The Economy Archive - Update 2

081023 - Would Obama, Dems Kill 401(k) Plans?
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/10/23/would-obama-dems-kill-401k-plans.html
Related background material is here: http://www.sharedprosperity.org/bp204.html

081027 - U.S. Postal Service Searching for Ways to Cut Costs
http://www.ksla.com/global/story.asp?s=9247633

081105 - Stocks plunge anew as recession worries resurface: Wall Street falls sharply as investors, worrying about recess, ponder Obama impact on economy
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081105/wall_street.html

081105 - Calif. voters approve $10B bond for bullet trains
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081105/D94925900.html

081106 - Schwarzenegger: $4.4B in tax hikes to end deficit
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D949JG0O3&show_article=1

081106 - Stocks tumble, lose 10 percent in 2-day rout
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081106/wall_street.html

081106 - Stocks slide, Toyota warns of 'unprecedented' crisis
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081106082217.v53hc2v7&show_article=1

081106 - U.S. Stocks Tumble in Market's Worst Two-Day Slump Since 1987
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a9Oq499c._cA&refer=worldwide

081106 - Europe cuts rates as Obama to address global crisis
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49N5VU20081106

081107 - Obama wants economic stimulus package passed quickly
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4A36V020081107

081107 - Jobless rate at 14-year high as losses continue
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081107/business_us_usa_economy_jobs.html?.v=2

081107 - GM Says It May Run Out of Operating Cash This Year
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=arH5wzu.dpEE&refer=worldwide

081107 - U.S. Carmakers Said to Seek $50 Billion in U.S. Loans
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWj2UUIE4ofU&refer=worldwide

081108 - Murdoch to Aussies: embrace technology
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24619205-7582,00.html

081110 - Credit crisis claims more US victims
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2f1b89e-af64-11dd-a4bf-000077b07658.html

081110 - American Express to Become Bank Holding Company
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/10/american-express-to-become-bank-holding-company/

081110 - Circuit City files for bankruptcy protection
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081110/circuit_city_bankruptcy.html?.v=2

081110 - DHL to cut 9,500 jobs and close US service centers
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081110/eu_germany_deutsche_post.html?.v=6

081110 - AIG Gets Expanded Bailout, Posts $24.5 Billion Loss
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLAOKeHG_AM4&refer=worldwide

081110 - Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aatlky_cH.tY&refer=worldwide

081110 - US May Lose Its 'AAA' Rating
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27641538

081110 - Dow to hit 6,000: Obama predicted to be worst president on economy since Herbert Hoover
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=80642

081111 - Most in AP poll confident Obama will fix economy
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94D0C2G0&show_article=1

081111 - GM Skid Reaches 5th Day as Pelosi Backs Emergency Aid
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azOHgjt14vZ8&refer=worldwide

081111 - GM shares hit 65-year low amid liquidity concerns
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4A82UZ20081111?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

081111 - Pelosi Calls for `Emergency' Aid to U.S. Automakers
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aT78uzonQ2P0&refer=worldwide

081111 - Obama asks Bush to provide help for automakers
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/11/america/11auto.php

081111 - Analyst: California faces $28 billion deficit
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94CU54O0&show_article=1

081111 - As More Companies Seek Aid, 'Where Do You Stop?'
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27662540/

081112 - American Express shares plunge on bailout report
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081112/american_express_mover.html?.v=1

081112 - Stocks plunge for third straight session
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081112/wall_street.html

081112 - Paulson backs off asset plan; crisis deals at risk
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081112/business_us_financial6.html?.v=6

081112 - Hard Times, But Big Wall Street Bonuses
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/12/earlyshow/main4595179.shtml

081112 - Google shares below $300 for first time since 2005
http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE4AB87120081112?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&rpc=23&sp=true

081112 - Pelosi supports new help for ailing US automakers
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081112/D94DD29O0.html

081112 - Democrats seek help for U.S. automakers
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/12/america/12cong.php

081112 - Lobbyists swarm the U.S. Treasury for a helping of bailout pie
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/12/business/12lobbying.php

081112 - Paulson shifts course, won't buy troubled assets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27677764/

081112 - Democrats urge federal stake in big auto companies
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081112/ap_on_go_co/auto_bailout

081112 - Advocates: Collapse of US auto industry could set off catastrophic chain reaction
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Failure-of-auto-industry-apf-13552316.html

081112 - GE Wins FDIC Insurance for Up to $139 Billion in Debt
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a59q5TXyQY8E&refer=worldwide

081112 - City Council: Detroit needs $10-billion bailout
http://www.freep.com/article/20081112/NEWS01/81112065/1199/PRINT

081112 - Fighting the financial crisis has put the U.S. on the hook for some $5 trillion a report says. So far.
http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/11/12/paulson-bernanke-fed-biz-wall-cx_lm_1112bailout.html

081112 - Boehner Demands Fed Identify Recipients of Loans
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=axpH4Qil0NT8&refer=worldwide

081112 - Want Some Government Money? Apply Now
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2008/11/want-some-gover.html

