Archive for February, 2009

Australia: Labor government and unions seek to divert anger over … – World Socialist Web Site

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
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The Australian

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Australia: Labor government and unions seek to divert anger over ...
World Socialist Web Site, MI
How are we going to pay our mortgage and bills?" Owens had no answer, except to claim that Centrelink, the government's welfare payments agency, would "be there for you". Speaking to the WSWS after the exchange with Owens, Orland said: "I've still got ...
Clothes workers feel stitched up as jobs cut The Australian
Two more years of economic pain WA Business News (subscription)
Yakka just the start of hard yards Sydney Morning Herald
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Asian Stocks Decline for Third Week as Recession Hurts Earnings – Bloomberg

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

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Asian Stocks Decline for Third Week as Recession Hurts Earnings
Bloomberg
... percent and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 Index dropped 1.7 percent. Canon Inc., the world’s largest camera maker, rallied 11 percent as a weaker yen boosted Japanese exporters’ earnings prospects. HSBC Holdings Plc, which owns a US mortgage business, ...

Wall Street suffers worst February since 1933 – The Australian

Saturday, February 28th, 2009
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Seattle Post Intelligencer

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Wall Street suffers worst February since 1933
The Australian, Australia
In New York, life insurance stocks slid amid the pressures across financials, with Credit Suisse saying life insurers could take material losses if Congress's mortgage bill passes without a clause that excludes loss sharing for the holders of ...
Citigroup reaches aid deal with US govt The Age
US government takes up 36 percent of Citi The Age
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10-K: SL GREEN REALTY CORP – MarketWatch (press release)

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

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10-K: SL GREEN REALTY CORP
MarketWatch (press release)
We also assumed an aggregate of approximately $226.3 million of Reckson mortgage debt, approximately $287.5 million of Reckson convertible public debt and approximately $967.8 million of Reckson public unsecured notes. On January 25, 2007, we completed ...

In Chicago, "best friends" are victims of recession, too – Chi-Town Daily News

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

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In Chicago, "best friends" are victims of recession, too
Chi-Town Daily News, IL
By March, PAWS had set up two crisis response programs: one to provide temporary care for the pets of families going through a mortgage foreclosure, and another that would find a new permanent home for the animals. Last year PAWS saved 3000 animals ...