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US rivals in economy crisis talks

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are preparing to meet President George W Bush amid hopes of an emergency deal on the economy.

18:56 BANKING CRISIS: THAIN (MERRILL), LIKE THE GREAT DEPRESSION

(AGI) - New York, 11 Nov. - Merrill Lynch president John Thain claims that the economy is looking at a crisis equal to that of the great depression of 1929. "At present the US economy is rapidly shrinking. We are looking at a global slowdown that will affect all those in global markets. This is not a crisis like those of 1987 or 1998 or 2001. The contraction will be much greater. We have to go back to 1929 to find a similar slowdown". Speaking of those who thing that growth in emerging economies will be able to keep growth rates untouched despite the slowdown in advanced economies, he said that "No absorption is possible. All the equity markets are interconnected. Each single economy will be affected by the crisis in some degree".

US rivals trade blows on economy

Voters have questioned the US presidential hopefuls in a town hall-style debate dominated by the financial crisis and foreign policy.

US indicts UBS wealth management head

UBS suffered its biggest blow yet in the US investigation into its offshore banking activities for rich American clients as US authorities said they had indicted Raoul Weil, the Swiss bank’s head of global wealth management. The US Department of Justice indictment also said other senior unnamed UBS’s executives were involved as alleged “unindicted co-conspirators�. Separately, the indictment includes detailed allegations about how other, more junior, managers sought to circumvent US tax rules over a period of years. The DoJ claims Weil used the expression “toxic waste� to refer to the US business because of its acute sensitivity. In a statement Tuesday night, UBS said Weil would relinquish his duties pending resolution of the matter and said the bank was “fully committed� to continuing co-operating with the probe.

US rivals spar in first TV debate

US presidential rivals Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have attacked each other over foreign policy and the economy, in their first debate.

Brown in US for talks on economy

Gordon Brown has arrived in New York for talks with other world leaders on the global economic crisis.

Toys "R"Us to Offer Apple iPod "For the First Time Ever"

The iPod phenomenon shows little signs of abating. A spokesperson from the giant, Wayne, NJ-based toys retailer Toys”R”Us informs us that, beginning this month, it will offer a “wide selection of Apple iPod products in all of its Toys”R”Us stores nationwide for the first time ever.” Those comments refer to the American Toys“R”Us outlets and Web sites only. Although iPods aren’t yet listed on America's Toys"R"Us Web site, they have been available through its U.K. affiliate (www.toysrus.co.uk) for well over a year. There's no word when (or if) iPods might become available in Canada through this retail channel.

ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone"

trackpick points out a recent ACLU initiative to publicize a recent expansion of authority claimed by the Border Patrol to stop and search individuals up to 100 miles from any US border. They have created a map of what they call the US Constitution-Free Zone. "Using data provided by the US Census Bureau, the ACLU has determined that nearly 2/3 of the entire US population (197.4 million people) live within 100 miles of the US land and coastal borders. The government is assuming extraordinary powers to stop and search individuals within this zone. This is not just about the border: This 'Constitution-Free Zone' includes most of the nation's largest metropolitan areas.'"

US offers banks capital infusion, lifting hope in credit crisis

US authorities have unveiled plans to inject billions of US dollars into banks to ease a global credit crisis, as European economies showed signs of recession and a powerful global stock rally stalled.

BrazAlta Announces Private Placement of US$18.6 Million in BCH Ltd. And Provides a BCH Operational Update

BrazAlta Resources Corp. ("BrazAlta" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:BRX) is pleased to announce that its oilfield services subsidiary, BCH Ltd. ("BCH"), has completed a non-brokered private placement (the "Financing") of 4,474,999 Common Shares of BCH Ltd. ("BCH Common Shares"), at a price of US$4.163 per BCH Common Share for aggregate gross proceeds of US$18,629,421. BrazAlta Resources Corp. acquired 2,282,249 BCH Common Shares and Allis-Chalmers Energy Inc. ("Allis-Chalmers") acquired 2,192,750 BCH Common Shares in the Financing. BCH intends to use the proceeds from the Financing to pay down intercompany debt to BrazAlta (US$7.4 million), interest to Allis-Chalmers with respect to the previously announced US$40 million subordinated convertible debenture (the "Debenture") (US$3.

US Elections: What direction now for US space exploration?

US CONGRESSMAN Adam Schiff was touring Pakistan in May when NASA's Phoenix spacecraft touched down on Mars. He was struck by the glowing accounts of NASA's triumph that suddenly dominated the Pakistani newspapers. "In a country where there are such deep suspicions about what the US does, there was at least one area where the reaction was uniformly positive," says Schiff, whose district in California includes NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which built Phoenix. "And it's one area where the US shows that it is capable of doing great things."

Finance crisis: Two more US banks collapse, making 19 this year

New York - Two more regional US banks - in California and Texas - have collapsed amidst the worst finance crisis since the Great Depression, bringing to 19 the total number of US banks that have gone under in this year alone.

Finance crisis: Two more US banks collapse, making 19 this year

New York - Two more regional US banks - in California and Texas - have collapsed amidst the worst finance crisis since the Great Depression, bringing to 19 the total number of US banks that have gone under in this year alone. More collapses are expec...

Two more US banks collapse amid looming financial crisis

New York, Nov 9 (DPA) Two more regional US banks - in California and Texas - have collapsed amidst the worst finance crisis since the Great Depression, bringing to 19 the total number of US banks that have gone under in this year alone.

