Big banks that got big bailout bucks should return the favor by lending more to qualified small businesses, President Barack Obama says.
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Obama: Time for big banks to help small businesses (AP)
Posted by bummed 138 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)Analysis: Obama's consumer agency no sure deal (AP)
Posted by bummed 138 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders treat them fairly will never look as strong again.
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Bank failures hit 106 for year; many more are weak (AP)
Posted by bummed 138 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
It's a big number that only tells part of the story. The number of banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday -- hitting 106 by the end of the day -- the most in nearly two decades.
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Ex-GM CEO gets retirement package worth over $10M (AP)
Posted by bummed 240 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Former General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will retire Aug. 1 with a pension and benefit package the automaker valued at more than $10 million.
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Back to big profits for Wall Street powerhouse (AP)
Posted by bummed 240 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Goldman Sachs is emerging as the king of post-meltdown Wall Street. Already the most powerful U.S. financial company before the credit crisis, the bank profited handsomely from Wall Street's rally and the recovering credit markets during the second quarter and distanced itself from the few competitors still standing.
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GM CEO says July sales appear weaker than year ago (AP)
Posted by bummed 240 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
General Motors Co.'s top executive described July auto sales as weak compared with the same month last year, but said it's still early.
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Officials push for health care in spite of delay (AP)
Posted by bummed 241 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Legislation to overhaul the nation's health systems is unlikely to make it through the House and Senate before the August target set by President Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders, lawmakers said Sunday.
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Still traveling for business, but carefully (AP)
Posted by bummed 241 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Airfare wars and room-rate promotions are usually aimed at vacationers, but airlines and hotels are resorting to similar tactics to regain their traditional cash cow -- the business traveler.
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GOP unifies against any more stimulus spending (AP)
Posted by bummed 241 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Republicans lined up Sunday in opposition to a second economic stimulus package, a rare demonstration of unity from an out-of-power political party in search of a rallying cry against President Barack Obama.
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GM sale cleared, path opens to exit Chapter 11 (AP)
Posted by bummed 245 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market. On Thursday, a judge's order allowing GM to sell most of its assets to a new company went into effect, despite a last-minute appeal by plaintiffs in a product liability case.
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Citigroup shuffles executives, former CFO leaving (AP)
Posted by bummed 245 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Citigroup Inc. shuffled its top management again Thursday, naming its third chief financial officer of the year and bringing in a new head of its Citibank division as it returns its focus to traditional banking.
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Weak retail sales in June raise worries (AP)
Posted by bummed 245 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
After yet another weak month, retailers are preparing to fight for their share of crucial back-to-school shopping. But they may have to keep discounting to keep consumers coming in, given escalating job uncertainty.
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`Transformers' takes to sky with $112M weekend (AP)
Posted by bummed 256 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Alien robots have transformed into box-office superstars with $200 million in domestic ticket sales in just five days. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" took in $112 million in the sequel's first weekend and $201.2 million since opening Wednesday, according to Sunday estimates from Paramount, which is distributing the DreamWorks movie.
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Consulting firms Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt merge (AP)
Posted by bummed 256 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Management consulting firms Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby Inc. and Watson Wyatt Worldwide Inc. said Sunday they will merge to form Towers Watson & Co. in an all-stock deal the companies value at $3.5 billion.
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White House open to new tax on health benefits (AP)
Posted by bummed 256 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The White House left open the possibility Sunday that President Barack Obama might pay for his health care overhaul by taxing employer-provided health insurance even though he had campaigned on not raising taxes on middle-class families.
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Government giving GMAC $7.5B in new aid (AP)
Posted by bummed 294 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
The government deepened its support of the battered domestic auto industry on Thursday, providing auto lender GMAC Financial Services with $7.5 billion in additional aid to keep loans flowing to would-be buyers of GM and Chrysler vehicles.
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Stocks fall on weak retail sales, foreclosure jump (AP)
Posted by bummed 302 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Investors are looking at the economy more skeptically. Stocks retreated more than 2 percent on Wednesday and bond prices rose after two reports suggested the economy is not bouncing back as quickly as investors hoped.
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Wall Street falls following steep rally last week (AP)
Posted by bummed 304 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Investors cashed in some of their gains Monday as financial stocks pulled back following last week's advance. Three of the banks that the government said had enough capital to handle a deeper recession said they plan to issue shares to help repay loans they received last fall as part of the government's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Stocks climb as report says job losses slow (AP)
Posted by bummed 308 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
Investors found another reason to buy up stocks Wednesday after a report indicated job losses may be slowing. A big improvement in the ADP National Employment Report buoyed the mood on Wall Street and eased worries that banks would need to raise more capital than previously thought.
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Public scrutiny blunted bank stress tests (AP)
Posted by bummed 309 days ago (http://us.rd.yahoo.com)
WASHINGTON -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said in February that putting the biggest U.S. banks through "stress tests" was vital to getting the financial system back on solid ground.
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