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• U.S. bank holdings have lost billions so far
Shares in virtually every bank that received federal money have remained below the prices the government negotiated. Even as stocks dropped steadily at the opening bell on Friday in reaction to a larger-than-expected number of job losses, a top ...
• Autos bailout could be tied to major overhaul
WASHINGTON - The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit’s struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress. Skeptical lawmakers are weighing whether to dole out ...
• Here's your Web allowance. Don't use it on porn
Isn’t it bad enough that the government thinks they know better than us when it comes to spending our entertainment dollars? In February, they’re making our perfectly adequate faux wood-paneled TVs obsolete by cramming free digital TV down our ...
• Horrifying parasitic illness on the wane globally
Carter also announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed $40 million toward the eradication effort, and the British government had pledged roughly $15 million. The Carter Center is trying to raise $32 million to match the Gates ...
• Economy lost another 533,000 jobs in Nov.
... massive bank bailout has lost a third of its value — about $9 billion — in barely one month, according to an Associated Press analysis. Shares in virtually every bank that received federal money have remained below the prices the government ...