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Market Turmoil Has Taken a Toll on Big Pension Funds America’s biggest pension funds lost ground in the first quarter, joining the ranks of homeowners, lenders and others hurt by the turmoil in the financial markets. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Pension plans suffer huge losses Falling stock markets around the globe and the credit crunch are putting the pension funds of some of the largest U.S. companies into deeper financial holes, according to a report released Monday. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Executive Pay Under Public Scrutiny Again As Congress Deliberates $700 Billion Bailout Bill (AHN) (AHN) - With Wall Street firms closing or financially shaky, executive pay is under public scrutiny once again as a proposal for a $700 billion bailout using tax dollars for financially distressed firms is being tackled by the United States Congress. - Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:27:17 GMT Home > Rss Directory > Business > AllHeadline |
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Obama shuns public campaign funds Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama frees himself to raise unlimited election funds by not accepting public money. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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Obama Opts Out of Public Financing In a video message to supporters, Sen. Barack Obama announced he would opt out of the public financing system for the presidential election, effectively forgoing more than $80 million in public funds.Wrote Obama: "It's not an easy decision, and especially because I support a robust syst Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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McCain Prepares to Take Public Financing "In another sign that John McCain is moving toward accepting public financing this fall, the Republican's campaign is returning about $3 million in checks to contributors who have given money for his general election campaign, funds he could not use if he opts into the public system," the Boston Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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McCain Will Take Public Funds If Democrat Does Sen. John McCain "would accept public financing in the general election were his Democratic opponent to do so," the Financial Times reports, "raising the prospect that the most expensive election in US history might conclude in a taxpayer-funded finale." McCain’s campaign manag Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama raises $52M in June, setting torrid new pace
(AP) AP - Though he's raking in the cash so far, Barack Obama's decision to forgo public funds for the fall campaign means he must keep up his torrid pace — a tall order that will tax his time, test his Internet support and require the help of Democratic donors who once wished for his defeat. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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Shaheen Has Edge in New Hampshire Sen. John Sununu's (R-NH) "re-election strategy of having a not-so-public campaign, sitting tight and stockpiling significant funds is not working -- at least at the moment," reports CQ Politics. "Polls show his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Jeanne Shaheen, with a consistent double-digit advantag Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama Forgoes Public Funds in First for Major Candidate Senator Barack Obama became the first candidate of a major party to decline public financing, arguing that the system had collapsed and would put him at a disadvantage. Home > Rss Directory > General > NY Time |
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Cities Debate Privatizing Public Infrastructure Governments are overcoming their wariness of private funds as they struggle to finance public improvements. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Tainted Milk Flowed Through Holes in Scrutiny - New York Times Canada.comTainted Milk Flowed Through Holes in ScrutinyNew York Times - 33 minutes agoBy JIM YARDLEY and DAVID BARBOZA SHIJIAZHUANG, China - Barely a month ago, China’s staging of the Beijing Olympics demonstrated how the Communist Party could mobilize its authoritar Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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The new real estate boom. Really. Oil hit another record high on Friday. So it's no surprise that natural resources mutual funds, funds that invest in energy companies and other plays on surging commodities, are the best performing domestic stock funds this year. Home > Rss Directory > Business > CNN |
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Clinton and Obama Mend Fences by Raising Funds - New York Times Boston GlobeClinton and Obama Mend Fences by Raising FundsNew York Times - 3 hours agoSenators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama at a fund-raising breakfast at the New York Hilton and Towers Thursday morning. By JOHN M. BRODER It was not quite a screwball comedy a Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Huckabee Adopts New Southern State Strategy as Funds Get Tight - FOXNews Boston GlobeHuckabee Adopts New Southern State Strategy as Funds Get TightFOXNews - 5 hours agoby FOXNews.com Mike Huckabee discussed a new southern state strategy Tuesday, one that would forgo winner-take-all state of Florida and instead focus on Super Tuesday Feb. 5à Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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EU backs gay man on pension The EU's highest court rules that same-sex couples in legal unions may be entitled to a deceased partner's pension. Home > Rss Directory > General > BBC World |
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British Bank Seeks New Funds Royal Bank of Scotland became the latest lender to seek new funds to cover its soured investments, saying it would sell $23.8 billion of new shares to current investors. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Europe Tries to Handle Political Fallout of Pension Cuts Faced with an aging population, much of Europe is trying to address the pressing need for change in national pension systems, balancing rising costs with political pressure. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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U.S. Is Pressuring Delphi Over Pension Obligations The government is trying to force Delphi to transfer more than $1.5 billion of unfunded pension obligations to General Motors by Sept. 30. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |
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Delphi to Send Pension Obligations to G.M. General Motors plans to help the Delphi Corporation with $3.4 billion worth of pension obligations to ease the company out of bankruptcy. Home > Rss Directory > Business > NY Time |