Following are my personal links to "recent" news articles of interest regarding the economy as of 19 October 2008. The links are organized by dates which take the form yymmdd (i.e., 080723 is 23 July 2008).
990930 - Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE7DB153EF933A0575AC0A96F958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1 [The start of the financial meltdown that led to an economic “bailout” in 2008]
060809 - Media Ignore Enron Connection to Higher Oil and Gas Prices [retained for historical interest] http://newsbusters.org/node/6858
080319 - Bernanke: Federal Reserve caused Great Depression http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59405
080722 - Wachovia loses $8.9B, cuts 6,350 workers, dividend http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080722/earns_wachovia.html?.v=19
080722 - California foreclosures up 261% from '07 levels http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/07/cal-foreclosure.html
080725 - The global economy is at the point of maximum danger http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/07/21/ccview121.xml
080804 - And Now Brace For the Bigger Wave of Mortgage Defaults http://www.clusterstock.com/2008/8/and-now-brace-for-the-bigger-wave-of-mortgage-defaults?Oh_No
080819 - Credit crunch may take out large US bank warns former IMF chief http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4563171.ece
080824 - FDIC gets ready for bank failures http://www.statesman.com/business/content/shared/money/stories/2008/08/fdic_0824_1.html
080830 - UK Economy at 60-year low, says Darling. And it will get worse http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/aug/30/economy.alistairdarling
080904 - U.S. Must Buy Assets to Prevent `Tsunami,' Gross Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDXbHi9QRUgE&refer=worldwide
080905 - U.S. Mortgage Foreclosures, Delinquencies Reach Highs http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a53SCwRbNa_E&refer=worldwide
080905 - Share rout continues as US jobless figures disappoint http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/sep/05/marketturmoil.economicgrowth?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
080909 - Enron Investors' Lawyers Get Record $688 Million Fee (Update2) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aakdO2wIq9xU&refer=worldwide
080911 - WaMu cut to "junk," sees $4.5 billion loss reserve http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080911/washingtonmutual.html?.v=1
080912 - Probe into how Google mix-up caused $1 billion run on United http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4742147.ece
080913 - Insurers loss from Ike seen from $8 bln to $18 bln http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N13410315.htm
080914 - Lehman CEO Fuld's hubris contributed to meltdown http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSN1341059120080914
080914 - No final act in sight for U.S. financial crisis http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/14/business/crisis.php
080914 - Greenspan: US in 'once-in-a-century' financial crisis http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080914181841.fsmkqu8s&show_article=1
080915 - Meltdown in US finance system pummels stock market http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080915/financial_meltdown.html
080915 - Wilbur Ross: Possibly a Thousand Banks Will Close http://www.cnbc.com/id/26710362
080915 - WaMu Rating Lowered to Junk by S&P on Mortgage Losses (Update4) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aCbDcNYTh_cI&refer=worldwide
080915 - Lehman files for bankruptcy, plans to sell units http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN0927996520080915
080915 - Paulson vows to maintain stability of US financial markets http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080915130216.hpu7hrwl&show_article=1
080915 - Obama blames Wall St. crisis on Republican policy http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9374EMO0&show_article=1
080916 - Money-Market Rates Double Amid Global Credit Seizure (Update4) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aNuUmNVcsRRQ&refer=worldwide
080916 - Pelosi orders wide Wall Street probe http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13514.html
080916 - Pelosi: Dems bear no responsibility for economic crisis http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-dems-bear-no-responsibility-for-economic-crisis-2008-09-16.html
080916 - Federal bank insurance fund dwindling http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_bi_ge/bank_deposits_safety
080916 - How the Masters of the Universe ran amok and cost us the earth http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/-How-the-Masters-of.4494032.jp
080917 - Stocks tumble after government bailout of AIG http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080917/wall_street.html
080917 - China paper urges new currency order after "financial tsunami" http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSPEK4365020080917?sp=true
080918 - Panic grips credit markets http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8058d308-84d3-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F8058d308-84d3-11dd-b148-0000779fd18c.html%3Fnclick_check%3D1&_i_referer=&nclick_check=1
080918 - How SEC Regulatory Exemptions Helped Lead to Collapse http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/09/regulatory-exem.html
080918 - Democratic Congress May Adjourn, Leave Crisis to Fed, Treasury http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aVPBaUbYV_qQ
080918 - 'The World As We Know It Is Going Down' http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,578944,00.html
