01/08/2009
Commerzbank to get euro10 bln from government fund (AP via Yahoo! News)
Commerzbank AG says it will get euro10 billion ($13.5 billion) in fresh capital from a German government rescue fund.
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01/08/2009
54% Think Major Government Plan Is A Must for the Economy (Rasmussen Reports via Yahoo! News)
A majority of voters (54%) believe a major government economic recovery plan is necessary to restore the U.S. economy to good health.
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01/08/2009
So. Africans press government to act on Zimbabwe (AP via Yahoo! News)
South Africans pressing for change in Zimbabwe plan a hunger strike and other protests in an effort to force their government to isolate President Robert Mugabe.
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01/08/2009
Gunmen kill anti-government editor in Sri Lanka (AP via Yahoo! News)
Gunmen on a motorcycle Thursday shot and killed the editor of a Sri Lankan newspaper critical of the government, the second violent attack on media this week.
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01/08/2009
Commerzbank issues government-backed bond (AP via Yahoo! News)
Commerzbank AG will issue the first bond backed by the German government's multibillion-euro stabilization package, the bank said Thursday.
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01/08/2009
Vietnam Pushes Open-source Software for Government Use (PC World via Yahoo! News)
The Vietnamese government will move to several open-source applications by the end of next year as the country also tries to reduce the use of pirated software.
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01/08/2009
Government debt prices caught in a tug of war (CNNMoney.com via Yahoo! Finance)
Government bond prices took a pause in their new year's slide Thursday as investors weighed a flood of supply headed to market against a slew of negative economic data.
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01/08/2009
Commerzbank Issues Government-backed Bond (Fox News)
Commerzbank Issues Government-backed Bond
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01/08/2009
Commerzbank to get euro10 bln from government fund (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Commerzbank AG says it will get euro10 billion in fresh capital from a German government rescue fund. It says the deal will leave the government with a 25 percent stake. The German government put together its rescue fund, worth up to euro500 billion, last fall.
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01/08/2009
Buy Munis, TIPs on Government Actions, Gross Says (Update2) (Bloomberg)
The recommendations build on a list of assets Gross has said will benefit from government spending aimed at curbing a global recession, after what he called a series of “Ponzi schemes” in the economy.
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