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Freddie Mac files with SEC, first step to capital
(Reuters)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/bs_nm/fannie_freddie_sec_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080718/capt.cps.nam71.180708200310.photo00.photo.default-512x338.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=xuFKtpvJxhtE6OaW229Z0A--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="The Freddie Mac headquarters is seen on July 14 in McLean, Virginia. Troubled mortgage finance giant Freddie Mac announced plans Friday to raise 5.5 billion dollars through a new share offering as it registered with stock market regulators.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Freddie Mac won approval
from regulators on Friday to sell the stock needed to overcome
mounting losses, and the Wall Street Journal said the mortgage
finance company may seek $10 billion.</p><br clear="all"/> |
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Ford to retool U.S. plants for European cars: report
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Car maker Ford Motor Co is
drawing up plans to retool American plants to make small,
fuel-efficient passenger cars that it mainly makes and sells in
Europe, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. |
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Wal-Mart's fashion show previews back-to-school
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Wal-Mart Stores Inc
presented a colorful, casual line of youthful looks for kids
and teens on Saturday at a fashion show that previewed the
mass-market chain's new low-cost offerings for back to school. |
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House prices could fall for two years: Citigroup
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Citigroup chairman Win Bischoff has
warned that house prices in Britain and the United States are
likely to keep falling for another two years. |
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Government weighs more charges in Bear case
(Reuters)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/bs_nm/bearstearns_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080718/capt.df218dba4e9244138ea973bf15a87929.bear_stearns_indictments_nyll105.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=HVO7QNWyaPderr58hHGQ.Q--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Former Bear Stearns hedge fund manager Matthew Tannin, center, exits Brooklyn federal court following a scheduled hearing, Friday, July 18, 2008, in New York. Indictments were handed down in June on Tannin and ex-manager Ralph Cioffi both accused of securities fraud in the wake of the collapse of the subprime mortgage market which foreshadowed Bear Stearns' own demise. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The government is considering bringing
further criminal charges in the case involving two former Bear
Stearns executives indicted last month related to the collapse
of two hedge funds they oversaw, a federal prosecutor said on
Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
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ECB fight against inflation a tough sell as economy stumbles ...
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080720/bs_afp/ecbbankeurozonepoliticsgrowth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080720/capt.cps.nat44.200708060935.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=rmVMxsP0Q9lN3dfrFcquKw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File photo shows a giant Euro symbol in front of Frankfurt's Eurotower, which houses the European Central Bank (ECB). The European Central Bank is trying to convince people in the eurozone that taking a tough stand on inflation will get them through lean economic times, arguing that long-term gains warrant short-term pain.(AFP/File/John Macdougall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The European Central Bank is trying to convince people in the eurozone that taking a tough stand on inflation will get them through lean economic times, arguing that long-term gains warrant short-term pain.</p><br clear="all"/> |
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Court upholds dismissal of verdict against trader
(Reuters)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080718/us_nm/specialist_ruling_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080716/i/r224748381.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=txnzl9wR9m81KmYWm_21BA--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="The sun lights the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange, as people walk past on the shadowed street, July 16, 2008. REUTERS/Chip East (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A judge was right to throw out a
jury's securities fraud conviction of a former New York Stock
Exchange floor trader because prosecutors did not prove their
case, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> |
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Small-Biz Entrepreneurs' 401(k) Perks
(Investor's...
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Investor's Business Daily - If you run a small company that does not have a 401(k) plan, you may be missing out on a two-pronged benefit. |
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Wal-Mart highlights locally grown program in Okla.
(AP)
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_locally_grown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080716/capt.3d8d71d77e0b40ee829e9a99d4d17f7c.economy_consumer_price_index_nybz144.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=qf2JxL9AEDY9DysYv9wC2Q--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="In this June 5, 2008 file photo, a customer checks out at Wal-Mart Store in Rogers, Arkansas, on Thursday, June 5, 2008. The Labor Department on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 reported that consumer prices jumped 1.1 percent last month, much worse than had been expected. Energy prices rocketed upward by 6.6 percent, reflecting big gains for gasoline, home heating oil and natural gas. (AP Photo/April L. Brown, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, has pledged to buy more produce from local farmers as it kicked off a campaign to highlight the fruits and vegetables grown in Oklahoma and sold in its stores.</p><br clear="all"/> |
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