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• Oil near $94 as market awaits US bailout vote

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• Buffett's company to buy $3B of GE preferred stock

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• Oil flutters near $98 on US bailout hopes

• AP Poll: 8 in 10 fear hit from financial crisis

• France to host EU summit on money crisis

• Despite financial crisis, ECB should hold steady

• Stocks head for mixed open following Senate vote

• SEC extends short-selling ban for financial stocks

• World markets mixed after Senate OKs bailout plan

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• Volatile 3rd quarter for stocks ends on up note

• S&P: Home prices post 16 pct annual drop in July

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• Euro jobless rate climbs to 7.5 percent in August

• Oil rises to $101 on bailout plan hopes

• US stocks head for lower open after rebound

• Roosevelt talk on unstable economy oddly prescient

• Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations

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• Oil falls as traders weigh US bailout rejection

• Most Asian markets sink after bailout rejection

• Bailout bill defeat could cause painful recession

• US stock futures point to partial rebound

• InBev shareholders approve Anheuser-Busch deal

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• Cadbury says Chinese-made products questionable

• Reports: Wachovia in talks with potential buyers

• Fortis reshaped by government bailout

• UK government nationalizes Bradford & Bingley

• Oil falls to near $103 on global slowdown fears

• Stocks head for lower open ahead of bailout vote

• Tightening of credit strikes nerve among consumers

• Wachovia shares plunge as investors question fate

• Chinese regulator calls US lending 'ridiculous'

• Crisis boosts urge to regulate in Europe

• Stocks mixed on bailout clash; tech slides

• WaMu becomes biggest bank to fail in US history

• JPMorgan to buy WaMu deposits, branches

• 30-year mortgages jump after 5 weeks of declines

• Wrigley shareholders approve $23B sale to Mars

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• Gulf seafood industry crippled by Ike's damage

• India open for $80 billion in nuclear business

• Oil falls as US bailout talks falter

• Stocks point lower on bailout clash, WaMu failure

• HK's Bank of East Asia rejects instability rumors

• Investors cheer international push by Japan banks

• Fed plows $30 billion into money markets overseas

• Lowe's plans smaller stores, backs 2008 outlook

• GE lowers profit guidance, suspends stock buybacks

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• Oil price down slightly on uncertainty

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• Buffett's Berkshire betting $5 billion on Goldman

• Circuit City seeks jolt as embattled CEO departs

• Chrysler plans to sell electric car in 2010

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• Exec pay limits gain support as bailout questioned

• FBI investigating companies at heart of meltdown

• Jimmy Carter says bailout plan is faulty

• Fed plows $30 billion into money markets overseas

• Oil rises above $108 as investors eye US bailout

• Stocks pointed higher on Buffett-Goldman deal

• Stock futures lower ahead of hearing on bailout

• Oil falls below $108 as traders mull bailout plan

• Circuit City CEO resigns amid troubles

• Bush team, Congress haggle over $700B bailout

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• Unrest has investors questioning risk fundamentals

• Last major investment banks change status

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• Congress, administration craft financial rescue

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