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May 9, 2008
5/09/08 BBC, Oil hits yet another fresh high
5/09/08 Zigler, Seeking Alpha, NYMEX: Speculators Aren't Driving Oil Market
5/09/08 CNN, Oil over $126 a barrel
May 8, 2008
5/08/08 Klare, MoJo, America Out of Gas
5/08/08 BBC, Supply worries push oil near $124
May 7, 2008
5/07/08 Tucker, IntelDaily, Global Elite Gather in D.C.: Trilateral Commission members want suffering U.S. taxpayers to shell out even more money
5/07/08 Ruckler, Reuters, House set to pass sweeping housing rescue bill
5/07/08 Melander, Reuters, Greed behind food price rises: development bank head
5/07/08 BBC, Oil price 'may hit $200 a barrel'
5/07/08 Sevenso, BBC, Making big money in Zimbabwe
May 6, 2008
5/06/08 Reuters, U.S. crude oil sets new record above $120 a barrel
5/06/08 Duhigg, NYT, Doubts Raised on Mortgage Agencies as Losses Mount
5/06/08 Christie, CNN, Bernanke: Foreclosure woes require action
5/06/08 Al Jazeera, Mortgage crisis 'threat to economy'
May 5, 2008
5/05/08 Astore, Nation, Leaving Cheyenne Mountain
5/05/08 Izuzndu, Oil & Gas Journal, OTC: $100 trillion needed to rebuild energy infrastructure
5/05/08 Lee, LAT, Chinese firms bargain hunting in U.S.
5/05/08 Foster, GreenLeft, Global economic crisis: 'No-one knows where the toxic debt is buried'
5/05/08 Reuters, U.S. ready for emergency student loan advances: report
5/05/08 Browning, NYT, Government Intensifies Mortgage Investigation
5/05/08 Al Jazeera, US gets Grameen micro-credit bank
May 4, 2008
5/04/08 Al Jazeera, Asian bank unveils food aid plan
May 2, 2008
5/02/08 Mufson, WP, Up $10.9 Billion, Exxon Worries About New Tax
5/02/08 Jenkins, WP, Economic Troubles Multiply Requests for Help in D.C. Area
5/02/08 Felsenthal & Hughes, Reuters, Global central banks extend lifeline to credit markets
5/02/08 Kirchoff, USA Today, Surplus U.S. food supplies dry up
5/02/08 Hotakainen, McClatchy, Fed proposes sweeping change to credit card rules
May 1, 2008
5/01/08 Lo & Hu, Bloomberg, Mobius Sees Fed Rates at 1%, Dollar Is `Bombed Out'
5/01/08 Fletcher, WP, For Striking Factory Workers, U.S.-First Pledge Falls Flat
5/01/08 Preston, NYT, Fewer Latino Immigrants Sending Money Home
April 30, 2008
4/30/08 AP, Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil trades
April 29, 2008
4/29/08 WP, On the Margins in Mauritania
4/29/08 Mouawad, NYT, Oil Price Rise Fails to Open Tap
4/29/08 Bryson, Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage food prices soar with fuel costs
4/29/08 Shlachter, Star-Telegram, North Texas stores report run on gourmet rice
4/29/08 BBC, US rates tipped for one more cut
4/29/08 Raja M, Asia TImes, India's inflation fans futures anger
4/29/08 Watkins, Penn Energy, Mexico to reduce oil exports to US in 2008
April 28, 2008
4/28/08 Dorfman, NT SUn, Gasoline May Soon Cost a Sawbuck
4/28/08 Faiola, WP, Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice
4/28/08 Robertson, Times Online, Opec chief warns of $200 a barrel oil price
4/28/08 Ryan, ABC News, Global food crisis sparks US survivalist resurgence
4/28/08 Labaton, NYT, Loan Industry Fighting Rules on Mortgages
4/28/08 BBC, Hundreds of Iraq schemes 'failed'
4/28/08 Samuelson, Newsweek, The Great Shopping Spree, R.I.P
4/28/08 BBC, Refinery strike has oil near $120
April 27, 2008
4/27/08 Faiola, WP, The New Economics of Hunger
4/27/08 Stiglitz, Reuters, Greenspan, Bush to blame for U.S. crisis
4/27/08 Barbaro & Dash, NYT, Recession Diet Just One Way to Tighten Belt
4/27/08 Lowenstein, NYT, Triple-A Failure - Home mortgage debacle
4/27/08 Al Jazeera, Food costs spark protest in Senegal
April 26, 2008
4/26/08 Reel, WP, Argentina Tries to Reconcile Exporting Food With Prices at Home
4/26/08 Hinze, IntelDaily, Shorter hours, lower wages, rising prices
4/26/08 BBC, Oil firms in Nigeria cut output
April 25, 2008
4/25/08 Basu, BBC, How to solve the global food crisis
4/25/08 Haughney, NYT, Pain of Foreclosures Spreads to the Affluent
April 24, 2008
4/24/08 Gralla, Reuters, Wall Street may lose 36,000 jobs
4/24/08 Reuters, World food fears mount as rice prices hit record
4/24/08 Timmons, NYT, Debt Collection Done From India Appeals to U.S. Agencies
4/24/08 AP, House Panel Approves $15 Billion Foreclosure Bill
4/24/08 Clark et al, Guardian, Shops ration sales of rice as US buyers panic
April 23, 2008
4/23/08 Bimbaum & Cho, WP, Effort to Rein In Fannie, Freddie Gains Steam
4/23/08 Hirsch, LAT, Rice in short supply at Costco, Sam's Club
4/23/08 Rizvi, IPS, RIGHTS: Climate a "Life and Death" Issue for Native Peoples
4/23/08 Frieden, CNN, Criminals target energy, financial markets, Mukasey says
4/23/08 Al Jazeera, Latin American food fund started
4/23/08 Zupek, CNN, Ten jobs that pay $20 an hour
4/23/08 ElBoughdhady, WP, Lenders Swamped by Delinquent Mortgages
4/23/08 Jameson, Times, Rising bills add urgency to fuel poverty summit
4/23/08 Reuters, Balmer, Years of poor decisions created food crisis: FAO
4/23/08 Wallace, LAT, Rice price rise takes toll in Manila slum
4/23/08 Finch, Guardian, Big bakers push supermarkets to add 10p to price of a loaf in face of world wheat shortage
April 22, 2008
4/22/08 Norrie, The Age, Japan's Hunger Becomes a Dire Warning for Other Nations
4/22/08 Arend, WSJ, Load Up the Pantry
4/22/08 Hiltzik, LAT, Lenders derail plan to let bankruptcy judges modify mortgages
4/22/08 Lewis, Guardian, Farmers fear shortage of workers could hit fruit and veg supplies
4/22/08 BBC, Assessing the global food crisis
April 21, 2008
4/21/08 BBC, Oil rises to yet another record
4/21/08 Gerstein, NY SUn, Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World
April 20, 2008
4/20/08 Hinsliff et al, Guardian, 'Mortgage holidays' for hard-up homeowners
April 19, 2008
4/19/08 Kpodo, Reuters, Farm aid and fair trade key to food crisis: U.N.
