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Wells Fargo paddles while other banks sink
1 hr ago | via Chicago Tribune
As a journalist who covered many financial-institution failures first-hand in "the good old days," the recent seizure of IndyMac Bancorp by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
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Obama: Adoration abroad, backlash at home?
9 hrs ago | via Free Republic
He stood in the shadow of the Temple of Hercules, held forth at the Elyse Palace and convened a one-man news conference here on Saturday outside No.
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Obama to NYT: - A Week of Great Press' but - We Don't BUY Our Own Hype'
16 hrs ago | via TheBlueSheet
In an interview with the New York Times' excellent Jeff Zeleny , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says he's not "measuring the drapes" for the Oval Office, and that "we don't buy our own hype." He discussed the risks ...
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Blago Calls On Bush To Sign Housing Package
18 hrs ago | via Cbs2chicago.com
Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today sent a letter to President Bush calling on him to quickly sign the Housing and Economic Stimulus Package which will provide more than $500 million in federal aid to support tax ...
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Collar counties' sales, median home prices up in June
Yesterday | via Courier News
Home sales in the collar counties picked up in June from May sales figures, and the median sale prices edged up as well, according to the Illinois Association of Realtors' latest report.
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