GM Announces It Will Pay Back Gov’t Loan With Gov’t Money

ProPublica 5 days ago Region: United States

GM will be begin paying back the TARP money in December [1], the company announced [2] this morning. It’s a statement in need of a little context. Basically, GM will be using a portion of its $50 billion in TARP bai... more

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OPEC Output Cut and Citigroup Bailout Send Stocks Soaring

ARC IDEA CO 12 months ago Region: United States

Light sweet crude rallied by 9 percent to $54 per barrel as production outcut cut expected from OPEC. The price of crude had fallen to 3 and a half year low to $48.25. The president of OPEC Chakib Khelil revealed that a f... more

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ONLINE BANKING-TD BANK

Picincu Andra a year ago Region: Washington

Starting November 1, Commerce Bank and TD Banknorth stores in the Mid-Atlantic, Metro Washington, DC and Florida markets will become TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank. “Providing our customers with unpar... more

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Akron Zips Wheel Away With Victory

Jlukach a year ago Region: Ohio

The University of Akron Zips took on their rival Kent State University Saturday at Dix stadium and kept the Wagon Wheel. For those who aren't familiar, the rivalry between these two schools is a big one.  They compet... more

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USA Nationalizes Corporate Giants in a Socialistic Move!

Santosh Kumar Agarwal a year ago Region: India

Is America entering socialistic jargon? Socialists like Indira Gandhi, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela are famous for their nationalization policies. Now America too is stepping into the shoes. In a recent move, the country has t... more

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Bernie Mac Hospitalized with Sarcoidosis

Ground Report a year ago Region: Illinois

Comedian Bernie Mac spent the weekend in a Chicago hospital overcoming a bout with pneumonia. Despite rumors circulating around the Internet, Bernie Mac is alive and recovering from his sickness. Bernie Mac, 50, has had h... more

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Fannie and Freddie’s Day of Reckoning May Be Near

Finding Dulcinea a year ago Region: United States

Posted by Anne Szustek to FindingDulcinea Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson announced a plan Sunday to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from a potential financial calamity that many have warned of for years. In a rare we... more

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Mac Hacked in Half Hour

R. Tom Bruno a year ago Region: Sweden

Macs Easier To Exploit In what turned out to be an exercise in how to insert foot in mouth, a Swedish Mac fan set up a Mac Mini as a Web server & challenged the hackers of the world to "try and gain root control." Less th... more

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XBMC Turns Your Mac into the Ultimate Media Center

Dumitru Florin a year ago Region: United States

You don't have to mod your classic Xbox to run the best free media center application around anymore: Dedicated developers have ported the Xbox Media Center (XBMC) software to the Mac, and its killer features will convince... more

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Experts Offer Tips on Avoiding Home Foreclosure

AFL CIO a year ago Region: United States

by James Parks The mortgage foreclosure crisis, fueled by years of unchecked predatory lending practices and a speculative bubble in real estate prices, has resulted in a disaster for millions of America’s home... more

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