4/19/08 BBC, Shutdown 'risks petrol shortages'
4/19/08 Reuters, Nothing stopping oil prices from rising: IEA
4/19/08 PressTV, Oil prices heading toward $125
4/19/08 Schiff, Intel Daily, The Collapse of America's Service Economy
4/19/08 Batty, Sac Bee, Panic over rice prices hits home in capital
April 18, 2008
4/18/08 Ordonez, McClatchy, U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north
4/18/08 Roig-Franzia, WP, Mexicans Get Less Aid From Migrants
4/18/08 Drawbaugh, Reuters, Congress moves to calm student loan turmoil
4/18/08 Crimmins, Reuters, Rice prices may calm but action still needed: expert
4/18/08 Goodman, NYT, Workers Get Fewer Hours, Deepening the Downturn
4/18/08 Landler, NYT, Iceland, a Tiny Dynamo, Loses Steam
4/18/08 Osborne, Guardian, Mixed mortgage market 'set to worsen'
4/18/08 BBC, Citigroup sees second giant loss
April 17, 2008
4/17/08 Nosoti, Hunger threat looms over the world
4/17/08 NY Times, Merrill Reports Big Loss, Plans 4,000 Layoffs
4/17/08 Treanor, Guardian, Merrill Lynch to cut 4,000 jobs
4/17/08 CNN, Dollar touches another record low
4/17/08 BBC, US economic outlook 'worsening'
April 16, 2008
4/16/08 Leland, NYT, Foreclosures Push States to Try a Mix of Solutions
4/16/08 Hall, McClatchy, How bad will inflation get? Depends on what you buy
4/16/08 IntelDaily, A faltering economy hasn't slowed American CEOs' pursuit of wealth
4/16/08 Treanor & Weaver, Guardian, JP Morgan profits halve
4/16/08 BBC, Steep rise in Chinese food prices
April 15, 2008
4/15/08 Hall, McClatchy, Treasury outlines toothless hedge-fund rules
4/15/08 Adler, Reuters, Foreclosures jump 57 percent in last 12 months
4/15/08 Treanor, Guardian, US bank admits sub-prime emergency
April 14, 2008
4/14/08 Landler, NYT, Housing Woes in U.S. Spread Around Globe
4/14/08 Elliott, Guardian, Policymakers join forces to repair battered markets
4/14/08 CNN, Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket
4/14/08 Denning, Daily Reckoning, Food, Fuel and Finance: The Crisis of the Three F's
4/14/08 Reuters, American consumers showing signs of strain
4/14/08 Hoghney & Konigsberg, NYT, Despite Tough Times, Ultrarich Keep Spending
4/14/08 Christie, CNN, The incredible shrinking city
4/14/08 BBC, World shares down on market fears
4/14/08 BBC, Wachovia to cut jobs after losses
4/14/08 Faux, Nation, Is This the Big One?
4/14/08 BBC, Profits at Bear Stearns down 79%
April 13, 2008
4/13/08 Downey, WP, For Younger Generations, First Lesson In Inflation
4/13/08 Morgenson, IHT, US Lenders Freeze Home Equity Credit Lines
4/13/08 Bridges et al, Miami Herald, Grocery bills spark deadly riots, trigger inflation
4/13/08 BBC, IMF head gives food price warning
4/13/08 Walker, BBC, Analysis: What to do about credit and food
April 12, 2008
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, Food prices fuel security fears
4/12/08 Egan, Reuters, Financing crucial to next climate change pact: U.N.
4/12/08 Vallely, Independent, The Other Global Crisis: Rush to Biofuels is Driving Up Price of Food
4/12/08 Al Jazeera, IMF for 'strong front' amid crisis
April 11, 2008
4/11/08 Montgomery, WP, Senate Approves Housing Package
4/11/08 Lindsay, CSM, Haitian leader's answer to food crisis doesn't satisfy critics
4/11/08 Mirchandani, BBC, US rice growers go against the grain
4/11/08 Trumbull, CSM, Inflation hits consumers worldwide
4/11/08 Bello, Asia Times, Capitalism at stake in climate crisis
April 10, 2008
4/10/08 Fletcher, WP, Can't Get Ahead, Hard To Keep Up
4/10/08 Grynbaum, NYT, U.S. Trade Deficit Grows Unexpectedly
4/10/08 Pugh, McClatchy, Globalization, trade and recession take a toll on Martinsville, Virginia
April 9, 2008
4/09/08 RObinson, Reuters, Oil roars to record over $112 on U.S. inventory drop
4/09/08 Hall, McClatchy, Former Treasury secretary: U.S. likely in a recession
4/09/08 Neill, Bradenton Herald, Study: Brokers overcharged clients
4/09/08 Cronin, IPS, DEVELOPMENT-EU: Declining Level of Aid 'Dangerous'
4/09/08 Hendrix, WP, Losing a Best Friend Along With the House
4/09/08 Streitfeld, NYT, As Prices Rise, Farmers Spurn Conservation
4/09/08 Lifsher, LAT, Hanging up on unemployment benefit applicants
4/09/08 Luhby, CNN, As income gap widens, recession fears grow
4/09/08 BBC, IMF slashes world growth forecast
April 8, 2008
4/08/08 Bradsher, NYT, Asian Inflation Begins to Sting U.S. Shoppers
4/08/08 Dash, NYT, Washington Mutual Raises $7 Billion
4/08/08 White, LAT, Pump prices set records again
4/08/08 Treanor, Guardian, Toxic shock: how the banking industry created a global crisis
4/08/08 Treanor, Guardian, Toxic shock: how the banking industry created a global crisis
4/08/08 Schifferres, BBC, Credit crunch costs '$1 trillion'
April 7, 2008
4/07/08 Krugman, NYT, Grains Gone Wild
4/07/08 Gonzales, IPS, PHILIPPINES: World's Top Rice Importer Hit By Tight Supply
4/07/08 Sullivan, Reuters, Foreclosures Come To McMansion Country
4/07/08 Choi & Tse, WP, Credit Crisis Adds Millions to D.C.'s Interest Payments
