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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release — The Federal Reserve Board on Sunday announced several initiatives to provide additional support to financial markets, including enhancements to its existing liquidity facilities. — “In close collaboration with the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Bank meltdown wallops campaigns — America's banking instability could upend the final 50 days of the presidential campaign, with both candidates forced to confront a calamity that has gotten only glancing attention during the first 20 months of the race for the White House.
Wall Street Journal:
Crisis on Wall Street as Lehman Totters, Merrill Is Sold, AIG Seeks to Raise Cash — Fed Will Expand Its Lending Arsenal in a Bid to Calm Markets; — Moves Cap a Momentous Weekend for American Finance — NEW YORK — The American financial system was shaken to its core on Sunday.
David Henry / Business Week:
Wall Street's Perfect Storm — Investors deal with a Lehman bankruptcy, the sale of Merrill Lynch to BofA, and a possible AIG restructuring — Mondays better not get any more manic than this. — Wall Street expected to spend today trying to contain the damage from a bankruptcy filing by Lehman Brothers …
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AIG Scrambles to Raise Cash, Talks to Fed
AIG Scrambles to Raise Cash, Talks to Fed
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A.I.G. Seeks $40 Billion in Fed Aid to Survive
A.I.G. Seeks $40 Billion in Fed Aid to Survive
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Bank of America Reaches Deal for Merrill
Bank of America Reaches Deal for Merrill
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Lehman Expected to File for Bankruptcy Protection
Lehman Expected to File for Bankruptcy Protection
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Financial Russian Roulette — Will the U.S. financial system collapse today, or maybe over the next few days? I don't think so — but I'm nowhere near certain. You see, Lehman Brothers, a major investment bank, is apparently about to go under. And nobody knows what will happen next.
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Hilzoy / Washington Monthly:
Donald Luskin Reclaims His Title — Even Donald Luskin, aka The Stupidest Man Alive (and inspiration for one of my rare attempts at parody), must be regretting publishing an op-ed called “Quit Doling Out That Bad-Economy Line” today: … He then presents a bunch of data — last quarter, he tells us, real GDP was up 3.3%.
Agence France Presse:
US in ‘once-in-a-century’ financial crisis : Greenspan … The United States is mired in a “once-in-a century” financial crisis which is now more than likely to spark a recession, former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said Sunday. — The talismanic ex-central banker said that the crisis …
L.L. Brasier / Detroit Free Press:
Bad voter applications found — Clerks see fraudulent, duplicate forms from group — Several municipal clerks across the state are reporting fraudulent and duplicate voter registration applications, most of them from a nationwide community activist group working to help low- and moderate-income families.
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Andy Ostroy / The Huffington Post:
Why Replacing Biden With Hillary Makes Perfect Sense for Obama — Sen. Joe Biden's a perfectly appropriate vice presidential running-mate for Sen. Barack Obama. He's got 36 years of Senate experience, is a true intellect, a foreign policy expert, and a genuinely nice guy.
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:
Despite record month, Obama needs more cash — Barack Obama's $66 million haul in August donations may set records but it's only a down payment on the huge sums the Democratic presidential nominee must continue to collect in order to compete through the Nov. 4 election.
Victoria McGrane / The Politico:
Biden speech to take hard hit at McCain — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Joe Biden will deliver a high-profile first attack in a sustained anti-McCain offensive in a speech called “Bush 44” Monday in the key battleground state of Michigan. — While the lines of attack have long been drawn …
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Washington Post:
Familiar Ground May Be Election's Deciding Factor — When the general election began a few months ago, Barack Obama's advisers talked optimistically about dramatically redrawing the electoral map. Their optimism remains, but as the campaign heads into its final 50 days …
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Palin hit hard on the Sunday shows — Palin-mania continued to dominate the conversation on the Sunday morning talk shows, as Democrats slammed Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin for distorting her record in ads and on the campaign trail. — The attacks came in the midst …
New York Post:
OBAMA TRIED TO STALL GIS' IRAQ WITHDRAWAL — WHILE campaigning in public for a speedy withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, Sen. Barack Obama has tried in private to persuade Iraqi leaders to delay an agreement on a draw-down of the American military presence.