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Anybody notice that $610 billion bill?

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Steve Henn | Sep 24, 2008
While most of us are focused on the financial crisis, there is other business afoot in Congress -- such as a $610 billion spending package the House passed today. Steve Henn reports.
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Crisis scenario might make us all gulp

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Bob Moon | Sep 24, 2008
We still don't know what Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress last week that got lawmakers so scared. But Marketplace's Bob Moon looks at how bad the worst-case scenarios could be.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Warren Buffet buys into Goldman Sachs

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Steve Henn | Sep 24, 2008
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke has been saying that investments with value are going for fire sale prices. Well, Warren Buffet heard that and jumped in to buy $5 billion of stock in Goldman Sachs. Steve Henn reports.
Posted In: Economy, Investing, Wall Street
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Money markets break the buck

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Amy Scott | Sep 19, 2008
Money market mutual funds looked to be losing their "good as cash" reputation, so the government stepped in to protect investors. Host Tess Vigeland asks Marketplace's Amy Scott if the move is enough.
Posted In: Investing, Wall Street
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What's your opinion on the bailout?

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Richard Core | Sep 19, 2008
We've been hearing a lot from the bureaucrats, politicians and pundits about the U.S. government's plan to restore confidence in the financial...
Posted In: bailout, credit crunch, mortgage meltdown
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Bernanke walks fine line in Congress

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John Dimsdale | Sep 24, 2008
Fed Chair Ben Bernanke took the administration's mortgage bailout plan to the Senate Banking Committee members Tuesday and will be back on Capitol Hill today. John Dimsdale reports on what Bernanke is up against.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Listeners let us hear it on bailouts

| Sep 23, 2008
All it took was the threat of global economic Armageddon to get you going. Most of you who wrote to us are not too happy about the economic and financial state of affairs our country is facing. Kai Ryssdal reviews some of your letters.
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Europeans want financial restraints

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Stephen Beard | Sep 23, 2008
A European Parliament measure would require an unprecedented level of disclosure from hedge funds and private equity groups, including requirements that they reveal level of debt and executive pay. Stephen Beard reports.
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Frank talk about bailout plan

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Kai Ryssdal | Sep 23, 2008
After making their case for the $700 billion bailout plan to the Senate banking committee today, Bush administration officials next will go before the House Financial Services Committee and its Chairman Barney Frank. Kai Ryssdal talked with him.
Posted In: Economy, Wall Street
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Carbon-trading market warming up

| Sep 23, 2008
The nation's first mandatory market in carbon starts in the Northeast on Thursday when the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative holds its first auction of greenhouse gas permits. But the bidding might not be all that hot. Sarah Gardner reports.

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