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• Oil falls below $90 as financial turmoil spreads

• European, Asian markets plunge on crisis fears

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• Boeing airplane deliveries plummet during strike

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• Wells Fargo agrees to buy Wachovia; Citi objects

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• Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan

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• France to host EU summit on money crisis

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• 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

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• Credit crunch makes borrowing harder for Florida

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• Euro jobless rate climbs to 7.5 percent in August

• Oil rises to $101 on bailout plan hopes

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• Roosevelt talk on unstable economy oddly prescient

• Citigroup to buy Wachovia banking operations

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• Most Asian markets sink after bailout rejection

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• US stock futures point to partial rebound

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• New software turns PC into TiVo TV recorder

• Cadbury says Chinese-made products questionable

• Reports: Wachovia in talks with potential buyers

• Fortis reshaped by government bailout

• UK government nationalizes Bradford & Bingley

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• Wachovia shares plunge as investors question fate

• Chinese regulator calls US lending 'ridiculous'

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• Stocks mixed on bailout clash; tech slides

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• 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

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• GE lowers profit guidance, suspends stock buybacks

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• Transparency key to bailout success

• Exec pay limits gain support as bailout questioned

• FBI investigating companies at heart of meltdown

• Jimmy Carter says bailout plan is faulty

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• 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

• Millions spend half of income on housing

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