Financial Markets

Foreclosures Ravage Denver's Middle Class

USA Today Via ABC News | Brad Heath and Charisse Jones | Posted 04.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Denver Foreclosures, Prairie, Apartments, Foreclosures, Homeowners, Middle Class, Denver, Flatlands, FInancial Markets, Business News

Foreclosures are ripping through the rows of new homes in the flatlands where Denver turns to prairie. Every week, 10 more families here need to find ...

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Nervous Wall Street Unsure Of What's Next

New York Times | Julie Cresswell | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Wall Street Reform, Henry Paulson, Wall Street Henry Paulson, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Wall Street Jitters, FInancial Markets, Business News

Most everyone on Wall Street, and on Main Street, wants to know when will the financial crisis end. So far, despite the government's efforts, the mark...

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Uncertain Economy Awaits Next President

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 04.07.2008 | Business

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, Uncertain Economy, FInancial Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain have diagnosed the swooning U.S. economy and have come up with rival plans to ...

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Paul Krugman: Partying Like It's 1929

New York Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Ben Bernanke, Paul Krugman, US Economy, FInancial Markets, Business News

If Ben Bernanke manages to save the financial system from collapse, he will -- rightly -- be praised for his heroic efforts. But what we should be as...

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Wall Street's Crisis Hits Main Street

New York Times | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.29.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Credit Crisis, Wall Street, Home Prices, Subprime, Economic Slowdown, Recession, Recession Watch, FInancial Markets, Business News

In Seattle, sales at a long-established hardware store, Pacific Supply, are suddenly dipping. In Oklahoma City, couples planning their weddings are de...

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Bush: US Is on Top of Financial Crisis

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Stocks Record Lows, Financial Turmoil, Slumping Economy, Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve, Recession, President Bush, Treasury Secretary, FInancial Markets, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Bush, trying to calm turmoil in financial markets, said Monday that his administration is "on top of the situation" in de...

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Carlyle Capital Woes Signals Trouble

AP | VINNEE TONG | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Carlyle, Subprime Mortgages, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Carlyle Group, FInancial Markets, Carlyle Capital, Business News

NEW YORK — A mortgage-backed investment fund created by the Carlyle Group faltered near collapse Thursday, in what analysts saw as a sign that m...

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Euro, Yen Climb Against Dollar

AP | MATT MOORE and YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Yen, Dollar, U.S. Economy, U.S. Currency, Dollar Yen, Yen Dollar, Currency, Federal Reserve, Euro, FInancial Markets, Business News

FRANKFURT, Germany — Widespread concern about the outlook for the U.S. economy pushed the euro to a new record and the yen to 12-year highs agai...

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Is Your Fund At Risk?

Business Week | Lewis Braham | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Aig, Credit Default Swaps, Pimco, Bill Gross, Cds, T. Rowe Price, Subprime Mortgages, Oppenheimer Strategic Income, Western Asset Core, Pimco Total Return Fund, FInancial Markets, Business News

Complex financial instruments called credit default swaps have roiled the financial markets for months. They're at the heart of the bond insurers' woe...

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High Anxiety For 401(k) Investors

Huffington Post | Jonathan Peterson and Walter Hamilton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Recession Fears, 401(K) Plans, 401(K), Recession, FInancial Markets, Business News

As Americans increasingly link their well-being to financial markets, the possibility of recession and a slump on Wall Street has taken on new meaning...

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