from the Smoking Gun website, here is the invoice for AIG executives week of pampering after the bailout. At taxpayers expense, of course.
From: webmaster. Added: 10:36 AM, October 8th, 2008.
Tags: AIG, Bailout, Wall Street, corruption, economy, fed, fraud,

Russia poured $44 billion into its three largest banks and halted stock trading for a second day in a bid to stem the worst financial crisis since the devaluation and default a decade ago.
From: webmaster. Added: 9:45 PM, September 17th, 2008.
Tags: Russia, debt, crisis, markets, loss, crash, dollar, money, economy,

Saudi Arabia's oil exports may start to fall in 2014 after it reaches maximum production capacity of 12.5 million barrels a day and domestic consumption grows, Chatham House said in a report.
From: webmaster. Added: 11:37 AM, July 25th, 2008.
Tags: oil, saudi, money, exports, gas, economy,

Accustomed to the inevitable credit expansion spawned in the bowels of WWII finance, investors wonder why levered government agencies, banks and hedge funds must sell assets, raise capital or in the extreme, meet the grim reaper in bankruptcy court.
From: webmaster. Added: 12:00 AM, July 25th, 2008.
Tags: market, losses, capital, money, outlook, economy,

DETROIT -- In a fresh sign of the turmoil wrought upon the auto industry by high fuel prices and cratering demand for trucks, Ford Motor Co. reported an $8.7 billion loss for the second quarter and outlined a plan to reorient its North American operations to ramp up production of small cars.
From: webmaster. Added: 12:00 AM, July 25th, 2008.
Tags: crash, economy, ford, loss, profits, slowdown, writedown,

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