Banks in Ga., Mich., Minn., Mo., Calif. Closed
Regulators on Friday shut banks in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and California, bringing the number of bank failures this year to 120 amid the struggling economy and a cascade of defaults on loans. Read Full Story From Newsvine
Ed Erickson, 52, of Elgin, was driving a group of mostly older passengers home from a day trip to an Iowa casino on Wednesday when the bus swerved off Interstate 90 and rolled in the ditch near Austin. |
A line of more than a thousand people — some sporting Palin Power stickers and Palin T-shirts — moved slowly into a Barnes & Noble store Wednesday to see the former Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor on the first |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After weeks of closed-door negotiations, U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid plans to unveil broad healthcare reform legislation on Wednesday with a first test vote on the package possible by the weekend. |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can be closed next year, but he acknowledged that he will not meet his original January deadline. |
At the same time we have to take note that other indicators we dare not ignore are signaling continued strength for gold and especially silver. Chief among them are a surge of positive money flow into silver ETFs, bullish action in CFTC commitments |
Investigators say the man appears to be in his 70s. Officials say that in the most recent robbery Monday, he approached a Bank of America teller in La Jolla, displayed a handgun and asked for cash. He fled on foot. |
The Financial Services Forum, a lobbying group for CEOs of firms including Goldman Sachs <GS.N> and JPMorgan Chase <JPM.N>, said empowering regulators to break up "too-big-to-fail" banks "could lead to long-term damage to the U.S. economy." |
 | India's BSE Sensex index closed the week on the upside while the rest of the major markets closed out the week in the red.
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 | Analysts say 200 billion pounds of shipping debt could be a threat to European banks.
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 | The governing board of the University of California approved a $2,500 student fee increase Thursday after two days of tense campus protests across the state.
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 | A tour bus returning from a casino ran off a southern Minnesota interstate and rolled over in a ditch Wednesday, killing two people and injuring 21, authorities said.
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 | At a Washington event dedicated to small business, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged banks to step up to the plate and lend more money in order to keep the economic revival growing.
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 | German banks recall thousands of credit cards after apparent data theft.
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 | Out of 6,300 suggestions, San Diego Zoo managers have chosen a name for a baby panda born this summer. Zoo officials announced that the 3-month-old black-and-white ball of fur will be called Yun Zi.
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