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Icelanders rally to protest economic meltdown - Boston Globe


REYKJAVIK, Iceland— Hundreds of Icelanders stormed the country's central bank Monday demanding the sacking of the governor they blame for the country's economic collapse. The demonstrators banged on the glass doors of the central Reykjavik building ...


1 Dec 2008

Bernanke says he erred in gauging mortgage fallout - Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledges he was wrong in believing that there would be limited fallout to financial markets from risky mortgages that soured after the housing market's collapse. "I and others were mistaken ...


1 Dec 2008

ditto :+13 - ksl.com


The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that ...


1 Dec 2008

Meltdown far from over, new mortgage crisis looms - Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) -- Black Friday's retail shoppers hunting for holiday bargains won't be enough to stave off what's likely to become the next economic crisis. Malls from Michigan to Georgia are entering foreclosure, commercial victims of the same ...


1 Dec 2008

Money Meltdown Came After Banks Fought Off Regulation, Government ... - The Ledger


WASHINGTON | The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient ...


1 Dec 2008

China feeling the pinch? - Hotair.com


Hu Jintao told China’s Politburo that the rough economic times will mean even rougher waters for China .  With global demand for consumer products declining, the engine of China’s economic boom will start sputtering.  If Beijing reacts by ...


1 Dec 2008

Dubai Stocks Decline on Global Economic Meltdown Concerns (Khaleej Times)


YAHOO - Dubai Stocks Decline on Global Economic Meltdown Concerns (Khaleej Times)DUBAI - Dubai stocks retreated on Monday on mounting concerns a more severe global economic meltdown could further erode oil prices and ahead of the long national holidays.


1 Dec 2008

Icelanders rally to protest economic meltdown (KYIV Post)


YAHOO - Icelanders rally to protest economic meltdown (KYIV Post)AP Some of the thousands of Icelanders who protested outside Iceland's parliament, in Reykjavik, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008 at the country's economic meltdown.


1 Dec 2008

US diluted loan rules before financial meltdown (The Arizona Republic)


YAHOO - US diluted loan rules before financial meltdown (The Arizona Republic)AP IMPACT: US diluted loan rules before crash.


1 Dec 2008

Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown (Slashdot)


YAHOO - Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown (Slashdot)Gimble writes "Richard Bennett has an article at the Register claiming that a recent uTorrent decision to use UDP for file transfers to avoid ISP "traffic management" restrictions will cause a meltdown of the internet reducing everybody's bandwidth to a quarter of their current value. Other folks have also expressed concern that this may not be the best thing for the internet." Read more ...


1 Dec 2008

New study: Bush's role in financial meltdown (New York Daily News)


YAHOO - New study: BushWASHINGTON - The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed. It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that fore


1 Dec 2008

Meltdown Warnings Ignored, Analysis Shows (CBS News)


YAHOO - Meltdown Warnings Ignored, Analysis Shows (CBS News)The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns on no-money-down, interest-only mortgages years before the economy collapsed, buckling to pressure from some of the same banks that have now failed, an AP analysis details.


1 Dec 2008

Bush Administration Ignored Warnings Of Financial Meltdown « Suzie-Q


It ignored remarkably prescient warnings that foretold the financial meltdown, according to an Associated Press review of regulatory documents. “Expect fallout, expect foreclosures, expect horror stories,” California mortgage lender ...


1 Dec 2008

Bush administration ignored regulators’ warning of mortgage ...


Filed under: Market matters, Politics, Financial CrisisExperts inside the Bush Administration tried to warn about the mortgage meltdown. They even proposed new regulations to set guidelines for the risky loans written by the banks who ...


1 Dec 2008

Bush administration ignored regulators' warning of mortgage ...


Experts inside the Bush Administration tried to warn about the mortgage meltdown. They even proposed new regulations to set guidelines for the risky loans written by the banks who now have their hat in hand looking for a bailout. ...


1 Dec 2008

Business booms for law firms as meltdown triggers rise in cases ...


Law firms dealing with foreign companies operating in India have also seen an increase in their turnover, even if their work is now more about post-meltdown issues like restructuring, downsizing, layoffs, closure of branches, ...


1 Dec 2008

Art Levine: $7 Trillion Meltdown 101: How We Got Here, What to Do Now


To help remedy that, I've put together some of the best explanatory journalism and resources on the current meltdown here, from This American Life's "The Giant Pool of Money" to the New York Times' series on "The Reckoning. ...


30 Nov 2008

Our Slow Boat to China: Meltdown at 10000 Feet


We were doing fine....we were entertaining her, she was laughing and then MELTDOWN. In her defense, the plane didn't take off and it got hot and loud on board. The man in front of us kept turning around and giving us the evil eye. ...


30 Nov 2008