Headline News Archive

2008

October

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• La economía familiar y la crisis. Muchos norteamericanos están observando nerviosamente los grandes altibajos de la Bolsa de Nueva York tratando de detectar indicios del colapso de Wall Street, pero ahora…

• La otra cara del desastre. Algunos expertos en el mercado de la vivienda se atreven a afirmar que la actual crisis, junto a todas sus serias inconveniencias, puede traer ciertos…

September

30

• Citi buys Wachovia banking in flurry of deals. Citigroup Inc set a deal to buy regional powerhouse Wachovia Corp's banking operations, one of several U.S. tie-ups triggered by the deepening financial crisis on…

• ‘Is my money safe?’ and other questions to ask. For all of you on Main Street who have been watching the turmoil on Wall Street for the last few weeks, Monday’s shockwaves rattled even…

• Treasury, Fed low on rescue options. The failure of the $700 billion bailout bill leaves Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke with few options…

• Mejoran programa de cupones de comida. Ana Sosa es una hispana retirada que con el cheque del Seguro Social que recibe, unos 341 dólares, más 10 dólares mensuales en cupones de…

• Rechazan el plan de rescate financiero. La Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos rechazó el lunes en votación una iniciativa para destinar 700.000 millones de dólares al rescate del sector financiero.…

• Wachovia cae en la ‘redada’. Ayer se consumó la adquisición de Wachovia por parte del gigante financiero Citigroup Inc., de Nueva York, una compra arreglada por el gobierno después de…

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• Bailout plan's effect not expected to be swift. The tentative agreement Sunday on a $700-billion financial system rescue package would provide a badly needed psychological boost on Wall Street but wouldn't be an…

• Bailout bill to go to House. Saying the nation's economy is on the line, congressional leaders are pushing for a vote today on a $700-billion plan to end the financial system's…

• Hedge funds grudgingly reveal short positions. Hedge fund managers are reluctantly preparing to disclose their short positions to U.S. regulators Monday, a move set to give a rare public glimpse into…

• What's next for WaMu customers?. These are nail-biting times for bank customers. On Thursday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. seized the assets of Washington Mutual, the nation's largest savings and…

• Economy: Poll finds Americans gloomier, for now. As people on Wall Street and Main Street hold their breath to see if a federal bailout of the nation's financial institutions will work, Americans…

• Listo plan de rescate. Los líderes en el Congreso y la Casa Blanca llegaron el domingo a un acuerdo sobre un plan multimillonario de rescate del sector financiero después…

• ¿Lo necesitas o sólo lo quieres?. Una sensación muy agradable que muchos desconocen. Te prometo –por experiencia propia- que es un gran placer. Como dijera en una ocasión Benjamín Franklin, "un…

28

• Site has banks bidding for your money. In some bazaars, vendors call out their prices, lowering them on the spot as they vie with one another for a shopper’s business. That’s the…

• Banks love bail out, but not credit card bill. You've got to love the banking industry. As our friends in the financial sector were passing the hat among taxpayers last week for $700 billion…

27

• Two families find a little change can save a lot. Bruce and Jennifer Pivnick slashed their insurance costs without reducing their coverage. Mitzi and Jimmie Walker discovered that food cooked at home tastes as good…

26

• SEC admits its lax oversight fueled collapse. The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supervision program for Wall…

• Economists question basis of bailout plan. The Bush administration's pitch for a sweeping bailout of the financial system has centered on two simple premises: that the economy could suffer a crippling…

• WaMu sold to Chase. In the biggest bank failure in U.S. history, Washington Mutual Bank was seized late Thursday by federal regulators and immediately sold to JPMorgan Chase &…

• No hay acuerdo sobre rescate financiero. Una revuelta entre los republicanos estancó el jueves los esfuerzos urgentes para armar un plan de rescate económico, un vuelco caótico en una jornada que…

25

• The crisis and your pocketbook. Here we address readers' questions about the financial crisis. To submit a question, go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/yourmoney Q.What is the impact of the government's financial…

• Congreso escéptico ante plan de rescate. Aunque la Administración Bush advirtió ayer que si el Congreso no agiliza el plan de rescate financiero las consecuencias para los estadounidenses serán desastrosas, legisladores…

23

• Aetna to let outside doctors decide. Aetna Inc., the third-largest U.S. health insurer, will let outside doctors decide whether to cancel coverage for sick customers suspected of obtaining policies through false…

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