4/07/08 Ehrenreich, Nation, Truckers Hit the Brakes
4/07/08 Dash, NYT, $5 Billion Said to Be Near for WaMu
4/07/08 BBC, Oil price edges up on Opec stance
4/07/08 BBC, IMF plans gold sale to raise $6bn
April 6, 2008
4/06/08 Loney, Reuters, Hurricane price tags soaring on crowded U.S. coast
4/06/08 Dowsett, Reuters, More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan
4/06/08 Deutch, NYT, A Brighter Spotlight, Yet the Pay Rises - interactive CEO compensation
April 5, 2008
4/05/08 Malkin, NYT, Problems for Microfinancing in Mexico
4/05/08 BBC, Brown warns on global cash crisis
April 4, 2008
4/04/08 Hall, McClatchy, Jobs down 3rd straight month; recession looms
4/04/08 Isodore, CNN, What job woes mean to you
4/04/08 CNN, Skybus becomes third airline this week to close
4/04/08 Engdahl, Asia Times, Rust to fertilize food price surge
4/04/08 BBC, US jobless data worse than feared
April 3, 2008
4/03/08 Ahn, Reuters, The commercialization of child-rearing
4/03/08 McCawley, CSM, Pentagon overspent budget by $295 billion
4/03/08 Irwin & Merle, WP, It Might Be a Recession, Fed Chief Tells Congress
4/03/08 Montgomery, WP, Housing Accord Puts Builders First
4/03/08 Son, Bloomberg, Overdue Consumer Debts Highest Since 1992, ABA Says
4/03/08 Madsen, Madsen Report, Confidential Document Said To Warn of Conflict or Revolution Ahead for America
4/03/08 Bull, Reuters, Jobless claims jump to highest since 2005
4/03/08 Hall, McClatchy, Bankers blame feds for forcing Bear Stearns fire-sale price
4/03/08 Jones, Guardian, Another two banks join mortgage market exodus
April 2, 2008
4/02/08 Grynbaum, NYT, Bernanke Offers Bleaker View on U.S. Economy
April 1, 2008
4/01/08 Long, KC Star, Corn forecast suggests rise in food prices is ahead
4/01/08 Usborne, Independent, USA 2008: The Great Depression
4/01/08 Herszenhorn & Bajaj, NYT, Senate Readies Bipartisan Bill to Deal With Housing Slump
4/01/08 Hall, McClatchy, Fed unveils online maps to search for problem mortgages - maps
March 31, 2008
3/31/08 Eckholm, NYT, Food Stamp Use at Record Pace as Jobs Vanish
3/31/08 Harding & Elliott, Guardian, Credit crunch threatens 11,000 jobs
3/31/08 CNN, Gas prices strike all-time high
March 30, 2008
3/30/08 Morgenson & Glater, NYT, Foreclosure Machine Thrives on Woes
3/30/08 Hall, McClatchy, Paulson's regulation plan won't fix current economic crisis
3/30/08 Cho et al, WP, Long Fight Ahead for Treasury Blueprint
3/30/08 Hinsliff, Guardian, Power firms forced to help the poor
March 29, 2008
3/29/08 Hall, McClatchy, Struggling homeowners find little hope in federal program
3/29/08 Crutsinger, AP, Fed Offers $100 Billion More to Banks
3/29/08 Saulny, NYT, Thieves Leave Cars, but Take Catalytic Converters
3/29/08 Reynolds, LAT, Overhaul of U.S. financial regulatory system proposed
March 28, 2008
3/28/08 Irwin, WP, Fed Leaders Ponder an Expanded Mission
3/28/08 Belcher, Al Jazeera, Asian rice crisis starts to bite
3/28/08 Ridgeway, MoJo, It's the Deregulation, Stupid
March 27, 2008
3/27/08 Hall, McClatchy, Home prices may not rebound till 2010
3/27/08 Kate, CSM, Grain prices soar globally
3/27/08 BBC, Bear Stearns protects client list
3/27/08 AP, Oil tops $107 after Iraqi pipeline bombed
March 26, 2008
3/26/08 Weinberg, Intel Daily, Bread riots in Egypt
3/26/08 Grynbaum, NYT, Factory Orders Drop Unexpectedly
3/26/08 Abramsky, ITT, Blue Collar, Bare Cupboards
3/26/08 Noland, Asia Times, Nationalization and dislocation
March 25, 2008
3/25/08 BBC, US house prices suffer 11% drop
3/25/08 Douglas, ITT, Debt: Our 9 Trillion Pound Gorilla
March 24, 2008
3/24/08 Krugman, NYT, Taming the Beast
3/24/08 Shannan, Intel Daily, How the Fed Buys an Ounce of Gold for 10¢
3/24/08 Times Union, No oil? Cities in ruins? Welcome to Kunstler's `World'
3/24/08 Mason, Reuters, Clinton proposes Greenspan lead foreclosure group
3/24/08 Reuters, Regulators let Home Loan Banks lift MBS holdings
3/24/08 Lim, News&Observer, Rise in gas prices wrecks family budgets
3/24/08 Lazarus, LAT, Things are looking up -- at the pawn shop
3/24/08 BBC, Oil prices fall on Saudi comments
3/24/08 BBC, JP Morgan raises Bear Stearns bid
3/24/08 Gralla, Reuters, Wall Street may cut 20,000 jobs over 2 years: report
3/24/08 Hargreaves, CNN, 'You're working for gas now'
March 23, 2008
3/23/08 Colson, Counterpunch, Rising Food Costs: Can You Afford to Feed Your Family?
3/23/08 Schwartz & Creswell, NYT, What Created This Monster?
3/23/08 Pugh, McClatchy, For less-educated workers, good jobs will be harder to find
3/21/08 Krugman, NYT, Partying Like It's 1929
3/23/08 Al Jazeera, Opec chief sees oil at $80-110
March 22, 2008
3/22/08 Hiltzik, LAT, Calls grow for U.S. to bail out homeowners, prevent foreclosures
March 21, 2008
3/21/08 Mufson, WP, Greenspan Stands His Ground
3/21/08 Bagli, NYT, Slow Economy Likely to Stall Atlantic Yards
3/21/08 Goodman, NYT, Slump Moves From Wall St. to Main St.
3/21/08 Sirota, ITT, New Housing Crisis, Old Isms
March 20, 2008
3/20/08 Trumbull, CSM, How able are Americans to bear the costs of war?
