US stocks fall on poor retail sales figures (FT.com)

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US stocks fall on poor retail sales figures (FT.com)
FT.com – A battered financial sector led Wall Street into bear market territory on Thursday, as Bill Gross, manager of the bond fund Pimco, warned that a “financial tsunami” could ensue if the government failed to support markets.

Investors move money to Treasurys as stocks sink on poor retail sales, rise in jobless claims

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Investors move money to Treasurys as stocks sink on poor retail sales, rise in jobless claims
Madlen Read September 4, 2008 – 12:25 a.m. NEW YORK (AP) – Treasury prices rose moderately Thursday, as a plummeting stock market sent investors back into safer, fixed-income government securities…

Hedge fund Atticus loses more than $5 billion: source (Reuters)

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Hedge fund Atticus loses more than $5 billion: source (Reuters)
Reuters – U.S. activist hedge fund Atticus Capital has lost more than $5 billion this year, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, after its funds were hit by heavy falls in financial stocks.

Wall Street indexes back in bear country

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Wall Street indexes back in bear country
Dejected investors sent stocks plunging today, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated h…

Stocks plummet after retail, unemployment data (AP)

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Stocks plummet after retail, unemployment data (AP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008 in New York. Wall Street plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the Labor Department added to the mountain of dismal economic news that has all but dashed investors' hopes for a late-year recovery.  (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)AP – Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery.


Wall St. brokers face charges in $1-billion subprime fraud

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Wall St. brokers face charges in $1-billion subprime fraud
NEW YORK — A former Wall Street broker pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges he and a colleague duped investors into purchasing more than $1-billion (U.S.) in high-risk securities by making it look…

Wall Street enters month of peril with outlook clouded (AFP)

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Wall Street enters month of peril with outlook clouded (AFP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 25, 2008 in New York City. Wall Street returns from vacation season to enter what is historically the most perilous period of the year amid conflicting signals about the US economic outlook.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Mario Tama)AFP – Wall Street returns from vacation season to enter what is historically the most perilous period of the year amid conflicting signals about the US economic outlook.


How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock market indexes fared in Wednesday trading

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How the Dow Jones industrials and other major stock market indexes fared in Wednesday trading
The Associated Press September 3, 2008 – 6:07 p.m. (AP) – Wall Street finished an erratic session mixed on Wednesday, with investors still worried about the economy despite another decline in oil…

Kerkorian firm settles GM securities probe with SEC (Reuters)

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Kerkorian firm settles GM securities probe with SEC (Reuters)

American flags flutter in the wind in front of the General Motors Corp. headquarters in downtown Detroit, Michigan November 7, 2007. (Rebecca Cook/Reuters)Reuters – Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s Tracinda investment firm settled a regulator’s allegations that it was misleading about its plan to cut its stake in General Motors Corp , the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Wednesday.


GOP faithful await formal introduction to Palin

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GOP faithful await formal introduction to Palin
ST. PAUL, Minn. (MarketWatch) — Amid concerns over her experience, personal and public life, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was to formally introduce herself to delegates and the nation at the Republican Na…