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• U.S. moves to get $700 billion rescue started
Another team would work on buying residential mortgages, which he said were currently clogging the books of regional banks, and another would focus on the program to buy equity stakes in private banks as a way to boost their capital. Kashkari ...
• 12 killed in Russian North Caucasus earthquake
At least 12 people were killed in the quake and a series of aftershocks, which were felt throughout the North Caucasus and which rattled Grozny for more than 30 seconds, the regional Emergency Situations Ministry office said. The toll was expected to ...
• Montenegro, Macedonia recognize Kosovo
Jeremic said the recognition jeopardized regional stability and amplified fears that tensions could be reignited. "Regional countries have special responsibility in preserving peace and stability in the Balkans," Jeremic told the state-run Tanjug news ...
• National City in talks to sell itself: report
NEW YORK - Regional bank National City Corp is in talks with a number of banks about a possible sale, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation. PNC Financial Services Group Inc and Toronto-based Bank of Nova Scotia are ...
• Mexican pot cartels sully U.S. forests, parks
People light up a joint, and they have no idea the amount of environmental damage associated with it," said Cicely Muldoon, deputy regional director of the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service. 'You ain't just smoking pot' As of Sept. 2 ...