The Kuwaiti government must not waste time to impose control on local banks

THE financial crisis currently lashing both the United States of America and the United Kingdom (UK) has aggravated to such an extent the US administration has no choice but to step in with a bailout package of $700,” columnist Nasser Al-Otaibi wrote for Al-Seyassah daily Wednesday. “Needless to say this financial crisis can be attributed to a defect in the US banking system. In this context, we elucidate the US banks had given a lot of loans to the US citizens to enable them to meet their requirements such as the purchase of real estate and homes at high interest rate.

UAE: Influential Blog Blocked After Analysing Impact Of US Financial Crisis

Access to Mujarad-Ensan (“Just a man�: http://mujarad-ensan.maktoobblog.com), regarded as one of the United Arab Emirates’ most influential blogs, has been blocked in the country since 12 October. Its author, who often writes about political transparency, free expression and the media, posted an entry on 11 October entitled “Let’s laugh together: our economy is doing well,� in which he analysed the impact of the US financial crisis on the UAE.

HSBC chief hits at state bank bail-outs

The government-sponsored bail-outs of western banks risk rewarding management teams for failure and could distort the market, Michael Geoghegan, chief executive of HSBC, warned Monday in comments that reflected deep frustration at the UK bank, which, despite suffering heavy losses in the US mortgage market, has weathered the credit crisis in better shape than many of its rivals. However, HSBC executives acknowledged the rescues in the US and Europe were necessary to stabilise the banking system and restore credit flows. Geoghegan spoke as HSBC signalled in its Q3 trading statement that recovery in its US consumer finance division might take longer than the three years it initially forecast. Its bad debt charges in the US rose 24% over the previous quarter to $4.

US studying features of Islamic banking

(MENAFN - Arab News) The US government is currently studying the salient features of Islamic banking to ascertain how far it could be useful in fighting the ongoing world economic crisis, Robert M. Kimmitt, US deputy secretary of the Treasury, said at a press conference held at the US Embassy here yesterday.

US open: UK-style bank plan lifts stocks

LONDON (SHARECAST) - Coming off its worst week in three-quarters of a century, Wall Street has opened sharply higher, with a number of crisis stocks leading the way, after a US official confirmed the US Treasury is contemplating a UK-style capital injection for US banks through the purchase of equity.

How US Schools' Culture Stifles Math Achievement

Zarf writes "I'd like to file a bug report on the US educational system. The New York Times reports on a recent study that shows the US fails to encourage academic talent as a culture.'"There is something about the culture in American society today which doesn't really seem to encourage men or women in mathematics," said Michael Sipser, the head of M.I.T.'s math department. "Sports achievement gets lots of coverage in the media. Academic achievement gets almost none."' While we've suspected that the US might be falling behind academically, this study shows that it is actually due to cultural factors that are devaluing the success of our students. I suspect there's a flaw in the US cultural system that prevents achievement on the academic front as valuable.

Toys "R"Us to Offer Apple iPod "For the First Time Ever"

The iPod phenomenon shows little signs of abating. A spokesperson from the giant, Wayne, NJ-based toys retailer Toys”R”Us informs us that, beginning this month, it will offer a “wide selection of Apple iPod products in all of its Toys”R”Us stores nationwide for the first time ever.” Those comments presumably refer to the American (and possibly, the Canadian) Toys“R”Us outlets and Web sites only. Although iPods aren’t yet listed on either country’s Web sites, they have been available through its U.K. affiliate (www.toysrus.co.uk) for well over a year.

Russia's Soyuz spacecraft carrying US tourist docks with ISS

Russian Soyuz spacecraft TMA-13 carrying US space tourist Richard Garriott has docked with the International Space Station (ISS), RIA Novosti news agency reported today quoting Russia's Mission Control official. The Soyuz TMA-13 craft, which blasted off from the Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan on Sunday, brought US astronaut Mike Fincke, Russian cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov and US space tourist Garriott to the ISS. Mr Garriott will conduct a variety of scientific experiments during his ten-day stay on the orbiting station. The son of US astronaut Owen Garriott, the sixth space tourist to travel to the ISS made his fortune in online computer games, including the popular Ultima Online. He reportedly paid 30 million dollars for the trip to the ISS.

How Close Were US Presidential Elections?

Mike Sheppard writes "I'm a graduate student in Statistics at Michigan State University and spent some time analyzing past US presidential elections to determine how close they truly were. The mathematical procedures of Linear Programming and 0-1 Integer Programming were used to find the optimal solution to the question: 'What is the smallest number of total votes that need to be switched from one candidate to another, and from which states, to affect the outcome of the election?' Because of the way the popular and electoral votes interact, the outcome of the analysis had some surprising and intriguing results. For example, in 2004, 57,787 votes would have given us President Kerry; and in 2000, 269 votes would have given us President Gore. In all there have been 12 US Presidential elections that were decided by less than a 1% margin; mean

Indonesian Bloggers: Views On The U.S. Financial Crisis

Americans are afraid of another Great Depression as the Wall Street crisis continues to worsen. Meanwhile, many Indonesians are afraid that the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis will happen again if the U.S. economy continues to deteriorate. Indonesia was badly hit during the 1997 economic crisis. Many people can still remember the huge negative impact of the regional recession a decade ago.

US rivals launch final vote push

The US presidential rivals are spending a hectic final day of campaigning criss-crossing the country in a last push for votes in key states.

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