081113 - Bailout Lacks Oversight Despite Billions Pledged
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/12/AR2008111202846_pf.html

081113 - The Worst Is Not Behind Us
http://www.forbes.com/home/2008/11/12/recession-global-economy-oped-cx_nr_1113roubini.html

081113 - Mayor Daley: Prepare For Mass Layoffs
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/daley.city.layoffs.2.863161.html

081113 - Obama Pushes for $50 Billion for Automakers
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=aBlCucXR33Jw

081113 - Wal-Mart's profit rises amid dreary retail picture
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/WalMarts-3Q-profit-rises-10-apf-13555854.html

081113 - Palin blasts bailout expansion before GOP governors
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/palin.rga/index.html

081113 - Stocks stage huge rebound; Dow jumps 553 points
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Stocks-embark-on-massive-apf-13563915.html

081114 - Wall Street ends turbulent week sharply lower: Stocks tumbles in volatile trade as investors cash in from big rally, refocus on economy
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Stocks-retreat-as-investors-apf-13576486.html

081114 - Mayors of Philadelphia, Phoenix seek bailout share
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94EQHOG0&show_article=1

081114 - Citigroup to cut 10 percent of jobs
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Citigroup-to-cut-10-percent-rb-13584125.html

081114 - Germany to advocate ‘world risk map’
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97c3f92e-b245-11dd-bbc9-0000779fd18c.html

081114 - The Hartford Moves To Secure U.S. Assistance Funds
http://www.courant.com/business/hcu-thehartford1114,0,3719504.story

081114 - Bretton Woods II -- No Way
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=29501

081115 - Bust finally reaches technology industry
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/15/technology/dotbust.php

081115 - Pelosi outlines aid package for US automakers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081115/ap_on_go_co/auto_bailout

081116 - Showdown looming in Congress over automaker rescue
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081116/auto_bailout.html?.v=6

081117 - States face deeper and deeper cuts to balance budgets
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/17/america/states.php

081117 - New York Budget Gaps Threaten Broader Economy
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122688356681132117.html

081117 - Citigroup to shed another 53,000 jobs
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081117/citigroup_jobs.html?.v=9

081117 - Economists see 14-month US recession: survey
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081117183645.25q8q916&show_article=1

081117 - Bailout's 'blank check' enraging Republicans: Irate lawmakers demand Paulson show how $700 billion is spent
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81302

081118 - Lawmakers grill Paulson on bailout plan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27784105/

081118 - Auto chiefs on hotseat in Congress
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081118140418.pei9p116&show_article=1

081118 - Paulson voices opposition to Big 3 bailout bill
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94HFIE80&show_article=1

081118 - Automakers beg for aid as bailout bill stalls
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081118/D94HDR202.html

081118 - China Passes Japan as Biggest U.S. Treasuries Holder
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aFQwLGTYEM3Y&refer=home

081118 - Soaring costs for inauguration could break the bank for D.C.
http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/Soaring_costs_for_inauguration_could_break_the_bank_for_DC11-18.html

081118 - Reid, Byrd Use False Job Creation Data for Stimulus Package, Will MSM Call Them on it?
http://www.dcexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/TapscottsCopyDesk/Byrd_11-12.html

081118 - Inhofe: Cancel the 'blank check'
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?articleID=20081116_16_A1_hHecri880405

081118 - Governments Can't Handle Global Run on Gold Coins
http://www.nypost.com/seven/11182008/business/governments_cant_handle_global_run_on_go_139306.htm

081118 - Paulson Warns TARP Isn't `Panacea' for Economy Ills
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=at8cHVhFPcDo&refer=worldwide

081118 - Big 3 carmakers beg for $25B, warn of catastrophe
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081118/D94HLE300.html

081118 - Let Detroit Go Bankrupt (op-ed piece by Mitt Romney)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html?_r=3

081119 - Big Three CEOs Flew Private Jets to Plead for Public Funds
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/WallStreet/story?id=6285739&page=1

081119 - US home construction sinks to new record low
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-home-construction-sinks-to-apf-13617401.html

081119 - India to have 400,000 dollar-millionaires by 2017: Barclays
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081119174334.dxfm1yl4&show_article=1

081119 - Russia warns media on economic crisis reporting
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94I553O2&show_article=1

081119 - U.S. Stocks Slide to Five-Year Lows as Banks, Carmakers Tumble
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=agudZCuyk73g&refer=home

081119 - Goldman Shares Sink to Lowest Price Since 1999 IPO
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auj5LVDoDGSs&refer=home

081119 - Credit Markets Fall to Records as Confidence in Economy Wanes
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a1hm_Slxu4Gg&refer=home

081119 - Dow falls below 8,000, S&P at 5-year low
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081119/wall_street.html?.v=49

081119 - Finger-pointing begins as Senate nixes auto vote
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94IAPNG0&show_article=1

081119 - GOP congressman: 'It is not your money': Michigan lawmaker trying to help Detroit makes stunning statement about tax dollars
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=81485

