Archive for August 21st, 2008


AFP
Merrill, Goldman, Deutsche Agree to Buy Back Auction-Rate Debt
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Michael McDonald and Patricia Hurtado The accords bring to eight the number of firms that settled claims in the last two weeks that they misled investors by fraudulently marketing the long-term securities as easy to buy and sell.
3rd UPDATE: Three Banks Agree To Buy Back Billions Of ARS CNNMoney.com
Merrill Lynch Announces Auction Rate Securities Regulatory Settlement MarketWatch
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Central Bankers at Retreat May See Few Options to Fix Economy
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
By Scott Lanman and John Fraher Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — The world's top central bankers gather at their annual US mountainside symposium today with a sense there's not much more they can do to repair credit markets and rescue the global economy.
TREASURIES-Fall in Asia on inflation fears, Bernanke eyed Reuters
Markets await Bernanke as centbankers gather guardian.co.uk
CNBC - Wall Street Journal - CNNMoney.com - USA Today
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GM to invest $500 million in small car plant
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago
By Shawn Langlois, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — General Motors Corp. said Thursday it will invest more than half a billion dollars in its Ohio plant, where the new Chevrolet Cruze compact will be built as part of the automaker's sweeping
GM, With an Eye on Profit, Invests in Ohio Plant New York Times
GM to Invest $500 Million To Build Chevy Cruze Wall Street Journal
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Boeing May Drop US Tanker Bid Without More Time (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Gopal Ratnam and [bn:PRSN=1] Susanna Ray [] Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co., seeking to win the reopened $35 billion US Air Force tanker competition, said it may consider dropping out of the race unless the Pentagon allows the company up to six
Boeing Seeks More Time for Bid New York Times
Boeing Considers Pulling Out of Tanker Competition Wall Street Journal
Seattle Times - Seattle Post Intelligencer - Charlotte Business Journal - HeraldNet
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Boeing May Drop US Tanker Bid Without More Time (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Gopal Ratnam and [bn:PRSN=1] Susanna Ray [] Aug. 21 (Bloomberg) — Boeing Co., seeking to win the reopened $35 billion US Air Force tanker competition, said it may consider dropping out of the race unless the Pentagon allows the company up to six
Boeing Seeks More Time for Bid New York Times
Boeing Considers Pulling Out of Tanker Competition Wall Street Journal
Seattle Times - Seattle Post Intelligencer - Charlotte Business Journal - HeraldNet
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FDA Allows Irradiation of Some Produce
New York Times - 4 hours ago
By GARDINER HARRIS WASHINGTON - The government will allow food producers to zap fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce with enough radiation to kill micro-organisms like E. coli and salmonella that for decades have caused widespread illness among consumers.
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FDA Approves Irradiation of Spinach and Lettuce KCBA
The Ledger - San Francisco Chronicle - The Associated Press - WebMD
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Merrill, Goldman, Deutsche Settle Auction-Rate Probes (Update4)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Michael McDonald and Patricia Hurtado The accords bring to eight the number of firms that settled claims in the last two weeks that they misled investors by fraudulently marketing the long-term securities as easy to buy and sell.
Merrill Backs Down On ARS Forbes
3rd UPDATE: Three Banks Agree To Buy Back Billions Of ARS CNNMoney.com
MarketWatch - Reuters - guardian.co.uk - Los Angeles Times
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