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Credit Suisse Cuts Subprime Writedowns |
Credit Suisse trimmed its full-year subprime writedowns to 2.0 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) but its stock fell as investors took fright at the bank?s remaining exposure to the credit crisis.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008
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Australia Apologizing to Aborigines |
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia on Tuesday asked Parliament to approve an apology to the country?s indigenous minorities for their past mistreatment.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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3 Arrested in Plot to Kill Cartoonist |
Danish police said they had arrested two Tunisians and a Dane in connection with a plot to kill one of 12 cartoonists behind the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Obama Poised to Extend His Streak Over Clinton |
Senator Barack Obama appeared poised to continue his winning streak, as the television news networks and The Associated Press projected that he would win the Virginia primary.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Israel to Build More in East Jerusalem |
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel announced plans Tuesday to build more than 1,000 homes in disputed east Jerusalem, infuriating the Palestinians and triggering a new crisis in already troubled peace talks.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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3 Arrested in Plot to Kill Cartoonist |
Danish police said they had arrested two Tunisians and a Dane in connection with a plot to kill one of 12 cartoonists behind the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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New Pakistan Army Chief Orders Military Out of Civilian Government Agencies, Reversing Musharraf Policy |
The order by the army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, was the boldest step he has taken to disentangle the military from the civilian sphere of the government.
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February 12, 2008 |
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Looking for Sure Political Bets at Online Prediction Market |
The Intrade Web site has become expert at predicting election results. Or has it?
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Yahoo Acquires Ad Technology Company |
Yahoo said it has paid $160 million to acquire Maven Networks, an Internet company that sells a system for managing advertisements in online videos.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Electronic Arts Offers an Upbeat Forecast |
Shares of Electronic Arts surged more than 5 percent after the video game publisher gave confident forecasts for growth over the next three years.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Routine Upgrade Blamed for BlackBerry Outage |
Research In Motion said problems with a routine upgrade of an internal system appears to have caused the massive outage that left BlackBerry users without e-mail service for hours on Monday.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Senate Passes Bill to Expand U.S. Spying Powers |
The vote, a major victory for the White House, also gives legal protection to phone companies that aided government wiretapping.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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$1.2 Billion Write-Down at Credit Suisse |
So far, Credit Suisse has weathered the credit crisis better than its larger rival, UBS, which wrote down $14 billion in the same period.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Buffett Offers to Reinsure Bonds |
The offer to three bond guarantors would do little to alleviate the problems they face with riskier securities.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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Stocks Finish Higher on Buffett News |
Wall Street surged higher after the investor Warren Buffett offered to help out troubled bond insurers, easing some concerns about further deterioration in the credit markets.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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$722 Million Quarterly Loss at G.M. |
Saying a slowing market had caused the swing to a loss, G.M. also announced a buyout offer to union employees.
New York Times -
February 12, 2008 |
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CAN THE ER STRATEGY SAVE HILLARY?
February 13, 2008 -
February 20, 2008 |
| Hillary Clinton�s campaign for the presidency is on life support. After a rash of victories for Barack Obama, including a sweep of primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, the two candidates find themselves in a virtual dead heat in the delegate count. But all the momentum is on Barack�s side, and Hillary must now make a desper... |
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ROOTS OF REPUBLICAN DISCONTENT.
February 6, 2008 -
February 11, 2008
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER.
January 29, 2008 -
February 5, 2008
LASTING IMPRESSIONS.
January 20, 2008 -
January 27, 2008
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