081119 - Weather Channel lays off staff
http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/11/19/weather_channel_layoffs.html

081120 - Associated Press to cut 10 pct jobs in '09
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AJ7V420081120?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

081120 - Auto Makers' Rescue Drive Stalls
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122710695099540967.html

081120 - Treasury Yields Drop to Record Lows as Recession Concern Rises
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aSQiBCOuoGGM&refer=worldwide

081120 - US seeks 300 billion dollars from Gulf states
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/bs_afp/financeeconomyusgulf_081120072928

081121 - Citigroup May Get Government Rescue, Investors Say
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3ArjWNoRSKw&refer=worldwide

081121 - Dark days see warnings of worse to come
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/449d47da-b7ec-11dd-ac6d-0000779fd18c.html

081121 - U.S. Stocks Rally as Obama Picks Tim Geithner to Head Treasury
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVliMjNPmgCU&refer=worldwide

081121 - Battered E*Trade banking on government funds
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AK6NM20081121

081121 - Citigroup talking to U.S. government as shares dive
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081121/business_us_citigroup.html?.v=6

081121 - Citigroup tries to halt plunge in share price
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/21/business/finance.php

081121 - Business big shot: Arianna Huffington, online entrepreneur
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/movers_and_shakers/article5201252.ece

081121 - World economic situation 'grim,' says China's Hu
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081121214115.et8oa1k1&show_article=1

081121 - Wall Street Journal Invades News York Times’ Ad Turf
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aamhgrKUe7cs&refer=home

081122 - Citigroup talking to U.S. government
http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNews/idUKTRE4AK5D620081122?symbol=C.N

081123 - Icelanders demand PM resign during violent protests
http://www.france24.com/en/20081123-protests-geir-haarde-resignation-financial-crisis-iceland

081123 - Needed: Network bailout? Bad economy slows ad sales
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117996347.html?categoryid=14&cs=1

081123 - Red tape, overruns ground satellites: Billions spent on weather craft that may never make it to space
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6127810.html

081123 - Obama Will Get Stimulus Bill First Day, Democrats Say
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=afJphVfI1_0s&refer=worldwide

081124 - Obama names econ team, sees 'historic' crisis
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94LEBE83&show_article=1

081124 - Democrats' Stimulus Plan May Reach $700 Billion
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/AR2008112302064_pf.html

081124 - Bush says Citigroup deal needed to protect system
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94LH3080&show_article=1

081124 - Government unveils bold plan to rescue Citigroup
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20081124/D94LA6U80.html

081124 - US agrees bail-out for Citigroup
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/29017c6a-b99c-11dd-99dc-0000779fd18c.html

081124 - Citigroup Gets Guarantees on $306 Billion of Assets
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aS.IOY3fYuY8&refer=worldwide

081124 - Dow ends up nearly 400 after bailout of Citigroup
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/081124/wall_street.html

081124 - U.S. Stocks Post Biggest Two-Day Rally Since 1987 on Citigroup
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aVv6DTKURp_E&refer=worldwide

081124 - Bush consulting Obama on bailouts
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1108/15914.html

081124 - U.S. Pledges Top $7.7 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit
http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=arEE1iClqDrk&refer=home

081124 - Retirees blame the auto industry's problems on shortsighted management
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/national/article914987.ece

081124 - A near-riot and parliament besieged: Iceland boiling mad at credit crunch
http://news.scotsman.com/world/A-nearriot-and--parliament.4722970.jp

081124 - Is Britain going bankrupt? [commentary by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard]
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/ambrose_evans-pritchard/blog/2008/11/24/is_britain_going_bankrupt

081124 - Glenn Beck: Goodbye $700 billion...hello $7.4 trillion!
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/18550/?ck=1

081125 - Pre-Budget report: National Insurance rise adds to high earners' woes [UK]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/3513516/Pre-Budget-report-National-Insurance-rise-adds-to-high-earners-woes.html

081125 - Federal deficit could hit $1 trillion this year
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94M4T580&show_article=1

081125 - FDIC adds 54 more banks to its 'problem list'
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94M5AMG0&show_article=1

081125 - Where was Geithner in turmoil?
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/25/business/25sorkin.php

081125 - Struggling Banks Paid President Clinton $2.1 million for ‘Speeches’
http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=39902

081126 - Citigroup bailout slammed by New Yorkers
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2636427520081126

081126 - China slashes interest rates as panic spreads
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/3525052/China-slashes-interest-rates-as-panic-spreads.html

081126 - Yield on 10-year Treasury debt below 3%
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/eb677540-bbe3-11dd-80e9-0000779fd18c,Authorised=false.html?_i_location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2Feb677540-bbe3-11dd-80e9-0000779fd18c.html&_i_referer=

081126 - Overview: Battle-scarred investors flock to Treasuries
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5ce5c548-bbec-11dd-80e9-0000779fd18c.html?nclick_check=1

081128 - Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions and Counting
http://www.cnbc.com/id/27719011