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A Credit Card You Want to Toss | Robert Berner
Bank of America abruptly notified cardholders in good standing their rates would skyrocket if they didn't opt out fast. Is BofA greedy or needy? Robert Berner -- Newsweek Feb. 7, 2008 -- Credit-card ...
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Exclusive! The FBI Deputizes Business (Matthew Rothschild)
Matthew Rothschild -- The Progressive Jan. 7, 2008 -- Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The ...
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Breaking: S&P Mulls $500B in Mortgage Downgrades
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is considering slashing its rating on more than $500 billion of investments tied to bad mortgage loans, the ratings agency said Wednesday.
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Transforming Communities Through Locally-Grown Food: Carolyn Baker Interviews Greg Cox
Greg Cox owns Boardman Hill Farms, West Rutland, Vermont and is President of the Board of Rutland Area Farm and Food Links (RAFFL) -- After many months of trying to connect with Greg Cox of Boardman ...
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Citigroup, Merrill Face More Writedowns, Goldman Says (Elizabeth Hester & Alexander Haigh)
Citigroup Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Merrill Lynch & Co. may write down an additional $34 billion in securities linked to the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, according to Goldman Sachs ...
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CIA Man 'Can Take White House Down' (Press TV)
Former head of the CIA's clandestine service Jose Rodriguez claims he can take the White House down over a torture cover-up scandal.
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US Sets Terms For Climate Talks (BBC News)
BBC News Dec. 15, 2007 -- The United States said the climate change negotiating process it agreed to in Bali must ensure developing states take their fair share of emission cuts. The deal did not ...
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Freddie Sees $5.5B-$12B More Losses (Marcy Gordon)
By MARCY GORDON -- Associated Press Dec. 11, 2007 -- WASHINGTON -- The chief executive of Freddie Mac estimated Tuesday the mortgage finance company will lose an additional $5.5 billion to $7.5 ...
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Using Hydrogen to Clean Up Fossil Fuels (Tyler Hamilton)
By Tyler Hamilton -- The Toronto Star Dec. 10, 2007 -- Hydrogen might be an emission-free fuel when burned or put through a fuel cell, but given that fuel-cell cars for the mass market are at least ...
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Princeton Economic Prof. Alan Blinder Warns Offshoring Is Disrupting U.S. Life (Chirolas)
Princeton's economics professor Alan S. Blinder is warning about disruption of U.S. life by offshoring -- anyone listening?
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