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Bailout Is a Windfall to Banks, if Not to Borrowers »
Posted by: engineer 10 months, 1 week ago in Business & Finance
Congress approved the $700 billion rescue plan with the idea that banks would help struggling borrowers and increase lending to stimulate the economy, and many ...
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Treasury Blacks Out Key Parts of Private Bailout Contracts »
Posted by: engineer 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
Remember how Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson promised full transparency in spending the $700 billion bailout money? And remember how bailout opponents predicted that the failure ...
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Tracking the $700 Billion Bailout »
Posted by: tehranchik 8 months, 2 weeks ago in Business & Finance
Hundreds of banks and a handful of insurers and automakers have applied for funds from the Treasury Department as part of the $700 billion Troubled ...
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Congress, White House reach financial bailout deal »
Posted by: STONERS 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
Congressional leaders and the Bush administration have reached a tentative deal on a bailout of imperiled financial markets that could cost taxpayers hundreds of billions ...
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Tentative meltdown deal: Bush, McCain, Obama meet »
Posted by: engineer 1 year, 2 months ago in News
Private talks on Capitol Hill ended at midday with the announcement that an agreement in principle had been reached on a $700 billion financial rescue ...
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Congress OKs historic bailout bill »
Posted by: engineer 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
The final vote, 263-171 in the House, capped two weeks of tumult in Congress and on Wall Street , punctuated by daily warnings that the country ...
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Slowing Down the Bailout »
Posted by: scott4261 1 year, 1 month ago in News
The below item was posted shortly before the House voted against the $700 billion Big Finance bailout 228 to 225. Ninety-five Democrats joined 133 Republicans ...
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THANKS BUT NO THANKS: WHAT LINCOLN WOULD HAVE SAID TO PAULSON'S $700 BILLION RANSOM »
Posted by: engineer 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
"These capitalists
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generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that
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Election Year Pressure Mounts, House Passes $700 Billion Rescue Bill »
Posted by: capj71 1 year, 1 month ago in News
Once some House members who are up for reelection were given political cover, by a bill which contained minor improvements, they got in line and ...
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Market Digest »
Posted by: Varadinum 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
More Than 44% of Small Business Owners Say $700 Billion Dollar Financial Bailout Will Not Help Them, and 35% Not Sure According to New Study
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The Bailout: Bush's Final Pillage »
Posted by: engineer 1 year ago in News
In the final days of the election, many Republicans seem to have given
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House defeats $700B financial industry bailout »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The House on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the nation's financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President Bush ...
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Bush's Swan Song: Cripple Successor with Wall Street Bailout »
Posted by: pacodecabra 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
We've all thought for years now that George W. Bush was an underachieving C-student at best and a moron at worst. But the truth ...
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Congress, Bush team agree on bailout terms »
Posted by: ap 1 year, 2 months ago in Business & Finance
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A key Democrat negotiating a $700 billion financial bailout says the Bush administration has agreed to include mortgage aid and strong congressional ...
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How Big Is $700,000,000,000.00? »
Posted by: Jordan 1 year, 1 month ago in Business & Finance
Seven hundred billion dollars. Congress voted not to spend $700,000,000,000.00 on Monday. It's still an amazing amount of money. But ...
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