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- Some cautious hope Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:31PMAfter despair in 2008, invest smartly in 2009. The year 2008 has tested all investors. Besides a steady fall in the equity market, albeit with high volatility in some months, even other asset classes have seen a steady decline.
- CNN - Wall Street: Bracing For Bad News Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:27PMAfter A Strong Start To The New Year In Very Light Trading, Wall Street Gets Serious.
- After a tumultuous 2008, can the stock market regain its footing in 2009? Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:25PMNEW YORK — After a year of devastating losses, the stock market has the makings of a recovery in 2009: nearly $9 trillion in cash on the sidelines, waiting to be invested.
- When Bankruptcy Makes Sense Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:21PMNormally I'd say suck it up, cut spending and repay your debt. But not if you're going broke.
- Credit Card Companies Willing to Deal Over Debt Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:12PMCredit card companies are rushing to settle even if that means forgiving a portion of some borrowers debts.
- Savers must be protected from new rate cuts Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 1:10PMTelegraph view: The prospect of a further rate cut this week will be a further blow for millions of pensioners.
- Sunderland 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: Jones on target Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:49PMSunderland 2-1 Bolton Wanderers: Jones on target
- Coffee and Chocolate Holding Up in Down Economy Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:33PMIn the United States, the true comfort foods are chocolate and coffee -which may provide relief for investors battered by plummeting prices for oil, gold, wheat and other products.
- No job cut in Tata Steel: MD Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:55AMTata Steel Managing Director B Muthuraman has ruled out any job cut in the company, giving credit to its strong internal structure and was disappointed by the delay in the proposed steel plant that could create more job opportunity.
- RBI cuts key rates to spur economy Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:52AM"It is expected that the reduction in the policy interest rates and the CRR will further enable banks to provide credit for productive purposes at appropriate interest rates," the central bank added.
- ICICI Bank: Consolidation time Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:49AMThe bank’s loan growth could be moderate in 2009-10 too as it attempts to bring down the cost of funds and grapples with bad loans.
- Shobhana Subramanian: Bajaj could've had fun with scooters Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:48AMThere was a time when it seemed the Chetak would never go out of style; it was probably the largest-selling scooter in the world and by the time it was phased out in late 2005, around ten million Chetaks had been produced.
- Recession is squeezing the life out of money-strapped hospitals Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:48AMFacilities across the nation are closing or eliminating services as patient visits drop, insurers and patients pay slowly and credit remains tight. Gainesville's first community hospital has been on life support ever since Shands HealthCare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago.
- Madhukar Sabnavis: Of Brands And Advertising 2008 Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:47AMMadhukar Sabnavis on the highs and the new of the year gone by. In the five-episode Ponds ‘White Beauty’ campaign, two stars Neha Dhupia and Priyanka Chopra fight out a love triangle for the attention and love of another star, Saif Ali Khan.
- Global stocks rise on first trading day of year Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:42AM World stock markets opened the new year with gains on Friday after a dismal 2008, while the dollar rose against major currencies and prices in crude and gold fell.
- Aspen tries to recreate New Year after bomb scare Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:42AMASPEN , Colo. (AP) - They rang in 2009 a day late in Aspen after a former resident unhappy that his hometown has become a resort playground for the wealthy vowed "mass death" and left four bombs around downtown before killing himself.
- GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, stocks start new year up; oil, gold slip Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 6:40AM* Stocks rise, with MSCI world index up 0.7 pct
- Weeklies Reader: Captain Carpet to the rescue at hospital Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:37AMEditor's note: Each week, the Missoulian provides readers with a sampling of news gleaned from weekly newspapers around western Montana. Clark Fork Valley Hospital in Plains needed its own superhero recently, when a sound so loud halted a hospital board meeting in mid-sentence.
- General Motors dealers hope loan offers will move cars Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:34AMNo-interest financing from the automaker and looser credit standards by GMAC may lure more buyers. It didn't take long for the government bailout of GMAC to filter down to the car lot.
- Jets season report card Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:32AMA weakness last season became a strength in 2008, as Thomas Jones averaged 4.5 yards per carry and gained 1,312 yards, the second-highest total of his nine-year career.
- All The News Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:31AMAston Villa put manager Martin O'Neill through yet more late drama as they moved back into the Champions League places on Tuesday night.
- Want green jobs through nation? Look to California Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:30AMWithout transmission lines, the United States will simply not be capable of adding the green jobs Obama has promised. THE LAST TIME the federal government tried to play a large role in stimulating the development of renewable-energy projects, it failed miserably.
- Stanford improves to 10-0 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:28AMThe Cardinal struggled at times against Hartford before pulling away for a 69-55 victory.
- Raise your credit score by triple digits in just weeks Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:28AMChris Reinhard admits to not doing as good a job as he should keeping tabs on his credit score. "We never monitored it," says Reinhard. When he did finally check, Reinhard's credit score was 648. Not bad, but not great either.
- Year in review: October-December 2008 Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:20AM(Editor's note: Dates designate the date the article was published in The Daily Record, not the actual date of the event.) 1 -- A nationwide notification concerning the finding of skeletal remains in Holmes County failed to turn up any promising leads.
