Sep 29, 2008

Marketplace for Monday, September 29, 2008

Marketplace Report for Monday, September 29, 2008

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FDIC shares risk in Wachovia buyout

by Jeremy Hobson

Sep 29, 2008

Upstaged by the bailout vote and the stock market fall, news that Citigroup is buying Wachovia got far less attention that it would have on a normal news day. But Jeremy Hobson gathered up the details.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Liberals and conservatives snub bailout

by Steve Henn

Sep 29, 2008

When the day began in Washington, Treasury Secretary Paulson and Fed Chairman Bernanke were hopeful their massive financial rescue plan was on its way to becoming law. The House had other ideas. Steve Henn reports on what went wrong.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Fear spread like a fire through markets

by Bob Moon

Sep 29, 2008

A lot of investors thought the stock market was just too risky a place for their money. So stocks made a record drop. Senior business correspondent Bob Moon has that part of this incredible day's developments.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Harvard reaches out to business alums

by Sean Cole

Sep 29, 2008

Harvard Business School's career services department is snapping into action to help recent graduates deal with market turmoil and the job market. From Boston -- and Harvard Yard -- Sean Cole reports.

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Busy New Yorkers react to bailout news

by Marketplace Staff

Sep 29, 2008

The big financial headlines loomed large in the crawls above Times Square today. Sally Herships went there for reactions and not everyone was paying attention, but she found some who were.

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Interested Parties

Hospital staffers: Health care needs fix

by Sarah Gardner

Sep 29, 2008

As part of Marketplace's ongoing election series, "Interested Parties," reporter Sarah Gardner visited a hospital and looked into what people in the health care trenches want from Washington.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

What happened? And what's next?

by Kai Ryssdal

Sep 29, 2008

The Dow fell a dramatic 777 points today — the worst plunge in two decades — on news that the House rejected the $700 billion bailout plan. Kai Ryssdal asks two members of Congress to help make sense of it all.