080919 - Paulson plan could cost $1 trillion http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13602.html
080919 - Guess again who's to blame for U.S. mortgage meltdown: Analysts point not to greed, but to social activist politics http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=75717
080920 - Europeans on left and right ridicule U.S. money meltdown http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-euromood20-2008sep20,0,7535469.story
080921 - Foreign banks may get help http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13690.html
080921 - Almost Armageddon: Markets Were 500 Trades from a Meltdown http://www.nypost.com/seven/09212008/business/almost_armageddon_130110.htm
080921 - Paulson Urges Quick Action on $700 Billion Bailout Plan http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,425663,00.html
080922 - Fury at $2.5bn bonus for Lehman's New York staff http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/fury-at-25bn-bonus-for-lehmans-new-york-staff-937560.html
080923 - Stocks extend fall as Street weighs bailout plan http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080923/wall_street.html
080923 - Bernanke: Recession more likely without bailout http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93CIG0G0&show_article=1
080923 - An Amnesty for Stupidity http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28670
080925 - Democrats unveil economic stimulus plans http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/09/22/national/w131939D34.DTL&type=politics
080924 - Jack Welch says U.S. faces "deep downturn" http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE48N74H20080924?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true
080924 - Fed sets $30 billion swaps lines with Nordics, Australia http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/080924/business_us_financials_cenbank_fedbiz.html?.v=2
080924 - Stocks end mostly lower amid debate over bailout http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080924/wall_street.html
080924 - Buffett Buys Goldman Stake in `Economic Pearl Harbor' http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aRef_DUx6AcU&refer=worldwide
080924 - Our Federal Economy http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/paulson_be_fourth_branch_of_go.html
080924 - Newt's Reaction to President Bush's Speech Regarding the Bailout http://newt.org/tabid/102/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/3742/Default.aspx
080925 - FDIC May Need $150 Billion Bailout as More Banks Fail http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170&refer=home&sid=amZxIbcjZISU
080925 - Advocates Demand Congress Put Bailout Details on Internet http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/bailout-process.html
080925 - Bailout Threatens Economy, Shreds Constitution, Rips Off Taxpayers http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/22/massive-bailout-threatens-economy-rips-off-taxpayers/
080925 - Welfare Added to Bailout to Appease Liberals http://www.openmarket.org/2008/09/25/welfare-added-to-bailout-to-appease-liberals/
080925 - Find out who's who in the 'Rogues Gallery' of economic crisis http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76191
080926 - Bailout bill, once 3 pages, swells in length http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080926/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_paper_trail
080926 - Wachovia Begins Early Deal Talks with Citi http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/26/wachovia-begins-early-deal-talks-with-citi/index.html?hp
080926 - WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080926/washington_mutual_future.html
080926 - Nomura pays only $2 for Lehman Brothers European unit http://www.japantoday.com/category/business/view/nomura-pays-only-2-for-lehman-brothers-european-unit
080926 - Bottom-Feeding Billionaires http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/09/25/buffett-billionaires-investing-biz-billies_cx_af_0925billiebets.html
080926 - Wall Street Executives Made $3 Billion Before Crisis http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aGL5l6xOPEHc&refer=exclusive
080926 - Day of Reckoning http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=28743
080928 - 'Un-American' Bailout, Paulson Should Have Quit, Gingrich Says http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/un-american-pla.html
080928 - US Congress passes 25 bln loan guarantees to automakers http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080928164938.dtc44u1c&show_article=1&lst=1
080928 - Brazil's Lula calls US bailout plan unfair to poor http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080928/tbs-brazil-us-crisis-7318940.html
080928 - B&B and Fortis both in crisis http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4837674.ece
080928 - Bailout failure 'will cause US crash’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3094318/Bailout-failure-will-cause-US-crash.html
080929 - House defeats $700B financial markets bailout http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93GHUAG2&show_article=1
080929 - House defeats $700B financial markets bailout http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080929/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown_1543
080929 - House rejects bailout as fear grips markets http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE48S75Q20080929
080929 - US stocks-Wall St sinks as House rejects bailout bill http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idCAN2939320020080929?rpc=44
