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Backers Of Mass. Pro-pot Issue Take On Opponents - Boston Globe
boston— backers of a pro-marijuana ballot initiative charged wednesday that 11 district attorneys from massachusetts violated campaign finance laws and twisted the truth about the question. whitney taylor of the committee for sensible marijuana ...
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finance Storm Sweeps On After Aig's $85bln Rescue
the global finance storm swept up a new victim wednesday as hbos, britain's biggest mortgage lender, was reportedly forced into takeover talks after the us government's 85-billion-dollar rescue of aig.
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Michigan Campaign finance Disclosure Among Nation's Best
washington -- michigan is one of the nation's top three states in terms of disclosing campaign finance information about statewide and legislative office seekers, a good government group reported wednesday.
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Why Pelosi Has Dropped The Ball (again): House Passes Bill To Expand ... - Washington Post
the house approved a package of energy initiatives yesterday, including measures that would allow oil drilling as close as 50 miles off the atlantic and pacific coasts and finance the long-term development of alternative energy sources. in the first ...
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Federal Reserve To Rescue Aig In $85-billion finance Plan - Los Angeles Times
washington -- in the u.s. government's largest single intervention in the private sector and in a measure of the depths of the global financial crisis, the federal reserve agreed late tuesday to lend american international group inc. $85 billion to ...
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West Linn Names New finance Director
west linn -- west linn has hired as its new finance director richard seals, who currently serves in the same position in neighboring lake oswego. seals replaces andy parks, the part-time interim finance director credited with helping the city recover from an embezzlement scandal.
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Somchai S First Concern: Global finance Crisis
bot asserts thailand insulated from lehman collapseflood situation in central region is under controlcourt accepts appeal to revoke warrants for pad leaders(bangkokpost.com) - newly elected prime minister somchai wongsawat on wednesday said he will call a meeting with finance minister surapong suebwonglee and bank of thailand (bot) governor tarisa watanagase to prepare ways to deal with the ...
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Midday Glance: finance Companies - Cnbc
bank of america fell $2.50 or 8.5 percent, to $27.05. cit group fell $1.29 or 15.4 percent, to $7.11. citigroup fell $2.29 or 14.5 percent, to $13.46. jpmorgan chase fell $2.82 or 6.9 percent, to $37.92
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Fantasy finance Cuts Many Of The Giants Of Global Banking Down To Size - Daily Telegraph
imagine what it's like to live through an earthquake and a gale-force storm - at the same time. that is what's happening to the world's financial markets. vast holes are opening up in the foundations of banks and other commercial lenders, as violent ...
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Deal On Track, Says Strategic finance
srategic finance's buyout plan is on track, despite a sudden plunge in the shares of supporting banker hbos.
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Ky. Slips In National Campaign finance Ranking
a new study says kentucky's campaign finance laws governing political candidates have improved, but not enough to keep the state from slipping in national rankings. the california-based campaign disclosure project has kentucky ranked 21 nationally with an overall grade of b-. that's slightly better than the c+ kentucky got in 2007, but still a notch lower compared to other improved states. ...
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Russian Exchanges Closed To Stem Panic-selling - Daily Telegraph
russia halted trading on its two main exchanges yesterday as shares continued to plummet one day after the country's markets posted their biggest losses since its 1998 financial collapse. russian regulators halted trading in shares, bonds and mutual ...
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Ge's Slide Continues On Financial Unit Worries - Businessweek
shares of general electric co. dropped nearly 7 percent wednesday, hurt by investor worries about its financial services unit amid the global credit crisis. analyst c. stephen tusa jr. of jpmorgan said in an investor note wednesday that he expects ge ...
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Oregon Ranks 4th In Campaign finance Disclosure
oregon ranks fourth in campaign finance disclosure, thanks to the state's searchable online database that debuted at the start of 2007, according to a nationwide study released wednesday.
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Gcc finance Ministers Ok Proposals To Set Up Monetary Council
jeddah: finance ministers of the gulf cooperation council (gcc) yesterday approved proposals to set up a monetary council and a draft charter for a monetary union, bringing the six-member group a step closer to launching the single currency.
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Battered Financial Markets Nervously Await What’s Next - Detroit Free Press
washington — the u.s. government this year has placed on its books the liabilities of a major investment bank in march, two mortgage-finance giants earlier this month, and this week, the nation’s largest insurer. the world of free-market finance ...
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Battered Financial Markets Nervously Await What's Next - Miami Herald
washington -- the u.s. government this year has placed on its books the liabilities of a major investment bank in march, two mortgage-finance giants earlier this month, and this week, the nation's largest insurer. the world of free-market finance as ...
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Ecuador Gets Fourth finance Minister In 20 Months
ecuador has a new finance minister after the unexpected resignation of wilma salgado.
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Moody's Cuts The Ratings Of Russian Bank Kit finance
moody's cuts the ratings of russian bank kit finance
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Federal Reserve's Lightning Rescue Of Aig Has Smell Of Systemic Fear - Seattle Post Intelligencer
for the first time in this unfolding financial crisis, i felt personally scared by the news. not about my money, but about the potential for catastrophe. the federal reserve's lightning rescue of aig has the smell of systemic fear. the house of ...
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