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Australia and NZ launch bank safeguard plan
Source:FT.com - US homepage 12 October 2008, 5:23 am
Australia and New Zealand launched co-ordinated plans to safeguard their banking systems on Sunday, hoping to stem heavy losses suffered by their currencies and markets last week.
Pressure grows for details of stabilisation plan
Source:FT.com - US homepage 11 October 2008, 5:17 pm
Pressure mounted at the weekend on the world's leading economies to spell out the specific 'urgent and exceptional' steps they have promised to take to stabilise financial markets before they open on Monday
Bush removes North Korea from terror list
Source:FT.com - US homepage 11 October 2008, 8:54 am
President George W. Bush removed North Korea from the US terrorism list in a move to resurrect a nuclear disarmament process that was in danger of collapse
Probe finds Palin abused her power
Source:FT.com - US homepage 11 October 2008, 12:06 am
Sarah Palin abused her power as governor of Alaska, according to an official report released into the so-called 'Troopergate' scandal that has clouded her candidacy as John McCain's Republican vice-presidential running-mate
US in de facto support for bank liabilities
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 3:41 pm
The US is likely to strengthen its implicit guarantee for all bank deposits and bank debt but stop short of a formal legal guarantee, as it tries to save its banks without destroying its non-bank financial sector
Lehman CDS pay-outs higher than expected
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 3:07 pm
Payments on about $400bn of credit default swaps are likely to be more than anticipated because initial auction results to settle them saw a lower recovery price
Q&A: The crisis explained
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 3:01 pm
The financial mire is affecting everyone, so here are answers to some fundamental questions
US stocks fall in volatile trading session
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 1:46 pm
US stocks ended their second worst week ever with more heavy selling that took the market's drop since its peak to a level that rivalled the crash of 1929
Finland's Ahtisaari wins Nobel Peace Prize
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 11:00 am
Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president and United Nations envoy, has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a mediator in international conflicts
GM 'no plans' for bankruptcy
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 10:50 am
Carmaker insists it does not intend to seek protection in the face of concerns over its ability to continue funding its operations
GE takes hit as consumers default on debt
Source:FT.com - US homepage 10 October 2008, 10:42 am
Pre-tax losses of up to $6.6bn this year and up to $9bn in 2009 expected, largely because of consumers' ailing financial conditions
US under pressure to rush out cash injection
Source:FT.com - US homepage 9 October 2008, 3:58 pm
The US was under pressure to rush out a bank recapitalisation plan to reassure the markets after yesterday's dramatic late plunge in stock prices. US officials were hoping to have some time to finish the plan but analysts said they could be forced to act immediately.