3/20/08 Rogoff, Asia Times, An inflation reality check
March 19, 2008
3/19/08 Hall, McClatchy, Feds take new steps to ease home-loan crisis
3/19/08 Palley, Asia Times, Preventing a financial crash
3/19/08 Irwin, WP, Fed Slashes Key Interest Rate, and Stocks Soar
3/19/08 Andrews, NYT, Fed Trims Rates Sharply, Sending the Markets Up
March 18, 2008
3/18/08 Prins, MoJo, Ode to Bear Stearns
3/18/08 Reuters, Former U.S. ambassador, subprime mortgage pioneer dies
3/18/08 Cooke, Reuters, If Bear staff is cut, tough U.S. job market awaits
3/18/08 BBC, US admits economy is in downturn
March 17, 2008
3/17/08 Kao, Reuters, Oil sinks in commodities sell-off
3/17/08 Grant, Reuters, Wall St sinks as Bear shakes faith in banking
3/17/08 Reuters, U.S. to start economic stimulus payments May 2
3/17/08 Andrews, NYT, Fed Acts to Rescue Financial Markets
3/17/08 BBC, Dollar slides to fresh euro low
3/17/08 Al Jazeera, JPMorgan to buy crisis-hit US bank
3/17/08 AL Jazeera, Credit crunch fears hit US stocks
3/17/08 Hall, McClatchy, Are we headed for another Great Depression?
March 16, 2008
3/16/08 Sorkin & Thomas, NYT, JPMorgan Acts to Buy Ailing Bear Stearns at Huge Discount
3/16/08 Morrison, Reuters, Housing Group Challenges Fed's Bear Stearns Deal
3/16/08 Downey, WP, The Power Drain
3/16/08 Andrews, NYT, Fed Chief Shifts Path, Inventing Policy in Crisis
3/16/08 Hirsch, LAT, Our daily bread? It's costing more
March 15, 2008
3/15/08 Thomas, NYT, Run on Big Wall St. Bank Spurs Rescue Backed by U.S.
3/15/08 Martin & Grynbaum, NYT, Costs Surge for Stocking the Pantry
3/15/08 Petruno, LAT, This big rescue may be just the beginning
March 14, 2008
3/14/08 Al Jazeera, Fears mount over US economy
3/14/08 Krugman, NYT, Betting the Bank
3/14/08 BBC, Gold hits yet another record high
3/14/08 BBC, Bear Stearns gets emergency funds
March 13, 2008
3/13/08 Rooney, CNN, Foreclosures up 60% in February
3/13/08 Heath, NYT, Carlyle Fund's Assets Seized
3/13/08 Jolly, NYT, Global Stocks Fall as Dollar Tumbles Further
3/13/08 BBC, Oil strikes new record above $110
3/13/08 BBC, Gold hits $1,000 for first time
March 12, 2008
3/12/08 Liu, Asia TImes, The Shape of US Populism, Part 1
3/12/08 CNN, Gas prices hit all-time high
March 11, 2008
3/11/08 Trumbull, CSM, To fix U.S. credit mess, timing is critical
3/11/08 Baskin, WSJ, Crude-Oil Futures Soar To Another High, $107.90
3/11/08 Ehrenreich, Nation, The Fall of the American Consumer
3/11/08 Grynbaum, NYT, Fed to Lend $200 Billion More to Ease Market Strain
3/11/08 AP, Fed announces further steps to ease credit crunch
3/11/08 BBC, Oil sets fresh record above $109
March 10, 2008
3/10/08 Rogers, Intel Daily, How Low Can The Dollar Go? Zero Value
3/10/08 CNN, Authors: U.S. economy could fall casualty to wars
3/10/08 BBC, Big fall in China's trade surplus
March 9, 2008
3/09/08 BBC, 'Severe' jobless problem in China
3/09/08 CNN, Survey: Gas prices rise 9 cents in 2 weeks
March 8, 2008
3/08/-8 Andrews, NYT, Sharp Drop in Jobs Adds to Grim Economic Picture
3/07/08 Rooney, CNN, 3 CEOs made $460 million - House panel
3/08/08 CNN, IRS spending $42 million on rebate reminders
3/08/08 BBC, Bush insists US not in recession
3/08/08 Hernandez, NYT, Countrywide Said to Be Subject of Federal Criminal Inquiry
March 7, 2008
3/07/08 AP, Employers slash jobs by most in 5 years
3/07/08 Hall, McClatchy, Job losses suggest economy is in recession
3/07/08 BBC, Sub-prime CEOs defend high wages
3/07/08 BBC, Carlyle unit shares are suspended
March 6, 2008
3/06/08 AP, Foreclosures Hit Record, Group Says
3/06/08 McCawley, CSM, Rising food prices feed security concerns
3/06/08 BBC, Dollar at another record euro low
3/06/08 BBC, Credit crunch hits Carlyle unit
3/06/08 Macan-Markar, Asia Times, Rice now too costly to give away
March 5, 2008
3/05/06 BBC, Inflation tops China 2008 agenda
3/05/08 Nizza, NYT, Zimbabwe Dollar Slides to New Low
3/05/08 Hall, McClatchy, What's behind record oil prices?
March 4, 2008
3/04/08 AP, Fed Chief Urges More Homeowner Aid
March 3, 2008
3/03/08 Munchi & Nguyen, Bloomberg, Gold Beats Financial Assets as Investors Seek Haven
3/03/08 BBC, US manufacturing activity shrinks
3/03/08 Cho & Glod, WP, Credit Crisis May Make College Loans More Costly
3/03/08 Treanor, Guardian, US woes weigh on HSBC
3/03/08 CNN, Stocks set to open lower
March 2, 2008
3/02/08 Faiola, WP, Soaring Food Prices Putting U.S. Emergency Aid in Peril
3/02/08 Smith, WP, Relative Comfort
3/02/08 Irwin & Goldfarb, WP, Businesses Tightening Their Belts
3/02/08 Goodman, NYT, Is a Lean Economy Turning Mean?
