Archive for August 2nd, 2008


The Winchester Star
Protect Yourself From Bank Failures
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
By SHELLY BANJO Can you bank on the safety of the money you've got stashed in banks? Some consumers are worrying as banks report billion-dollar losses from bad loans and in the wake of the seizure of IndyMac Bank, the third-largest bank failure in US
You can extend FDIC insurance past 1st $100000 Detroit Free Press
Stellar Business Bank Announces 2nd Quarter 2008 Operating Results MarketWatch
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China Daily
Jobless Rate Climbs to 5.7% as 51000 Jobs Are Lost in July
New York Times - 1 hour ago
By LOUIS UCHITELLE The unemployment rate spiked again in July, to 5.7 percent, its highest level in more than four years and a strong signal that come Election Day millions of Americans will still be hunting for work.
Unemployment at 4-year high CNNMoney.com
Jobless rate highest in 4 years, payrolls drop Reuters
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The Money Times
Small Florida bank is 8th US failure this year
Reuters - 4 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bank regulators closed a small Florida-based bank on Friday, the eighth US bank to fail this year under pressure from a weak economy and a credit crisis precipitated by falling home prices.
Regulators shut down First Priority Bank Bizjournals.com
Manatee rattled by First Priority failure Bradenton Herald
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Canada.com
Yahoo board wins solid shareholder backing in vote
Reuters - 2 hours ago
By Eric Auchard SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's (YHOO.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO,
Yahoo Is Still Searching for, Well, Yahoo New York Times
All Yahoo board members re-elected at annual meeting MarketWatch
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Earthtimes (press release)
Verizon still in union talks hours before deadline
Reuters - 3 hours ago
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) was still in negotiations with two major unions over a labor contract covering 65000 workers, as a Saturday midnight deadline approached for union workers to go on strike.
Verizon strike looms as contract impasse lingers Bizjournals.com
Verizon strike on hold as talks continue Crian’s New York Business
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BBC News
President of Argentina on Defensive Before Media
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By VINOD SREEHARSHA BUENOS AIRES - After months of political turmoil and a plummeting approval rating, Argentina’s leader, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, gave the first news conference of her eight-month presidency on Saturday.
Argentina's Fernandez Defends Policies in First News Conference Bloomberg
Argentine president defends aides, vows to stay course Reuters
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Wall Street Journal
Citigroup Faces Fraud Charges From New York AG
CNBC - 33 minutes ago
The office of New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Friday it plans to imminently charge Citigroup's Global Markets and Citi Smith Barney units with fraudulently marketing auction-rate securities and destroying documents that were supoenaed by
NY AG to sue Citigroup units over auction-rate securities MarketWatch
NY to file fraud charges against Citigroup CNNMoney.com
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ABC News
United Air and pilots in standstill pact: report
Reuters - 1 hour ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines has come to a standstill agreement with its pilots' union until a federal court can rule on the company's request for an injunction barring labor actions that disrupt flight schedules, the Chicago Tribune reported on
United, Pilots' Union Agree to Temporary Truce, Airline Says Bloomberg
United says pilots agree to limits on slowdowns BusinessWeek
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Boston Globe
Health Highlights: August 2, 2008
Washington Post - 1 hour ago
Two new instances of a dangerous brain infection have been reported among users of Tysabri, a multiple sclerosis drug that was reintroduced two years ago after being pulled from the market because of the same adverse effect.
MS Drug Side Effects Hit Biogen, Elan Stock Wall Street Journal
Biogen, Elan's Tysabri Will Lose Sales on Infections (Update1) Bloomberg
BusinessWeek -