Local Headlines
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23 hrs ago | via Hartford Courant
Lehman Brothers collapsed after the government declined to rescue the flagging company.
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Dodd Worked To End Abusive Lending Practices
Yesterday | via Hartford Courant
Until recently, probably few Americans understood the scope of our country's economic problems.
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Bailout: Nothing To Fix Root Problems
Saturday Oct 4 | via Hartford Courant
As Connecticut's only congressional member to vote no on the Economic Stabilization Act, first on Monday and then Friday, I have heard from many concerned citizens from eastern Connecticut and beyond who called ...
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Saturday Oct 4 | via Hartford Courant
Financial Bailout Wall Street, Main Street inextricably linked. October 5, 2008 Congress and the Bush administration have together allowed unsound lending to get so out of hand that it threatens to bring down ...
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Is Bailout The Right Medicine?
Wednesday Oct 1 | via Hartford Courant
Betting on the sagacity of the U.S. Congress is risky, to say the least. So let's assume the worst, and imagine that the big $700 billion bailout doesn't pass any time soon.
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Regional Headlines
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State treasurer says pension fund sound
Yesterday | via The Waterbury Connecticut Republican
HARTFORD a ' Connecticut's pension fund portfolio has dropped in value with the recent stock market upheaval, but remains well diversified and no pension benefits are at risk, Connecticut's state treasurer said ...
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Fledgling program helps combat foreclosures
Saturday Oct 4 | via Connecticut Post
Connecticut State Forclosure mediators Jennifer Sheehy and Shaun McGrath on the steps of the Fairfield County Courthouse in Bridgeport.
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Criminal probes likely in financial crisis
Saturday Oct 4 | via Connecticut Post
First comes the bailout and its hope to bring stability to the country's financial community.
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Stock Market Boost From Bailout Would Help Connecticut
Saturday Oct 4 | via The Hartford Courant
Shirley Bloethe tried to get a loan this summer from a half-dozen lenders, including her own bank, to buy a bigger building for the secondhand sports equipment store she has owned for 17 years.
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August home sales fall 30 percent
Friday Oct 3 | via Connecticut Post
Home sales plunged by more than 30 percent statewide in August, largely because the number of potential buyers has been radically reduced due to changes in lending practices.
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National Headlines
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McCain, Obama Trade Jabs at Heated Town Hall Debate
3 min ago | via Fox Philadelphia
Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for a sweeping $300 billion ...
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3 min ago | via The Post and Courier
WASHINGTON a ' The Federal Reserve on Tuesday moved swiftly to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy, saying it would buy massive amounts of short-term debt and hinting that it may cut ...
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Five Economists: Not the End, but Very Serious
4 min ago | via Prensa Latina
Washington, Oct 7 Five prominent economists shared their thoughts on the current financial crisis and while none describe it as apocalyptic, they agree it is very serious and global in statements to Al Jazeera ...
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5 min ago | via Guardian Unlimited
Town hall meetings have been feted as the arena in which John McCain excels and so it was expected that he would breeze through last night's presidential debate in Nashville .
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7 min ago | via Indianapolis Star
McCain: Said one way out of the financial crisis is to "stop sending $700 billion a year to countries that don't like us." The facts: Although he didn't spell it out, he was referring -- as he has in the past ...
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