February 29, 2008
2/29/08 CNN, Gas prices straining budgets
2/29/08 CNN, Brutal selloff on Wall Street
February 27, 2008
2/27/08 Mouawad, NYT, Gas Prices Soar, Posing a Threat to Family Budget
2/27/08 Scherer, CSM, Wheat prices hit record high
2/27/08 Gosselin, LAT, Fed's Bernanke warns of more economic trouble
2/27/08 Goldman, CNN, New home sales near a 13-year low
2/27/08 Teather, Guardian, Euro breaches $1.50 for first time
February 26, 2008
2/26/08 Hall, McClatchy, As inflation rises, so do concerns about the housing market
2/26/08 Reynolds & Petruno, LAT, Food and energy costs jump
2/26/08 BBC, Dollar falls to record euro low
2/26/08 Trumbull, CSM, Housing slump causes U.S. to weigh another big bailout
2/26/08 BBC, US foreclosures up 57% in January
2/26/08 Noland, Asia Times, Credit Bubble Bulletin: Confirmations on the bleak side
2/26/08 Guru, Asia Times, Economic miseries by the second
February 25, 2008
2/25/08 Morrison, Reuters, Economy to skirt recession, but growth said to crawl
2/25/08 CNN, More signs of home sales weakness
2/25/08 Bowers, CSM, After housing bust, hard times in Arizona
2/25/08 BBC, UBS sued on sub-prime mis-selling
2/25/08 BBC, UN considers rationing food aid
February 23, 2008
2/23/08 ElBoghdady,WP, Homeowners Losing Equity Lines
2/23/08 Hafner, NYT, Stimulus Plan Aids Buyers of High-Priced Homes
February 22, 2008
2/22/08 CNN, When credit cards put you in jeopardy
2/22/08 BBC, Food prices spur Indian inflation
February 21, 2008
2/21/08 Scherer, CSM, Soaring Energy Prices Bad News for the Economy
2/21/08 Bowley, NYT, That '70s Look: Stagflation
2/21/08 Andrews & Grynbaum, NYT, Rising Inflation Limits the Fed as Growth Lags
2/21/08 Escobar, Asia TImes, Slouching towards Petroeurostan
February 20, 2008
2/20/08 Eaton, NYT, Slowdown Hits Towns at Outskirts of Texas Boom
2/20/08 Bello, FPIF, Capitalism in an Apocalyptic Mood
2/20/08 Paez, IPS, PERU: Poverty Provides Growing Number of 'Drug Mules'
2/20/08 Christie, CNN, Subprime loans defaulting even before resets
2/20/08 BBC, US inflation may stall rate cuts
February 19, 2008
2/19/08 Al Jazeera, China inflation hits new high
2/19/08 BBC, Oil prices hit record in New York
2/19/08 Wolf, FT, America's economy risks mother of all meltdowns
2/19/08 Zezima, NYT, With Oil Prices Rising, Wood Makes a Comeback
2/19/08 Anderson, NYT, Wall St. Banks Confront a String of Write-Downs
2/19/08 Scherer, CSM, Credit squeeze's potential ripple effects
February 18, 2008
2/18/08 Tett, Financial Times, US banks borrow $50bn via new Fed facility or here for permalink
2/18/08 Reuters, Banks "quietly" borrow $50 billion from Fed: report
2/18/08 Hall, McClatchy, Low unemployment rate hides rise in longterm jobless
February 15, 2008
2/15/08 ANdrews, NYT, Top Officials See Bleaker Outlook for the Economy
2/15/08 Trumbull, CSM, Best U.S. factory jobs in rising jeopardy
February 14, 2008
2/14/08 AP, U.S. trade deficit declined in 2007
2/14/08 AL Jazeera, Zimbabwe inflation soars further
2/14/08 Guru, Asia Times, Add another trillion
February 13, 2008
2/13/08 Osterman, Reuters, Eviction can come suddenly for renters in U.S.
2/13/08 Treanor, Guardian, Buffett's $800bn monoline lifeline boosts global stockmarkets
2/13/08 Reich, NYT, Totally Spent
2/13/08 Carey, Reuters, Groups try school to stem foreclosures
2/13/08 Scheer, Nation, Big Oil's Banner Year
2/13/08 Grynbaum, NYT, Plan to Aid Borrowers Is Greeted by Criticism
2/13/08 Lazarus, LAT, Shadow victims of the mortgage crisis: renters
2/13/08 BBC, IMF warning for developing world
2/13/08 BBC, Detroit 'has most repossessions'
2/13/08 Guru, Asia TImes, Oil crisis rush hour
2/13/08 Hutchinson, Asia TImes, Financial models head for scrap heap
February 12, 2008
2/12/08 Crutsinger, AP, Budget Deficit Running at Faster Pace
2/12/08 Peterson, LAT, Lenders offer help to avoid foreclosure (Project Lifeline)
2/12/08 Herbst-Bayliss, Reuters, Predatory Lenders Still Seen Targeting Minorities
2/12/08 Bajaj & Story, Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans
2/12/08 Spoerry, CNN, Feds, lenders to offer broader plan to help with foreclosures
2/12/08 Isodore, CNN, GM offers buyouts to 74,000
2/12/08 Scherer, CSM, Will additives push gasoline to a record high?
February 11, 2008
2/11/08 McCurry, Guardian, G7 is told worldwide losses from sub-prime crisis could be $400bn
2/11/08 Ramakrishan & Joshi, Reuters, IMF sees sharp U.S. slowdown
2/11/08 Bernstein & Mishel, ITT, Escape From Recession
February 10, 2008
2/10/08 Lazarus, LAT, What rate cuts? Use of plastic gets pricier
2/10/08 China Daily, World bourses lost $5.2 trillion in January - S&P index division
February 9, 2008
2/09/08 BBC, G7 Issues Global Economy Warning
2/09/08 Lohr, NYT, From Japan's Slump in 1990s, Lessons for U.S.