- Around the Towns Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:20AMAbington Twp. Waverly resident Cathy Craig swept the snow from the bench in front of the Waverly Community House on Tuesday morning as she waited for the bus.
- Bad timing? Many people started businesses in 2008 Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:19AMNEW YORK | The economy didn't look that bad when Laura and Roger Bickford opened their medical clinic back in July.
- Economic crisis tests owners' skills Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:14AMMost who opened businesses in 2008 didn't plan on such tough times. The economy didn't look that bad when Laura and Roger Bickford opened their medical clinic in July.
- Applied business savvy Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:13AMBrandon Kartchner works with his wife Shantai Kartchner at The Rage Friday in Logan. The couple took over the downtown business about six months ago. (Alan Murray/Herald Journal)
- Play safe Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:12AMAs uncertainties prevail and a revival expected only post second quarter of 2009, it will pay to focus on large cap companies with a proven track record, high earnings visibility and low leverage.
- Housing bust, energy free-fall push many green homes on hold Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:07AM Homebuilders slapped on solar panels and added other eco-friendly enhancements as energy prices soared earlier this year, hoping greener homes would lure reluctant buyers.
- Korean Won Leads Gains in Asian Currencies on Intervention Talk Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:06AMDec. 29 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea’s won led gains in Asian currencies on speculation the central bank intervened to help bolster corporate and bank balance sheets before the year-end.
- Beleaguered homeowners turn in keys Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:03AMRestoring credit score after default isn't easy
- Redskins finish at .500 Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:01AMJason Campbell led a 55-yard game-tying drive with under two minutes remaining, but the Redskins lost to the 49ers after Joe Nedney kicked a 39-yard field goal as time expired.
- Bailout of Long-Term Capital: A Bad Precedent? Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:50AMThe 1998 bailout of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund hasn?t received enough attention.
- Coping with a flailing market Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:42AMThis fall, many political observers were surprised to see staunchly conservative Rep. John Campbell not only support but take a leading role in the passage of what was called the “economic bailout” bill.
- As home values sink, taxes stay afloat Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:38AMIf you’re looking for reports of falling home prices to show up on your property tax bill, forget about it — at least for now. Despite the nationwide recession, local property owners will not see a decrease in their property taxes this year.
- Ken Oxley: Let’s hear it for 2010 Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:37AMI WONDER how many New Year Resolutions we’ll make and break in 2009.
- //Neon Limelight’s Top 5 Male Vocalists Of 2008// Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:34AMHere at Neon Limelight we love catchy tunes and the occasional mechanically enhanced vocal performance just like the next blog, but this list is all about the real vocalists–they span many genres but the one thing they have in common is they’re artists whose voices give us chills with one note. They could sing the phone book [...]
- Hospitals suffer ill effects from bad loans, credit woes Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:32AMAssociated Press TRENTON, N.J. — Gainesville’s first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago.
- By Saying Yes, WaMu Built Empire on Shaky Loans Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:16AMWashington Mutual stands out as a singularly brazen case of lax lending in a financial landscape littered with wreckage.
- Bailout of Long-Term Capital: A Bad Precedent' Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:15AMThe 1998 bailout of the Long-Term Capital Management hedge fund hasnt received enough attention.
- Recession trashes recycling prices :Hoosiers urged to continue recycling to keep system intact. Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:12AMIn recent years, much of the recyclables you hauled to the curb fueled China's economic boom, while recyclers profited handsomely along the way, according to industry experts.
- Staten Island's good, bad and ugly in 2008 Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 6:12AMA review of the borough's top 10 stories in 2008
- Post-Christmas shoppers can't save grim season Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 11:20AMShoppers swamped stores across the Bay Area on Friday to take advantage of big discounts, keeping a post-Christmas tradition alive despite a bleak economy. But the crowds, voracious as they may have been for boots, sweaters and leftover ornaments, couldn't...
- 24 days till Inauguration——Saltsman defends sending racist CD—Australia may help U.S. close Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 11:06AMChip Saltsman, Huckabee campaign manager and now candidate for RNC chairman, sends, then defends, racist CD and Australia may help U.S. close Gitmo.
- Strengthen your financial security Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 11:04AMMost Americans live paycheck to paycheck. And for most people, that works out pretty well -- until the paychecks stop.
- Hospitals ill from more bad debt, credit troubles Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 10:59AMTRENTON, N.J. - Gainesville's first community hospital has been on life support since the Shands Healthcare system in northern Florida bought it a dozen years ago.
- SAN JOSE / Fry's embezzling suspect well known to Vegas D.A.'s office / Bad checks put him reportedly in top 5 for ... Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 10:52AMAs head of the bad check unit at the Clark County, Nev., district attorney's office, Bernard Zadrowski has seen a lot of deadbeat gamblers reported by the casinos on the Las Vegas Strip - at least 700 a month, a number that has climbed as the economy has...
- Danny Miller: Eartha Kitt, CIA Target Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 10:51AMEartha Kitt, self-described "sex kitten" and singer of the yuletide classic "Santa Baby" died this week on Christmas Day. My wife and I had one...