BAILOUT DEAL IN DOUBT
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Republican anger at 'financial socialism'...
CEO bludgeoned to death by mob of sacked workers...
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The Mugging of America
By Jim Quinnby Jim Quinn
The United States has taken actions that will change our country forever. They have taken these actions without citizens voting or Congress passing any laws debated upon in public view. These actions have taken place behind closed doors and in conjunction with the bank CEOs who caused the problems. Continue
Now Is the Time to Resist Wall Street's Shock Doctrine
By Naomi Klein
The best summary of how the right plans to use the economic crisis to push through their policy wish list comes from Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich. On Sunday. Continue
Thank You, Ladies and Gentlemen
Satire
By Richard C. Cook
After intense deliberation, and with the help of thousands of highly paid economists, accountants, and other professionals on their staffs, these three high officials of our leading financial agencies have devised a plan that is breathtaking in its simplicity, broad in its scope, and non-partisan in its appeal to our worthy representatives in Congress. Congress
PAUL KRUGMAN: Cash for Trash: Some skeptics are calling Henry Paulson’s $700 billion rescue plan for the U.S. financial system “cash for trash.” Others are calling the proposed legislation the Authorization for Use of Financial Force, after the Authorization for Use of Military Force, the infamous bill that gave the Bush administration the green light to invade Iraq.
US dollar set to be major casualty of Hank Paulson's bailout: “This may prove to be the dollar’s epochal moment – the moment historians look back at as its major turning point.”
Clients move assets worth $6b from Citi, UBS to Deutsche: The crisis of confidence triggered by the subprime mortgage meltdown has adversely hit Citi and UBS' wealth management businesses across the Asia-Pacific region, resulting in a movement of client assets of $6 billion to rival Deutsche Bank.
Germany Won't Join U.S. Program; Merkel Slams Past Reticence: Germany won't join the U.S. bank- rescue program, Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck said, after Chancellor Angela Merkel noted that German proposals to bolster market transparency might have mitigated the need for such measures.
Paulson's former firm to be among largest beneficiaries of bailout: bank: It certainly pays to be Treasury Secretary if your former firm is a brokerage house, a new study says.
Conflict Of Interest? Report Says Goldman Sachs ‘Among Biggest Beneficiaries’ Of Paulson’s Bailout: Paulson has surrounded himself with former Goldman executives as he tries to navigate the domino-like collapse of several parts of the global financial market.
Millions spend half of income on housing: Al Ray is so strapped for cash, the only time he eats out is on Wednesday or Sunday, when the local McDonald's sells hamburgers for 49 cents.
Bailout Is Financial Equivalent Of Patriot Act
Ron Paul On Financial Crisis - Vid
Paulson's $700B A LIE, It's $5 TRILLION - STOP THE BAILOUT
Bad Debt Bailout Privately Estimated - $6 Trillion
US Dropped To Third World Status
Paulson To Morph Toxic Banks Into Toxic Dollars
How US Congress Intends To Waste $1.8 Trillion
Mushroom Cloud Over Wall St - Constitution Burns
Fury At $2.5B Bonus For Lehman's New York Staff
Fears Emerge Over $700B 'Rescue'
McCain Criticizes Treasury Bail Out Powers
Merkel To US, UK - 'I Told You So'
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