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TRS offers a lesson in economics
18 hrs ago | via Killeen Daily Herald
By Iuliana Petre Killeen Daily Herald In a 45-minute, statewide teleconference call Monday hosted by the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Roel Campos, a fiduciary councilman from Austin who is on the ...
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Local bankers to residents: Keep faith in banks, kee...
Tuesday Sep 30 | via Killeen Daily Herald
By Don Bolding Killeen Daily Herald Central Texas community bankers are urging their customers and the public at large not to lose faith in the banking system in the wake of the national storm caused by ...
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Sunday Sep 28 | via News 8 Austin
While lawmakers continue to debate the cause of the financial crisis and the language of the bailout plan, businesses continue to hope for better economic news.
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Tuesday Sep 23 | via San Marcos Daily Record
Wall Street is physically a long ways from the heart of Texas; but the meltdown in the housing market appears to be making that distance disappear.
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Home Foreclosure Listing Up Dramatically In Central ...
Monday Sep 22 | via Austin Texas News - KEYE 42 News
More people than every before are going through the foreclosure process in the Austin area.
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Regional Headlines
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North Texas housing market might be close to bottom,...
1 hr ago | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The North Texas housing market has been adjusting for months to sluggish sales, tighter credit and an oversupply of homes.
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The Biggest Myth To Bust Before We Start Devising Ou...
1 hr ago | via New Republic
As was the case with the 1929 crash that ushered in the Great Depression, the current financial meltdown is giving rise to myths that will influence public policy for decades to come.
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Public relations, press release distribution, invest...
4 hrs ago | via Business Wire
The Travelers Companies, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary St.
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Pegasus News election survey: Thomas Love, candidate...
7 hrs ago | via Texas Gigs
Pegasus News sent a detailed questionnaire to every candidate running for public office in the greater DFW area.
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Reality Check: Sen. Cornyn's latest ads
7 hrs ago | via WFAA
After his controversial vote for the financial bailout bill, Texas Sen. John Cornyn is airing two new television commercials claiming he demanded to crackdown on mortgage fraud and backroom deals that led to ...
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National Headlines
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4 min ago | via The Portland Phoenix
I thought both candidates did fine tonight -- except for how John McCain dropped a massive new policy proposal into the campaign that will force his campaign to talk about the economic crisis for the coming ...
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Fed, in emergency move, will lend to companies
4 min ago | via International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : Frantically trying to stop the bleeding on Wall Street, the Federal Reserve took a first-time step Tuesday to get cash directly to businesses and hinted that interest rates could come down soon.
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Facing Foreclosure? There's Hope for Homeowners
4 min ago | via About.com
Though it's not $700 billion, homeowners will get somewhat of a bailout. The Hope for Homeowners program, which is expected to save an estimated 400,000 homeowners from foreclosure, went into effect on October ...
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Fed to buy massive amounts of short-term debt
5 min ago | via NWI Times
The Federal Reserve moved swiftly to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy, saying Tuesday it would buy massive amounts of short-term debt and hinting that it may cut interest rates.
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Insurance Giant AIG's Role in Market Crisis Probed
5 min ago | via The Daily News
Executives at American International Group Inc. hid the full range of its risky financial products from auditors as losses mounted, according to documents released Tuesday by a congressional panel examining the ...
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