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Posted on September 27th, 2008
Special to Canadian Dimension September 27, 2008
Treasury Secretary Paulson and President Bush backed by the Democratic Congressional leadership have asked Congress for $700 billion dollars to bailout Wall Street financial institutions. <a href="http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2008/09/27/2109/#more-2109" class="more-link">(Keep reading...)</a>
Andrew Clark | Posted on September 27th, 2008
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The Guardian
September 26, 2008 (Keep reading…)
James K. Galbraith | Posted on September 27th, 2008
Washington Post
September 25, 2008
Now that all five big investment banks — Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch, Lehman Brothers http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Lehman+Brothers+Inc.?tid=informline , Goldman Sachs http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Goldman+Sachs+Group+Inc.?tid=informline and Morgan Stanley http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Morgan+Stanley?tid=informline — have disappeared or morphed into regular banks, a question arises. (Keep reading…)
Tanya M. Kerssen and Roger Burbach | Posted on September 25th, 2008
http://globalalternatives.org/news September 25, 2008
A popular upheaval is sweeping Bolivia, threatening the departmental capital of Santa Cruz, the bastion of the right wing rebellion against the government of Evo Morales. Some twenty thousand miners, peasants and coca growers are moving on the city to reclaim state institutions occupied by autonomist forces. They are also demanding the resignation of the Santa Cruz prefect (governor), Rubén Costas, and the apprehension of Branko Marinkovich, an agro-industrial magnet who heads up the Santa Cruz Civic Committee comprised of large land owning and business interests. (Keep reading…)
Frank Ahrens | Posted on September 25th, 2008
Washington Post
September 25, 2008; D04
Asset sales may lead to write-downs, insolvencies, Orszag tells Congress (Keep reading…)
Eric Beauchesne | Posted on September 25th, 2008
The Gazette (Montreal)
September 24, 2008
‘What worries us is that Canadian households have been running a larger financial deficit than households in either the U.S. or the U.K.’ (Keep reading…)
Bryan Evans and Greg Albo | Posted on September 25th, 2008
http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/bullet139.html#continue The B u l l e t Socialist Project • E-Bulletin No. 139 September 25, 2008 (Keep reading…)
Jason Dean in Beijing, Marcus Walker in Berlin, and Evan Ramstad in Seoul | Posted on September 25th, 2008
Wall Street Journal
September 25, 2008
The turmoil in the U.S. financial sector is rippling through political debates around the world, giving ammunition to foreign officials who question American economic leadership and oppose policies that follow the U.S. model. (Keep reading…)
JAMES BRADSHAW | Posted on September 25th, 2008
Globe and Mail September 25, 2008
A phalanx of actors and artists, led by veteran Gordon Pinsent, spoke forcefully yesterday against the Conservatives’ recent cuts to arts and culture, urging citizens who value culture to vote and press for a prominent place in federal decision-making. (Keep reading…)
Margaret Atwood | Posted on September 25th, 2008
Globe and Mail September 24, 2008
What sort of country do we want to live in? What sort of country do we already live in? What do we like? Who are we? (Keep reading…)