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| Business News |  | Bernanke's role is focus at forum | | Belleville News- 8/21/2008 8:23:44 AM | | Thrust into the role of financial firefighter, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has taken unprecedented steps over the past year to battle the nation's worst credit and financial crises in decades. |  |
| Fannie, Freddie stocks dive | | Daily Breeze- 8/21/2008 8:03:42 AM | | Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lost more than a quarter of their value on Wednesday as fears mounted that the mortgage financiers will soon need government support and any bailout would hang stockholders ... | |
| Fannie, Freddie shares plummet | | San Gabriel Valley Tribune- 8/21/2008 6:28:53 AM | | Shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lost more than a quarter of their value on Wednesday as fears mounted that the mortgage financiers will soon need government support and any bailout would hang stockholders ... | |
| Bernanke's responses in crises under scrutiny | | Myrtle Beach Online- 8/21/2008 5:55:22 AM | | Thrust into the role of financial firefighter, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has taken unprecedented steps over the past year to battle the nation's worst credit and financial crises in decades. | |
| Final tanker specs expected next week | | STLtoday- 8/21/2008 5:12:44 AM | | Final guidelines will be released next week for the latest round of bidding on a disputed $35 billion contract to replace an aging fleet of Air Force refueling planes, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday. | |
| Wall Street finishes erratic day higher | | Washington Times- 8/21/2008 4:03:23 AM | | Wall Street scored a moderate gain after a volatile session Wednesday that saw the major indexes ratchet up and down on the seesawing price of oil and mixed feelings about the financial sector. | |
| Worker deaths hit historic low | | Press-Telegram- 8/21/2008 4:00:22 AM | | The number of workers killed on the job annually dropped to a historic low in 2007, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Wednesday. | |
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