Oct 6, 2008

Marketplace Report for Monday, September 6, 2008

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Main Street gets government help too

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 6, 2008

Bailout supporters took a lot of heat for handing that cash over to Wall Street. But commentator and economist Andrew Samwick argues it's actually Main Street that's usually on the receiving end of government help.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Markets react negatively to bailout pace

by John Dimsdale

Oct 6, 2008

Stocks take another dive, as markets show their impatience and lack of confidence in the financial bailout measures to be taken by the Treasury. Washington Bureau Chief John Dimsdale asked financial experts what's going on.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Fear sends global markets reeling

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 6, 2008

The word of the day for the state of the global stock markets was "disarray," European Bureau Chief Stephen Beard tells host Kai Ryssdal. Doubt over the U.S. government rescue plan sent markets plummeting worldwide.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Lehman's fall set off market bonfires

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 6, 2008

Lehman Brothers was so interconnected within the financial sector that when it failed, experts tell reporter Nancy Marshall Genzer, markets and financial institutions faced huge losses.

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Fallout: The Financial Crisis

Home price cuts for Coldwell fire sale

by Marketplace Staff

Oct 6, 2008

Coldwell Banker Real Estate is planning to slash home prices up to 10% across the nation, based on agreements with home sellers, to try to boost slumping sales. Janet Babin has more.

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The Road to Ruin?

Denver voters and the federal bailout

by Tess Vigeland

Oct 6, 2008

Tess Vigeland spent the weekend in Denver working on "Road to Ruin?" our series on how Americans are faring. Colorado is one of the big swing states, and she asks if the economy will affect how people vote.

A view of the downtown Denver skyline from across the South Platte River

Doug Pensinger/Getty Images

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The Road to Ruin?

Hope comes to struggling Youngstown

by Amy Scott

Oct 6, 2008

Amy Scott visits Youngstown, Ohio, which is known to have the highest foreclosure rate in the U.S., in our continuing series, "Road to Ruin?" Amy learns GM's plans to make the new Cruze automobile nearby is giving the city some hope.