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Bernanke: Fannie, Freddie In No Danger

Amid Fading Confidence In Financial System, Fed Chair Says He Faces "Significant Challenges"

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Fannie & Freddie's Friends In High Places

Inside Look At How Influential Mortgage Financers Kept Regulations At A Distance

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Volkswagen To Open U.S. Plant In Tenn.

Auto Company Will Open First American Assembly Plant In 20 Years And Employ About 2,000 Workers To Increase Sales



GM Slashes Jobs In Struggle To Stay Afloat

Automaker Will Lay Off Salaried Workers, Cut Truck Production In Effort To Cover Losses

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American Airlines Jettisoning 200 Pilots

Airline Shedding 8 Percent Of Workforce As Jet Fuel Costs Soar



Oil Prices Tumble Amid Economic Worries

Stock Selloff Underscores Investor Uncertainty About Effect Of Sky-High Prices



Fed Throws More Cold Water On Economy

Chairman Bernanke Admits "Numerous Difficulties" And "Significant Challenges" Face U.S.

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Troubled Economy A Boost For Repo Business

The Business Of Taking Back Boats Flourishes As Americans Fall Deeper In Debt



Nervous Depositors Fret Over IndyMac Crash

Hundreds Line Up Before Dawn At California Headquarters Of Failed Bank

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Anheuser-Busch Agrees To Belgian Buyout

European Beverage Giant InBev To Acquire Iconic American Brewer Of Budweiser For $52 Billion

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Stocks Mixed In Wake Of Mortgage Bailout

Federal Reserve, Treasury Department Hoped To Boost Investor Confidence In Mortgage Giants

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Saving A Bundle On Air Conditioning

Susan Koeppen With Tips On Central Air, Window Units, And More

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Markets Drop Amid Mortgage Worries

Dow Falls 128 Points As Investors Assess Dangers Faced By Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae

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3 Painless Ways To Cut Spending

MarketWatchs' Marshall Loeb Offers Up His Daily Money Tips



Senate Passes Foreclosure Rescue Bill

Plan Will Back FHA Loans To Give Struggling Homeowners New Fixed Rate Mortgages


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Fast Facts

Fannie & Freddie

A look at the government-sponsored siblings and their role in the mortgage market.


In-Depth

Bank Seizure Q&A

What if my bank fails? Some questions and answers in the wake of IndyMac Bank.


Fast Facts

GM Moves

General Motors announces cuts to salaried jobs, production, dividend to raise turnaround cash.


Photo Essay

Media Movers & Shakers

See who turned up for Allen & Co's annual Sun Valley media confab


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Industry Turbulence

See how the country's top airlines are faring


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Bear Stearns Bailout

A look at recent events at the 85-year-old investment firm.




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