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| Washington Mutual may be next on block (Stock mutual funds) - |
| Saturday, September 20, 2008 |
Washington Mutual may be next on block - Boston Globe NEW YORK - Ailing bank Washington Mutual Inc. appeared headed toward a sale yesterday after a major investor removed a potential stumbling block and stock mutual funds nervous banking regulators began approaching the most logical buyers. The New York Times , citing Source: www.boston.com TOPWRAP 1-U.S. toxic-debt plan, short-selling ban boost markets - Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. government curbed short-selling and stock mutual funds guaranteed money-market mutual funds on Friday as it worked on a sweeping bailout to mop up hundreds of billions of dollars in toxic mortgage debt, sending global stock Source: www.reuters.com NCsoft Cancels Spacetime MMO, Layoffs Result - Gamasutra Austin-based startup MMO developer Spacetime Studios has revealed on its website that its agreement with NCSoft to publish its primary space-based PC MMO project, Blackstar , has been canceled. The company has revealed the first concrete Blackstar Source: www.gamasutra.com Wall Street Crisis Video Gallery - CNBC Part of the government's plan to shore up the markets is a full-blown assault on short sellers, with CNBC's Scott Cohn. The U.S. government is preparing to mop up hundreds of billions of dollars in bad mortgage debt, after curbing short-selling and stock mutual funds Source: www.cnbc.com Washington Mutual didn't have to end like this - Seattle Times Ultimately, Washington Mutual was caught in a vortex of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. A greed-made disaster that took down venerable Bear Stearns and stock mutual funds Lehman Brothers, and stock mutual funds forced the sale of once mighty Merrill Lynch, would Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com Citigroup won t buy Washington Mutual - MSNBC NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc is unlikely to proceed with a possible deal involving savings and stock mutual funds loan company Washington Mutual Inc., the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing one person familiar with the situation. Sources familiar with the matter Source: www.msnbc.msn.com Morgan Stanley board to meet over weekend: report - Boston Globe CHICAGO (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley's board was expected to meet over the weekend to discuss a merger with Wachovia Corp , the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. A deal could include sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp Source: www.boston.com Feds to guarantee money market mutual funds - San Francisco Gate Saturday, September 20, 2008 The guarantee covers most retail and stock mutual funds institutional funds except government funds that invest only in Treasury and stock mutual funds U.S. government agency debt and stock mutual funds tax-exempt funds that invest in municipal securities, said Treasury Source: www.sfgate.com Bailout plan calms markets but at huge cost - Detroit News WASHINGTON -- Struggling to stave off financial catastrophe, the Bush administration on Friday laid out a radical bailout plan with a jaw-dropping price tag -- a takeover of a half-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and stock mutual funds other bad debt Source: www.detnews.com
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