JUST WHEN THE HOUSING BUBBLE TALK WAS deflating, a new International MonetaryFund IMF study of 21 industrialized countries raises the issue again, suggesting that housing crashes hurt economies more than stock crashes. JUST WHEN THE HOUSING BUBBLE TALK WAS deflating, a new International...
Feb. 2--The V-22 Osprey's most ardent congressional supporter blamed two fatal crashes on the aircraft's manufacturers Thursday and warned that Boeing and Fort Worth-based Bell Helicopter Textron could be fined if they don't fix quality-control probl Feb. 2--The V-22 Osprey's most ardent congressional supporter blamed...
WASHINGTON -- Several car booster seats do a poor job of positioning children to fit in their seat belts, according to a review by the insurance industry and researchers. The Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute found today that...
LOS ANGELES AP -- In the first public comments from the family of the commuter-train engineer killed in a crash that claimed 25 lives in all, the man's brother said investigators must look more closely at whether equipment problems were a factor. In an interview reported Tuesday...
CHICAGO -- Could voting for president be hazardous to your health? An analysis of Election Day traffic deaths dating back to Jimmy Carter's 1976 win suggests yes, but the authors say that's no reason not to go to the polls. The study found that...
By Phil Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL With potholes growing on Wall Street, many people are dusting off the dreaded "D" word. Depression. Such talk, however, may be premature, say experts on the economy and those who experienced the stock...
Should we bail out Wall Street? It's not an easy call, as the state's members of the U.S. House of Representatives have learned during their extended stay in Washington, D.C. But as those representatives and their colleagues prepare to resume deliberations of a bailout...
By Phil Anderson THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL With potholes growing on Wall Street, many people are dusting off the dreaded "D" word. Depression. Such talk, however, may be premature, say experts on the economy and those who experienced the stock...
BAILOUT BILL FAILS Washington Post After the shocking vote of 228 to 205, party leaders did their usual rounds of partisan finger-pointing, but it really wasn't a partisan issue at all. The centre had collapsed in favour of a coalition of far-right and far-left...
Motor racing Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has poured scorn on Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix, saying the "circus" track and the use of the safety car had been humiliating for Formula One. The sport's first night race drew a positive response from participants and onlookers, including...
The impact of this week's crash will be felt by everybody. Sean O'Grady and James Daley explain why The housing market Property prices have fallen by about 10 per cent since their peak last year and today's data from the Nationwide is likely...
Stock markets The Dow industrials plunged to its biggest one-day point drop ever after US lawmakers rejected a $700bn financial bailout, spooking investors. The Dow lost 778 points, or 7.0 per cent, to close at 10,365.45 - its biggest daily percentage decline since the October 1987...
James Dean dies in car crash The film star James Dean was killed in a road accident in California, when the Porsche sports car he was driving was involved in a head-on collision. Dean was 24 years old...
WATSONVILLE - A 15-year-old girl fleeing the scene of an accident crashed into an SUV causing two toddlers in her vehicle to be ejected. Two air ambulances and three ground ambulances transported five injured people, including the 15-year-old to area hospitals. According...
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Irving Fisher got himself a place in history books by saying, "Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau." The first celebrity economist, Fisher was once as famous as Lou Dobbs is today. He is remembered for that comment about the stock...
AUGUSTA, Ga. AP -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has been released from a Georgia hospital after suffering severe burns in a fiery plane crash more than a week ago. Hospital spokeswoman Beth Frits says Barker was released on Monday morning. Barker and celebrity...
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. -- The current turbulent financial markets can be a real buying opportunity for investors who know what they are doing, says BetterInvesting, the nation's leading proponent of investor education. BetterInvesting's veteran members have weathered many economic cycles, and they are sharing their market experience with other members...
A 35-year-old Oakland man died early this morning after crashing his motorcycle on a connector ramp between westbound Interstate Highway 580 and eastbound state Highway 24 in Oakland, according to the California Highway Patrol. The solo-vehicle crash was reported on the ramp at about 2:05 a.m., according...
OF ALL THE annoyances to come out of the financial crisis, this one takes the cake: French intellectuals are mocking us. According to the Los Angeles Times, finance officials, regular Joes and leftist intellectuals within Europe have condemned the perceived breakdown of America's capitalistic system. ...
Being of an age when people start thinking about retirement, this financial crisis has really got me down. Watching assets drop 20 percent or more in value is not fun. Having been invested mostly in stocks for years, though, I've seen it before "... like the day...
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