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Consumer confidence and home prices hit grim records (Reuters)

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Reuters - The U.S. economy continued its run of record-breaking dismal data Tuesday, with consumer confidence and home prices registering a pair of grim milestones.

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GMAC plans to release results of debt swap soon (Reuters)

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Reuters - GMAC LLC expects to soon announce the results of a debt exchange offer that is key to North America's largest auto finance company's capital levels, a spokeswoman said on Sunday.

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Bankruptcy judge approves Circuit City financing (AP)

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AP - Circuit City Stores Inc. on Monday received final approval for $1.1 billion in financing to keep operating while the nation's second-biggest electronics retailer is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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Fed updates $200B consumer loan program (AP)

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AP - The Federal Reserve on Friday said a new program aimed at bolstering the availability of consumer loans will require companies to put up collateral to participate, but will offer longer terms on loans that are approved.

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Goldman Far Outperforms Morgan Stanley in 2008 - Moody's

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It hasn’t been a good week for investment banks turned bank holding companies Goldman Sachs Group (NYSE:GS) and Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS).

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Alan Greenspan, Perennial Optimist

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Alan Greenspan has a solution to the economic crisis: a rising stock market!

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Meltdown 101: Pros and cons of employee buyouts (AP)

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AP - When Best Buy Co. Inc. announced Tuesday it would offer buyout packages to about 4,000 employees, the retailer joined a long parade of companies trying to trim their work forces without resorting to outright layoffs.

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North Asian leaders team up to fight crisis (Reuters)

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Reuters - Asian powers Japan, China and South Korea put aside decades of animosity on Saturday and agreed to work together to tackle the global financial crisis battering their economies.

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Global interest rate cuts to spearhead crisis fightback (Reuters)

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Reuters - Thailand led a global charge to cut interest rates on Wednesday, with countries from Europe to New Zealand expected to follow in the next few days to fight an unrelenting financial crisis.

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Goldman Said Likely To Lose Billions

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The Wall Street Journal reports that 'industry insiders' are now expecting Goldman Sachs to post a fourth-quarter loss of as much as $2bn. And analysts are now saying that the firm is likely to take writedowns on real-estate and leveraged loan assets, as well as its stake in the Commercial Bank of China, which fell around 28% during Goldman's fiscal-fourth quarter.

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