Financial blog
September 30, 2008
Consumer confidence was holding up well this month before the latest bout of financial turmoil but house prices suffered another record annual drop during […]
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The car you drive doesn’t just emit carbon dioxide from its tailpipe. The energy required to manufacture that vehicle’s parts, assemble them and transport the […]
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September 25, 2008
Canadians were given another reality check today about how the global financial crisis would hit their wallets as bank executives predicted a slowdown in consumer […]
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September 23, 2008
NEW YORK–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG), Japan's largest bank, said Monday it planned to acquire as much as 20 per cent of U.S. […]
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September 22, 2008
New Zealand's central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to 7 percent next month to counter the credit […]
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September 20, 2008
WASHINGTON–The Bush administration sketched out a multi-faceted effort yesterday to confront the worst U.S. financial crisis in decades, outlining a program that could cost […]
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WASHINGTON–U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the bold action needed to take troubled assets off the books of financial organizations will cost hundreds of […]
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September 19, 2008
A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday gave Lehman Brothers initial approval to sell key North American businesses to Barclays for $1.7 billion in cash.
The approval […]
September 18, 2008
Toronto’s premier stock index closed in bear market territory and at a two-year low yesterday as investors punished financial stocks amid concerns that Canadian insurers […]
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September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON–In a bid to save financial markets and economy from further turmoil, the U.S. government agreed today to provide an US$85-billion emergency loan to […]
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