2/09/08 BBC, G7 issues global economy warning
2/09/08 Al Jazeera, Banks urged to disclose losses
February 8, 2008
2/08/08 BBC, Asia 'not immune' to US slowdown
2/08/08 BBC, Home repossessions rise to 27,000
February 7, 2008
2/07/08 Holzer, The Hill, helby Says Paulson Broke Word on Mortgage Limits
2/07/08 Pugh, McClatchy, Americans give up lattes, vacations as economy sours
2/07/08 BBC, More gloom for US housing market
2/07/08 Al Jazeera, US senate passes stimulus deal
February 6, 2008
2/06/08 Flaherty, AP, Defense Secretary Declines to Estimate ‘09 War Costs
February 5, 2008
2/04/08 Hall, McClatchy, Federal deficits soaring higher, menacing the future
2/05/08 O'Grady, ?US fiscal plan will double federal deficit
2/05/08 Hall, McClatchy, Evidence mounts that economy is in recession
2/05/08 BBC, US service sector in sharp fall
February 4, 2008
2/04/08 Abramowitz & Cohen, WP, U.S. Concern Over Economy Is Highest in Years
2/04/08 Bolan & Pelofsky, Reuters, Bush budget sees bigger deficits as economy slows
February 1, 2008
2/01/08 Freking, AP, Bush's Budget Lean on Domestic Programs
2/01/08 Grynbaum, NYT, U.S. Economy Unexpectedly Sheds 17,000 Jobs
2/01/08 Hall, McClatchy, Jobs fall in a harbinger of recession
January 31, 2008
1/31/08 Klare, MoJo, Barreling into Recession
1/31/08 Charbonneau, Reuters, U.S. and EU bolster dubious democracies: rights group
1/31/08 Allen, WP, Entering Sector D
1/31/08 Grynbaum, NYT, Consumer Spending Falls Off
1/31/08 AL Jazeera, India wrestles with internet outage
1/31/08 Aslam, Asia Times, IMF cuts growth guess and confidences
January 30, 2008
1/30/08 BBC, US rates cut to avoid recession
1/30/08 Irwin, WP, For Fed, It's Not Clear-Cut
1/30/08 Elliott, Guardian, US economy comes to virtual standstill
1/30/08 BBC, US economic growth drops sharply
1/30/08 Al Jazeera, FBI investigates high risk lenders
January 29, 2008
1/29/08 Lengel, WP, New-Home Sales Fell Record 26% Last Year
1/29/08 Weisman, WP, Senate to Offer Own Stimulus Package
1/29/08 Foley, Independent, Chicago lines up $11bn takeover of New York's Mercantile Exchange
1/29/08 Noland, Asia Times, More than 20 years in the making
1/29/08 Herszenhorn, NYT, Grants Would Finance Private Schooling
January 28, 2008
1/28/08 Cha, WP, Weak Dollar Fuels China's Buying Spree Of U.S. Firms
1/28/08 Gray, Reuters, Bush to seek $70 bln in partial 2009 war funding
1/28/08 Al Jazeera, French banker escapes fraud charge
1/28/08 Jolly, NYT, U.S. Stocks Flat After Sell-Off Abroad
1/28/08 Al Jazeera, Asian markets fall for second week
January 27, 2008
1/27/08 Chang & Hall, McClatchy, How will the world weather America's economic storm?
1/27/08 Santos, NYT, Plan to Close Prisons Stirs Anxiety in Rural Towns
1/27/08 CNN, French bank details $7.2 billion loss
January 26, 2008
1/26/08 Simon, LAT, Senate has own ideas for economic stimulus
1/26/08 Seckel, AFP, "Hispanic Panic" as Arizona Immigration Crackdown Bites
1/26/08 Yardley, NYT, Building Costs Deal Blow to Local Budgets
January 25, 2008
1/25/08 Sirota, ITT, The Stimulus Swindle
1/25/08 Otto, WP, A Growing Desperation
1/25/08 Schwartz & Kanter, NYT, New Details Emerge on Rogue Trader's Deals
1/25/08 BBC, Worldwide share jitters continue
1/25/08 BBC, New record for gold price at $923
1/25/08 Richard & Hong, LAT, Big loans could get cheaper
January 24, 2008
1/24/08 Scherer, CSM, Economic outlook dims sharply
1/24/08 Goldman, CNN, Homes see first annual price drop on record
1/24/08 AP, Deal Reached on Tax Rebates for Stimulus
1/24/08 Gaunt, Reuters, Insurance bailout hopes spur equity rebound
1/24/08 Bajaj & Anderson, Next on the Worry List: Shaky Insurers of Bonds
1/24/08 Urbina, NYT, Foreclosures Prompt Cities to Make Plea for Aid
1/23/08 Hurdle, Reuters, Poor Still Suffering From Last Recession
1/24/08 Al Jazeera, French bank uncovers $7bn fraud
January 23, 2008
1/23/08 Fildes, Independent, New watchdog will monitor hedge funds
1/23/08 Reich, Newsweek, Darker Days Ahead?
1/23/08 Reuters, US War Costs in Iraq Up: Report
1/23/08 Leonhardt, NYT, Worries That the Good Times Were Mostly a Mirage
1/23/08 Al Jazeera, Davos opens amid economic turmoil
January 22, 2008
1/22/08 Johnson, MoJo, Going Bankrupt
1/22/08 Pugh, McClatchy, Answers to consumers' questions on the economy
1/22/08 Hong, LAT, State posts record 31,676 foreclosures
1/22/08 Pearlstein, WP, More Room to Fall
1/22/08 Cooke, Reuters, Wall Street joins global equity plunge
1/22/08 Dougherty, NYT, Investors Abroad No Longer Feel Immune From U.S.
