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Asian stock markets sink after US credit downgrade
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stocks dropped sharply Monday as the first-ever downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating jolted the global financial system, reinforcing fears of a rapid slowdown in economic growth....Asian stock markets fall after US credit downgrade
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stocks fell Monday after the historic downgrade of the U.S. credit rating but losses were contained amid a promise by Group of Seven industrial nations to take all necessary measures to support financial stability....G-7 countries seek to reassure markets
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Finance officials from major industrial countries, seeking to calm nervous global markets, pledged Sunday to increase cooperation on attacking economic problems....Geithner: S&P showed terrible judgment
By News on Aug 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The credit rating agency Standard & Poor's showed "terrible judgment" in lowering the U.S. government's credit rating, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Sunday....
Obama discusses helicopter crash with commanders
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has spent part of the day talking to top American commanders about the U.S. troops lost when a helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan....