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Geithner says he will stay at Treasury
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Timothy Geithner has told President Barack Obama that he will remain on the job as Treasury secretary, ending speculation he would leave the administration....Economy, not debt rating, will send markets lower
By News on Aug 7, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. investors will have their first chance Monday to react to Standard & Poor's decision to strip the U.S. government of its top credit rating. But the bigger issues facing Wall Street and stock markets worldwide remain debt-ridden countries in Europe and concerns that the global economy is weakening....
26 London police officers injured in rioting
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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LONDON (AP) -- The violent riot that tore through a deprived north London neighborhood and injured more than two dozen police officers has cast a pall over Britain's capital, spreading malaise through a city preparing to host the Olympic Games....European Central Bank confers on Italy crisis
By News on Aug 7, 2011
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- The European Central Bank is holding an emergency telephone conference Sunday on how to fend off financial collapse in Italy while officials from rich and developing countries discussed ways to stabilize markets when they reopen after Friday's U.S credit-rating downgrade....Greenspan sees stock market drop after downgrade
By News on Aug 7, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says he expects the stock market slide to continue in the wake of a decision by credit rating agency Standard & Poor's to downgrade the U.S. credit rating....
