, MI |
U.S. |
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Dow
Reaches Agreement to Close Rohm and Haas Acquisition
|
Dow Chemical |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Midland, MI |
U.S. |
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Dow
Reaches Agreement to Close Rohm and Haas Acquisition
|
Rohm and
Haas |
News Release |
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9-Mar-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
Trista Kelley |
Merck
Takeover Fuels Speculation of Drugmaker Mergers (Update2) |
Bloomberg |
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9-Mar-09 |
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Zachery
Kouwe |
Dow
Chemical and Rohm Settle a Dispute Over $15.3 Billion Merger |
NYT |
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| 10-Mar-09 |
10-Mar-09 |
9-Mar-09 |
New York, NY |
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Asia
DayAhead: Buffett Says U.S. ‘Fallen Off a Cliff’ (Update1) |
Bloomberg |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Ann Scott
Tyson |
China
Draws U.S. Protest Over Shadowing of Ships |
Washington
Post |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Hartford, CT |
U.S. |
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UTC
expands 2009 restructuring to $750 million in response to global economies;
employment reductions of 11,600 expected; earnings guidance revised to range
of $4.00 to $4.50 per share |
United Technologies |
News Release |
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10-Mar-09 |
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London |
U.K. |
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HedgeFund Intelligence
Website |
HedgeFund
Intelligence |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Cyrus Sanati |
Lean
Times for Funds of Hedge Funds |
NYT |
DealBook |
Andrew Ross Sorkin (ed.) |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Middle East Policy Council
Website |
Middle East
Policy Council |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
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Amb. Chas. W. Freeman,
Jr. |
Middle East Policy Council |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Message
from Charles Freeman |
WSJ |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
Climate Change: Global Risks,
Challenges and Decisions |
University of Copenhagen |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
Rising
Seas Could Swamp One in 10 People by 2100 |
Environment
News Service |
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10-Mar-09 |
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Copenhagen |
Denmark |
Gelu Sulugiuc |
Sea
levels rising faster than expected: scientists |
Scientific Americam |
Reuters |
Mark Trevelyan (ed.) |
| 11-Mar-09 |
11-Mar-09 |
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Tokyo |
Japan |
Tomoko
Yamazaki |
Hedge
Funds Lost $11 Billion in February on Economy (Update1) |
Bloomberg |
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|
| |
11-Mar-09 |
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Obama
pick quits over Israel lobby |
Al Jazeera |
Al Jazeera-Agencies |
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| |
11-Mar-09 |
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Washington,
DC |
U.S. |
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Freeman
blames ‘Israel lobby’ for withdrawal |
JTA |
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11-Mar-09 |
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Washington, DC |
U.S. |
Jeff Bliss |
Freeman
Withdraws as Head of National Intelligence Council |
Bloomberg |
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11-Mar-09 |
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Teenage
Gunman Killed by Police After German School Shooting |
Deutsche
Welle |
SP-JC-SMS-DPA-AFP-Reuters |
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| |
11-Mar-09 |
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Germany
Shocked by Teenager's Killing Spree |
Spiegel International |
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CRO; wire reports |
| |
11-Mar-09 |
|
Samson, AL |
U.S. |
Jessica
Grsko; Desiree Hunter |
Authorities:
Ala. gunman had trained to be a cop |
AP |
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Garry
Mitchell; Bob Johnson; Anna Varela |
| |
11-Mar-09 |
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Emily Friedman |
Alabama Shooter Michael
McLendon Was 'Quiet' |
ABC News |
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| |
11-Mar-09 |
|
Baghdad |
Iraq |
Alissa J.
Rubin; Marc Santora |
Bomber
Kills Dozens in Iraq as Fears of New Violence Rise |
NYT |
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Rod
Nordland; Suadad al-Salhy; Mohamed Hussein; Anwar J. Ali; Riyadh Mohammed; an
Iraqi employee of NYT |
| 12-Mar-09 |
12-Mar-09 |
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|
|
Walter Pincus |
Intelligence
Pick Blames 'Israel Lobby' For Withdrawal |
Washington Post |
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| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
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Mark Magnier |
Pakistan
protests set stage for confrontation with government |
Los Angeles
Times |
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|
| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
Karachi |
Pakistan |
Ashraf Khan |
Pakistani
police block opposition protest march |
AP |
|
Munir Ahmad; Zarar Khan; Riaz
Khan; Babar Dogar; Desmond Butler |
| |
12-Mar-09 |
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|
|
|
Clashes
mark protest in Pakistan |
BBC News |
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| |
12-Mar-09 |
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|
|
Diana B. Henriques; Jack Healy |
Pleading
Guilty to All Charges, Madoff Awaits Ruling on Bail |
NYT |
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|
| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
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Madoff
admits $50bn fraud scheme |
BBC News |
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| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
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Madoff
Tells Judge He’s Guilty in Ponzi Scheme (Update3) |
Bloomberg |
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| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
Basel; South
San Francisco, CA |
Switzerland;
U.S. |
|
Roche
and Genentech reach a friendly agreement to combine the two organizations and
create a leader in healthcare innovation |
Roche |
News Release |
|
| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
Basel; South San Francisco, CA |
Switzerland; U.S. |
|
Roche
and Genentech Reach a Friendly Agreement to Combine the Two Organizations and
Create a Leader in Healthcare Innovation |
Genentech |
News Release |
|
| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
Key
Messages from the Congress [International Scientific Congress Climate Change:
Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions] |
University
of Copenhagen |
|
|
| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
|
|
The Editors |
Is
Madoff Wall Street’s Greatest Villain? |
NYT |
|
Mitchell Zuckoff; David Shapiro;
Stephen Gillers; Stephen Mihm |
| |
12-Mar-09 |
|
|
|
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No
signals from locator beacons in crashed helicopter: officials |
CBC |
|
|
| 13-Mar-09 |
13-Mar-09 |
|
Beijing |
China |
Michael Wines |
China
‘Worried’ About Safety of U.S. Treasuries |
NYT |
|
|
| |
13-Mar-09 |
|
|
|
Andrew
Peaple |
China's
Limited Options on Treasurys |
WSJ |
|
|
| |
13-Mar-09 |
|
London; Hong Kong |
U.K.; China |
Lukanyo Mnyanda; Bob Chen |
Treasuries
Drop as Stocks Gain, China Asks for Debt Assurance |
Bloomberg |
|
|
| |
13-Mar-09 |
|
Beijing |
China |
|
China's
top legislature ends annual session, calling for unison actions to combat
crisis |
China View |
Xinhua |
Yao (ed.) |
| |
13-Mar-09 |
|
Beijing |
China |
|
Premier
worries about safety of Chinese assets in U.S. |
China View |
Xinhua |
Pliny (ed.) |
| |
13-Mar-09 |
|
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Search
continues for 16 missing after chopper ditches |
CNN
International |
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