Archive for March 1st, 2008
Saturday, March 1st, 2008
The Federal Reserve will auction another 60 billion dollars in March, continuing its efforts to deal with a severe credit crunch, the U.S. central bank announced Friday.
Two auctions will be held, on Mach 10 and 24 respectively, and ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Crude futures retreated from a new overnight record above 103 U.S. dollars as the dollar gained strength and because of the buyers' profit taking.
Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery, which set a new record of 103.05 dollars o ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Wall Street plummeted on Friday, after a pair of downbeat data highlighted the U.S. economic recession risk.
The Reuters-University of Michigan final consumer sentiment reading for February came in at 70.8, lower than 78.4 for Febru ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
The California Department of Public Health has posted on its website a partial list of hundreds of retailers and restaurants that received shipments of recalled beef from the Westland-Hallmark Meat Co.
The list included many retaile ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Wall Street plunged Friday with the Dow Jones industrial average dropping more than 300 points on corporate losses.
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Bain Capital LLC and China's Huawei Co. plan to resubmit an application seeking U.S. approval for their planned 2.2 billion-U.S. dollar buyout of 3Com Corp. within the next several weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Wall Street dropped on Friday, after American International Group reported a multi-billion-dollar loss and Dell posted a soft U.S. corporate spending.
The U.S. Commerce Department reported Friday that nominal spending rose 0.4 perce ...
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Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Consumer Reports awarded much-sought-after "top pick" status to two Hyundai vehicles Thursday, the first time that South Korean-built models have been represented on the magazine's influential list.
The Hyundai Elantra SE small sedan ...
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