1/22/08 CNN, Market avalanches hit Davos talks
1/22/08 CNN, Stock futures pare losses
1/22/08 CNN, Stocks tumble at the open
1/22/08 BBC, Fed slashes rates in shock move
1/22/08 Al Jazeera, Bank of China shares suspended
January 21, 2008
1/21/08 Kielburger, Toronto Star, How The Iraq War's $2 Trillion Cost to US Could Have Been Spent
1/21/08 Hoking & Lewis, TimesOnline, US recession fears wipe £77bn from London shares
1/21/08 Saulny, NYT, Timber Thieves Strike at Heart of Lands Held Dear
1/21/08 BBC, Global shares tumble on US fears
1/21/08 Rosenblatt, LAT, Food shortage hits charity pantries
January 20, 2008
1/20/08 Goodman & Story, NYT, Foreigners Buy Stakes in the U.S. at a Record Pace
1/20/08 Merle, WP, Region's Home Prices Continue To Fall; Some Pockets Thrive
1/20/08 Andrews, NYT, Tax Rebate or Payment? A Policy Debate Begins
1/20/08 Doran, Guardian, Wall Street shaken by bond insurance fears
1/20/08 Connors & Sunderland, Guardian, Savers hit by new property fund plunge
January 19, 2008
1/19/08 Bradsher, NYT, An Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories
1/19/08 Weismann & Andrews, NYT, Economists Debate the Quickest Cure
1/19/08 Hickman, Independent, Spectre of negative equity haunts Britain
1/19/08 Peta, Independent, Zimbabwe forced to issue record bank note
January 18, 2008
1/18/08 Bohan & Smith, Reuters, Bush wants $150 billion economic package
1/18/08 Hall, McClatchy, Deep problems plague U.S. economy, stimulus plans notwithstanding
January 17, 2008
1/17/08 Irwin, WP, An Economy's Mixed Message on Suffering
1/17/08 Andrews & Herszenhorn, NYTm Bernanke Is Said to Support Stimulus Measures
1/17/08 Foley Independent, JP Morgan warns of credit card woe as it loses $1.3bn
January 16, 2008
1/16/08 BBC, Oil falls on US slowdown worries
1/16/08 Hall, McClatchy, New inflation data explain middle-class squeeze
1/16/08 Hutchinson, Asia Times, Tears on Wall Street
January 15, 2008
1/15/08 Leland, NYT, Baltimore Finds Subprime Crisis Snags Women
1/15/08 AP, Citigroup gets $12.5 billion in cash, cuts dividend
1/15/08 O'Grady, Independent, Gold hits $900 as dollar falls on rate-cut rumours
1/15/08 BBC, Dollar falls ahead of key US data
January 14, 2008
1/14/08 Barbaro & Uchitelle, NYT, Americans Cut Back Sharply on Spending
1/14/08 Fildes, Independent, Profit warnings surged to 107 in final quarter of 2007
1/14/08 Foley, Independent, American banks set for further big write-downs
1/14/08 Krugman, NYT, Responding to Recession
1/14/08 BBC, European shares rise in trading
January 13, 2008
1/13/08 McRae, Independent, Economic View: China and India are heading for the top of the world but along the way the climb will become treacherous
January 12, 2008
1/12/08 Faiola & Tse, WP, Fears About Economy Increase
1/12/08 Dash & SOrokin, NYT, Escalating Losses Force Citigroup to Seek More Foreign Investment
1/12/08 Foley, Independent, US hit by price rises in Chinese imports
January 11, 2008
1/11/08 Werdigier & Anderson, NYT, Giant Write-Down Is Seen for Merrill
1/11/08 Grynbaum, NYT, Stocks Drop Sharply Amid Subprime Woes
1/11/08 BBC, China's trade surplus jumps 48%
1/11/08 BBC, Japan recession fears on the rise
1/11/08 BBC, Bank of America buys Countrywide
1/11/08 BBC, US trade deficit widens sharply
January 10, 2008
1/10/08 Gail, Intel Daily, Peak Oil and the Financial Markets: A Forecast for 2008
1/10/08 Kavilanz, CNN, Weakest holiday season in years
1/10/08 Trumbull, CSM, How a credit crunch may hurt the world economy
January 9, 2008
1/09/08 Bajaj, NYT, Stocks Dive on Reports of New Ills
1/09/08 Hutchinson, Asia Times, Eroding Western living standards
1/09/08 Willis & Fraher, Bloomberg, Goldman Sachs Says U.S. Economy Faces Recession
January 8, 2008
1/08/08 Twin, CNN, Wall Street's terrible Tuesday
1/08/08 BBC, Mortgage giant denies bankruptcy
1/08/08 BBC, Recession in the US 'has arrived'
January 7, 2008
1/07/08 Hotakainen, McCltachy, As bankruptcies surge, Congress ponders change in law
January 5, 2008
1/05/08 BBC, Fed ups credit auction offering
January 4, 2008
1/04/08 McCullen, Financial Post, Forget oil, the new global crisis is food
1/04/08 CSM, As oil passes $100, the question: will it stop?
1/04/08 Independent, Oil: The power to shock
1/04/08 Farrell, Independent, Consumers face further pain as banks rein in credit
1/04/08 Isodore, CNN, Jobs weak, unemployment soars
January 3, 2008
1/03/08 Seager, Guardian, Bank of England issues gloomy credit forecast as high street shops suffer
January 2, 2008
1/02/08 Aversa, AP, Fed Fears Worsening Credit Market
1/02/08 BBC, Kenya violence unsettles markets
1/02/08 Twin, CNN, Stocks tank on recession fears
1/02/08 BBC, 'Contraction' in US manufacturing
1/02/08 BBC, Gold surges to new record highs
1/02/08 Hargreaves & Lamothe, CNN, What $100 oil would cost you
January 1, 2008
1/01/08 Swmple & Walsh, NYT, Fund Frozen, Florida Towns Feel the Pinch
1/01/08 Wheeler, BBC, Gulf states form common market
December 31, 2007
12/31/07 Hadjicostis, AP, Cyprus, Malta convert to euro
December 30, 2007
12/30/07 Bezlova, IPS, Surging Inflation Worries China's Leaders
12/30/07 Doran & Wachman, Guardian, Merrill seeks more funds to avoid crisis
December 28, 2007
12/28/07 Norris, NYT, Credit Crisis? Just Wait for a Replay
December 27, 2007
12/27/07 Johnson, WP, Mortgage Probes Face Big Hurdles
12/27/07 Pincus, WP, Wars Cost $15 Billion a Month, GOP Senator Says
12/27/07 CommonDreams, The Solvency Crisis
December 26, 2007
12/26/07 AP, U.S. home prices fall by a record in October
December 25, 2007
12/25/07 Sack, WP, Widening of Health Care in States Hits Roadblocks
12/25/07 Dash, NYT, Merrill Lynch Sells Stake to Singapore Firm
December 24, 2007
12/24/07 Faiola, WP, Dollar's Fall Is Felt Around The Globe
12/24/07 Goodman, NYT, This Is the Sound of a Bubble Bursting
December 23, 2007
12/23/07 Reuters, Iran says gets 90 pct of oil income in euros, yen
12/23/07 CNN, Credit card defaults alarmingly high
12/23/07 BBC, US asset rescue scheme abandoned
12/23/07 Wachman, Guardian, New funding crisis to hit banks in 2008
December 22, 2007
12/22/07 Dash, NYT, Big Fund to Prop Up Securities Is Scrapped
December 20, 2007
12/20/07 BBC, Further relief for US homeowners
12/20/07 Farrell, Independent, Bank's fears for economy point to gloomy 2008
12/20/07 Irwin, WP, Summers Criticizes Handling of Crises
December 19, 2007
12/19/07 Wallop, Daily Telegraph, Global food inflation to hit UK consumers
12/19/07 BBC, Morgan Stanley takes $9.4bn hit
December 18, 2007
12/18/07 Weisman, WP, House Approves Domestic Spending
12/18/07 Foley, Independent, Millions at stake as credit crisis gets legal
12/18/07 Chaddock, CSM, Republicans score key wins on spending
12/18/07 Trumbull, CSM, Now, world buoys U.S. economy
12/18/07 BBC, Treasury extends Rock guarantees
December 17, 2007
12/17/07 Turque, WP, One-Two Punch To Area's Budgets
12/17/07 Chaddock, CSM, The crux of U.S. budget battle: How to pay?
