Fed makes billions available to battle crisis: Financial News – Yahoo! Finance
AP
Fed makes billions available to battle crisis
Monday September 29, 4:20 pm ET
By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Fed makes billions available to battle credit crisis; pledges to act as needed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve and foreign central banks moved Monday to pump billions of [...]

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Fed takes fresh steps to battle credit crisis – Stocks & economy- msnbc.com
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve and other countries’ central banks announced new steps Monday that makes billions of dollars available to squeezed banks here and abroad to battle a worsening credit crisis that threatens to unhinge the U.S. economy.
The Fed said the action [...]

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Another reason to eat chocolate — Page 1 — Times Union – Albany NY
Trucksers’ protest
Truck drivers protesting the high cost of diesel fuel — it topped $5 this summer — made a noisy splash in Albany back in June, with a caravan of dozens of trucks and other vehicles.
But a similar protest last week in [...]

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More gas shortages on the way – Sep. 26, 2008
NEW YORK (Fortune) — While Congress and Bush administration officials have been working to complete a bailout plan and stem the financial contagion on Wall Street, a different kind of economic crisis emerged across the South this week: A severe, hurricane-related gasoline shortage has curtailed trucking [...]

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