080929 - Global Markets-U.S. stocks plunge on bailout vote, debt soars http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idINN2939243220080929?rpc=44
080929 - Democrats to try again on bailout http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE48S76Y20080929?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
080929 - Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ahwz_k5JvuB8&refer=worldwide
080929 - How allies of George Soros helped bring down Wachovia Bank http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/how_allies_of_george_soros_hel.html
080929 - Bankruptcy, not bailout, is the right answer http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/29/miron.bailout/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
080929 - Central banks pump in $620bn as shares plummet http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article4844255.ece
080929 - Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93GH7O84&show_article=1
080930 - Talk radio holds firm over "socialist" bailout http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE48T5Y020080930?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
080930 - Lawmakers scramble to revise bailout bill http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93H6MG00&show_article=1
080930 - Europe rescues more banks as U.S. rejects bailout http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080930/us_nm/us_financial3_15
080930 - Western world will become significantly less wealthy http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/edmundconway/3105965/Financial-crisis-Western-world-will-become-significantly-less-wealthy.html
080930 - Latin America leftists slam U.S. on financial crisis http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN3045652320080930
080930 - America Loses Its Dominant Economic Role http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,581502,00.html [The German take on things, from Der Spiegel]
080930 - Soros floats alternative bailout plan with Dems http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/soros-floats-alternative-bailout-plan-with-dems-2008-09-30.html
080930 - Is testosterone to blame for the financial crisis? http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=is-testosterone-to-blame-for-the-fi-2008-09-30
080930 - World leaders look to US for salvation as economies near abyss http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080930121824.24k1fx4j&show_article=1
081001 - Vladimir Putin lashes US for economic failures http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4860827.ece
081001 - Why propping up banks will not rescue a debauched financial system http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeffrandall/3112269/Why-propping-up-banks-will-not-rescue-a-debauched-financial-system.html
081003 - Congress OKs historic bailout bill; Bush signs it http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93J70O00&show_article=1
081003 - Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081003/wall_street.html?.v=27
081003 - French PM says world 'on edge of abyss' http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-35785920081003
081003 - Schwarzenegger to U.S.: State may need $7-billion loan http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-calif3-2008oct03,0,5726760.story?track=rss
081003 - Wells Fargo's Wachovia Bid Sparks Feud With Citigroup http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3kLqJLWovqw&refer=worldwide
081006 - Wall Street tumbles amid global sell-off http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93L6K8O0&show_article=1
081006 - Markets routed in global sell-off http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c9a27b24-93d1-11dd-b277-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1
081006 - U.S. urges global action on credit crisis http://www.reuters.com/article/gc06/idUSTRE4954BI20081006?sp=true
081006 - Bush: Financial rescue plan will take some time http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93L3O100&show_article=1
081006 - Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93LAKT01&show_article=1
081006 - Pope says world financial system 'built on sand' http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4893190.ece
081006 - Germany takes hot seat as Europe falls into the abyss http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/3141428/Germany-takes-hot-seat-as-Europe-falls-into-the-abyss.html
081006 - Germany considers national financial "shield" http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93L35HO1&show_article=1
081006 - Jim Cramer: Time to get out of the stock market http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27045699/
081006 - European Crisis Deepens; Officials Vow to Save Banks http://www.bloomsberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aIcEL0jjSK74&refer=home
081006 - Stocks zigzag, end lower after emergency rate cut http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081008/wall_street.html?.v=23
081006 - Lehman's Fuld: Where was our bailout? http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081006/bs_nm/us_financial_lehman
081007 - FTSE 100 heads for sharpest fall since 1987 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/3146097/FTSE-100-heads-for-sharpest-fall-since-1987.html
081007 - Official says pension funds are down $2 trillion http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93LQAA80&show_article=1
081007 - Banks in crisis as billions wiped off share prices http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/3150626/Banks-in-crisis-as-billions-wiped-off-share-prices.html
081007 - 'Your company is bankrupt, you keep $480m. Is that fair?' http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/oct/07/lehmanbrothers.banking
