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  • Black and Hispanic Caucuses Resisted Pelosi on Bailout (New York Times)

    Several members of the two all-Democratic caucuses characterized the defeated bill as one that would have aided the rich at the expense of middle- and lower-income voters.
    2008-09-30 07:44:50
  • Family Facing Foreclosure (ABC 2 Baltimore)

    The Crowder's of Owings Mills are paying close attention to the Congressional Rescue Plan.
    2008-09-30 08:00:19
  • City Investment Portfolio Down $500,000 (WISC-TV Madison)

    MADISON, Wis. -- The economic slump is hitting the city of Madison, with officials projecting investment incomes will be down at least $500,000. New projections have put the city's portfolio around $4.7 million.
    2008-09-30 08:03:49
  • Solve the credit crisis with no bailout (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Editor's note: This is the full-length version of Mr. Wallman's commentary. For a shorter version, go to sfgate.com/opinion We're in trouble. Although markets and Wall Street institutions are melting down (with the occasional bounce back), the central issue...
    2008-09-30 08:12:48
  • What the economy is doing to five families (The Plain Dealer)

    Lynn Ischay/The Plain DealerRon and Pat Zawadzki are concerned about their financial future. Ron retired early and Pat is wondering what retirement from her teaching job is going to look like. Wall Street rallied Tuesday. But who on Main Street...
    2008-09-30 08:44:57
  • Financial Crisis Hits Retired Homeowner Hard (FOX 5 News Atlanta)

    ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- The mortgage meltdown and credit crisis have made it harder for average Americans to borrow money.
    2008-09-30 08:47:08
  • Rescue the Rescue (New York Times)

    Our leaders have gotten so out of practice of working together that even in the face of this meltdown they could not agree on a rescue package.
    2008-09-30 08:56:51
  • FEMA says ‘relax’ (L'Observateur)

    Editor and Publisher LAPLACE – For the many people who are panicking because they can’t get registered with FEMA to get coverage for damages from the past two hurricanes, you can relax.
    2008-09-30 09:43:22
  • Wall Street Bust Hitting Local Housing Market (KLAS Las Vegas)

    The housing crisis has been blamed for much of the problems in our nation's economy and few places have been hit has hard as Nevada. A closely watched housing index shows that prices for homes in our city fell 30-percent in July. Reporter Aaron Drawhorn has the details.
    2008-09-30 09:47:51
  • How a credit crunch becomes a depression (Austin American-Statesman)

    In 1929, Meyer Mishkin owned a shop in New York that sold silk shirts to working men. When the stock market crashed that October, he turned to his son and offered a version of this sentiment: "It serves those rich gentlemen right."
    2008-09-30 09:05:59
  • Local financial advisers yielding high call volume (New Jersey Herald)

    The trickledown from the Wall Street meltdown has seeped into the local accounts -- and phone lines. Financial advisers say they are fielding more calls from clients worried about their own portfolios.
    2008-09-30 09:06:21
  • Shell Game (Baltimore City Paper)

    Ken Koehler on the roof deck of his home. Family Ties? According to land records, the small group of people who bought, traded and sold each other houses here before defaulting on their loans are more than just neighbors, lovers and/or housemates.
    2008-09-30 09:10:08
  • A financial crisis Q&A (Columbia Missourian)

      Karen A. Schnatterly, Ph.D.,  assistant professor of management at MU's College of Business, explains how the financial meltdown affects the average American, Washington's bailout plan and the causes behind the current economic crisis. Q: How does this financial crisis impact me if I don't have a lot of money in the stock market? A: When the credit markets restrict, no money flows. ...
    2008-09-30 09:12:52
  • Local Businesses Closely Watching Economic Situation (Highlands Today)

    Has the meltdown on Wall Street had a dramatic impact on Main Street in Highlands County?
    2008-09-30 09:14:17
  • Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

    Craig Crawford, CQ - How did anyone think the public would get behind something sold as a bailout of Wall Street multi-millionaires? Make it a bailout of homeowners, and you would have something that could pass in Congress.
    2008-09-30 09:31:33