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A DAILY round-up of economic news: Get this, readers ... have soared. The TED spread fell 24% overnight. And futures indicate that American markets may ... . Trading resumed today after being suspended much of the week, and shares soared. The gains appear [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 14:42:03

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CNBC On Speculators Gone Wild: ‘So What?’

Yesterday, the Center for American Progress Action Fund’s Dan Weiss stood up for working American families as CNBC host Trish Regan and two other ... Futures Trading Commission released a report recommending specific improvements to commodities markets ... months from January to May traders poured $60 billion into the commodities market and basically per [more...]

Date: 2008-09-11 23:30:34

CME permits limited AIG block trades

NEW YORK (Reuters) - CME Group said on Tuesday that it took emergency action on Tuesday permitting limited block trades by American International Group Inc in certain CME and CBOT commodity future products to help protect orderly functioning of the market. [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 01:53:02

Networks Ignore Bush Speech on Domestic Policy

President George W. Bush delivered an address on domestic policy issues as the conservative think tank, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), while President-elect Barack Obama named his picks for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal Reserve Board and Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — all the major networks [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 18:06:15

Obama: 3, Bush: 0.

Today around 10:45 a.m. ET, President Bush began speaking about domestic policies at the American Enterprise Institute and President-elect Obama began his press conference announcing his picks to fill the SEC, Federal Reserve Board, and Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Both MSNBC and CNN ignored the lame-duck president and chose [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 16:06:36

We’re Cooked

We’re Cooked Gordon G. Chang - 10.24.2008 - 2:47 PM Today, Asian and European markets plunged, threatening to bring American stocks with them. Selling of Dow Jones Industrial Average futures was prohibited early morning as they reached ... , which would end trading should the Dow fall through pre-determined levels. At the opening, the market [more...]

Date: 2008-10-24 18:47:39

Leafs Demote Kulemin - Trade For Brad May

Today is the first day of the rest of our Maple Leaf lives: ... on a North American ice surface.  He can grow into a comfort zone, perhaps playing alongside future team [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 22:19:58

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