081007 - Prime Minister calls meeting with finance chiefs after nightmare day for banks http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article4898553.ece
081007 - George Bush to summon leaders to emergency finance summit http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3153999/George-Bush-to-summon-leaders-to-emergency-finance-summit.html
081008 - Rescue plan for UK banks unveiled http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7658277.stm
081008 - McCain pledges homeowner help; Obama blames Bush policies: Seeks to buy up bad mortgages; Obama blames Bush for crisis http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/08/mccain-would-buy-bad-homeowner-mortgages/
081008 - Job Creators Prefer John McCain 4-to-1 Over Barack Obama http://www.chiefexecutive.net/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=67E20819CD7646C3B380AD60BB17EFAA
081009 - Stocks fluctuate as economic worries dog investors http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93N1TFG0&show_article=1
081009 - Dow Closes Below 8,600, First Time Since 2003 http://moneynews.newsmax.com/headlines/dow_industrials/2008/10/09/138992.html?promo_code=2A89-1
081009 - OPEC to hold emergency meeting on oil prices http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081009/D93N6TR80.html
081010 - U.S. Stocks Drop in Rollercoaster Day; Dow Swings 1,000 Points http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a9x54m7CNXTs&refer=us
081010 - Wall Street ends mixed after week of massive losses; Dow swings over 1,000 pts http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081010/wall_street.html
081010 - Dow may drop 50% from top http://www.nypost.com/seven/10102008/business/dont_look_dow_n__133022.htm
081010 - Market crash shakes world http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a0eac1e2-96f0-11dd-8cc4-000077b07658.html
081010 - The week that panic stalked the markets http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8a367036-96f5-11dd-8cc4-000077b07658.html
081010 - World Bank Under Cyber Siege in 'Unprecedented Crisis' http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,435681,00.html
081010 - World finance chiefs grasp for solutions in firestorm http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081010152046.2hdfa805&show_article=1&lst=1
081010 - Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aP5mpMUORBWM
081010 - G-7 Officials Say No `Harmonized' Response to Crisis http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=a98w5yhMHTyw&refer=economies
081010 - Australia Stocks Crash in Biggest Fall Since 1987; Banks Tumble http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=a05Sk0.w94RY&refer=australia
081010 - Asian Stocks Plunge; Japan's Nikkei Has Worst Week on Record http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=axugHb0.HjVw&refer=asia
081010 - China stiffing America for $100 billion in debt: Yet U.S. taxpayers helping Beijing as part of trillion-$ credit bailout http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77687
081010 - Ex-president Carter slams Bush on market crisis http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4993TS20081010?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true
081010 - The End Of American Capitalism? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/09/AR2008100903425_pf.html
081011 - Financial crisis: sales of mackerel boom as shoppers tighten their belts http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/financialcrisis/3173488/Financial-crisis-sales-of-mackerel-boom-as-shoppers-tighten-their-belts.html
081011 - Tax rebate, food stamp money possible in aid plan http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081011/D93OHKO80.html
081012 - Bailout push included threat of martial law: Congressman says several colleagues got message before vote http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=77860
081012 - Buyout bosses gather in Dubai as crisis continues http://www.reuters.com/article/innovationNews/idUSTRE49C0CU20081013
081012 - Wall Street woes worry TV industry http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993829.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1
081013 - Royal Bank of Scotland under state control http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article4932250.ece
081014 - Stocks pull back as investors take profits after government plan to buy stakes in US banks http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081014/wall_street.html
081014 - U.S. to Buy Stakes in Nation's Largest Banks http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122390023840728367.html
081015 - Smaller Banks Resist Federal Cash Infusions http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101403378_pf.html
081015 - U.S. Stocks Drop Most Since Crash of 1987 on Recession Concerns http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ayP8wh6zrim8&refer=worldwide
081015 - Global crisis 'failure of extreme capitalism': Australian PM http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081015113127.9uzhf7lf&show_article=1
081015 - Democrats Mull $300 Billion Stimulus http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122402768546534409.html?mod=article-outset-box
081015 - Feds investigate Washington Mutual failure http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49E9C620081015
081016 - OpenGate buys TV Guide for $1 http://www.variety.com/VR1117994200.html
081018 - Bush to Call World Summit to Address Economic Crisis http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,440481,00.html
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