12/17/07 Scherer, CSM, To other economic warnings, add inflation
12/17/07 Hall, McClatchy, Understanding the alternative minimum tax delay
December 16, 2007
12/16/07 Irwin, WP, State of the Household
December 15, 2007
12/15/07 Schneider, WP, Inflation Jumps on Fuel, Energy Costs
December 14, 2007
12/14/07 Grynbaum, NYT, Consumer Prices Rise 0.8% in November
12/14/07 Pugh, McClatchy, Deception hits mortgage market once again
12/14/07 O'Grady, Independent, Inflation expectations 'highest in years'
December 13, 2007
12/13/07 BBC, US factory prices at 34-year high
December 12, 2007
12/12/07 AP, Fed Joins 3 Central Banks in Loan Plan
12/12/07 Wearden, Guardian, FTSE weaker after US shares slide
12/12/07 Dunn, Guardian, Homeowners are doomed to fail, says Citizens Advice
12/12/07 BBC, Oil price raises US trade deficit
12/12/07 BBC, Oil price raises US trade deficit
December 11, 2007
12/11/07 BBC, China inflation up on food bills
December 10, 2007
12/10/07 ElBoughady & Merle, WP, Local Home Foreclosures on the Rise
12/10/07 Landler, NYT, UBS Sells Stake After Write-Down
December 9, 2007
12/09/07 Singletary, WP, A Subpar Plan to Save Subprime Borrowers
December 8, 2007
12/08/07 Rucker, Wp, Cupboards Are Bare at Food Banks
December 7, 2007
12/07/07 Hall, McClatchy, Answers to questions about Bush's sub-prime plan
December 6, 2007
12/06/07 Andrews & Bajaj, NYT, Deal Reached on Freezing Rates on Some Mortgages
December 5, 2007
12/05/07 BBC, Productivity boost for US economy
December 4, 2007
12/04/07 Bernstein, NYT, Brazilians Giving Up Their American Dream
12/04/07 Griffin, Independent, Are we in for a China crisis?
12/04/07 Grier, CSM, Dollar slips, euro gains credibility as viable rival
December 3, 2007
12/03/07 AP, Paulson Foresees Deal on Mortgage Rates
12/03/07 Seager, Guardian, Market interest rate jumps to nine-year high
12/03/07 BBC, US sub-prime mortgage aid close
December 2, 2007
12/02/07 Landler, NYT, U.S. Credit Crisis Adds to Gloom in Arctic Norway
December 1, 2007
12/01/07 Cho, WP, Deal in the Works To Freeze Rates on Subprime Loans
November 30, 2007
11/30/07 Zezima, NYT, Food Banks, in a Squeeze, Tighten Belts
November 29, 2007
11/29/07 Trumbull, CSM, In housing downturn, a new uncertainty factor
11/29/07 Veiga, AP, US Foreclosure Filings Up 94 Pct in Oct.
11/29/07 Cho, WP, Municipal Bond Deals Squeezed By Credit Crisis
November 28, 2007
11/28/07 Trumbull, CSM, Amid recession jitters, world's financial system vulnerable
11/28/07 Clark, Guardian, Recession in the air as US house prices tumble
November 27, 2007
11/27/07 Huslin, WP, Wealthy Engage in Controversial Re-selling of Life Insurance Policies
11/27/07 BBC, US house prices continue to slide
11/27/07 BBC, Freddie Mac in $6bn share issue
11/27/07 Foley, Independent, Fed pumps $8bn into market to head off new crunch
November 25, 2007
11/25/07 Mankowski, Reuters, Housing, dollar, oil on stocks' radar
November 23, 2007
11/23/07 Engdahl, CRG, The Financial Tsunami: Sub-Prime Mortgage Debt is but the Tip of the Iceberg
November 20, 2007
11/20/07 Shenk, Bloomberg, Crude Oil Rises More Than $2 as Dollar Declines to Record Low
11/20/07 Irwin & Tse, WP, Fallout From Credit Crunch Creates Another One
November 19, 2007
11/19/07 Murphy, CSM, OPEC's lost sway over oil prices
11/19/07 AP, Swiss Re Reports $878 Million Subprime Loss
11/19/07 BBC, Iran leader dismisses US currency
November 17, 2007
11/17/07 McRae, Independent, The dollar may recover, but the world will be different
11/17/07 McSmith, Independent, The dollar's decline: from symbol of hegemony to shunned currency
11/17/07 Singh, BBC, Dollars no good for the Taj Mahal
November 16, 2007
11/16/07 BBC, Credit losses 'may reach $400bn'
11/16/07 BBC, Credit losses 'may reach $400bn'
November 15, 2007
11/15/07 O'Grady, Independent, Bank warns of sharp slowdown
November 14, 2007
11/14/07 Von Hoffman, Nation, The Subprime Bailout
11/14/07 ANdrews & Pear, NYT, Bush, Confident on Economy, Vetoes Domestic Spending Bill
11/14/07 Prosser, Independent, Petrol price rise helps to drive inflation above 2 per cent target
11/14/07 Foley, Independent, Goldman Sachs bets credit crisis will worsen
November 13, 2007
11/13/07 Hayes, NAtion, The Coming Foreclosure Tsunami
11/13/07 Aversa, AP, Iraq, Afghan War Costs Are $1.6 Trillion
November 11, 2007
11/11/07 Dash, NYT, Top Banks Said to Agree on Backup Credit Fund
11/11/07 Connon, Guardian, Is it the end of the world for big banks?
November 9, 2007
11/09/07 BBC, More banking woes hit US shares
11/09/07 BBC, Europe 'set for slower growth'
11/09/07 AP, Wall Street Falls on Credit Woes
11/09/07 Moore, AP, Dollar Sinks to New Low Against Euro
11/09/07 Irwin, WP, Fed Chairman Forecasts Slowdown in U.S. Economy
November 8, 2007
11/08/07 Vanden Heuvel, Nation, Foreclosure Turmoil
11/08/07 Trumbull, CSM, Dollar, oil prices hint of inflation
11/08/07 Stempel, Reuters, Morgan Stanley sees $3.7 billion subprime hit
11/08/07 Irwin, WP, A Sinking Feeling Over The Dollar
11/08/07 Goodman, NYT, Homeowners Feel the Pinch of Lost Equity
11/08/07 Grynsbaum & Goodwin, NYT, Global Markets Down After U.S. Sell-Off
November 6, 2007
11/06/07 Morgenson, NYT, Borrowers Face Dubious Charges in Foreclosures
11/06/07 Farrell, Independent,