| Emily Bronte |
| I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence of yours beyond you. |
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| Clueless about trading? Start networking online |
| NEW YORK -- Erin O'Brien and her friends are do-it-yourself investors. |
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| Stocks fall on inflation data, financial worries |
| NEW YORK -- Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight session Tuesday after a hefty jump in wholesale inflation and a drop in new home construction gave investors more reason to believe an economic recovery is far off. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped by about 130 points. |
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| Bank of Japan keeps key interest rate steady |
| TOKYO -- Japan's central bank chief said Tuesday he expects the world's second-largest economy to stay stagnant for the time being but denied it was headed toward the sort of deep slump that crippled the country in the 1990s. |
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| Fannie, Freddie fall on renewed bailout fears |
| WASHINGTON -- Whether or not the government is actually on the verge of taking over mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, investor fears that a bailout is imminent could turn such a worst-case scenario into reality. |
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| Wall Street pulls back as financials fall |
| NEW YORK -- Wall Street retreated Monday after Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac fell to their lowest levels in nearly 20 years on concerns that the government might need to bail out the mortgage financiers. Weakness in the overall financial sector sent the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 175 points. |
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| Fort Hunt GIs Sent WWII POWs Care Packages |
| The secret packages were part of a highly classified effort to help American POWs escape from their German captors. Inside there were baseballs, pipes and cribbage boards that contained compasses, saws, escape maps and radio transmitters. |
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| Obama Fires Back At McCain |
| A day after John McCain spoke to the group, Barack Obama addressed the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Orlando, Fla. He told McCain to stop questioning his patriotism and character, and he hit the Arizona senator on his support for Iraq and Pakistan. |
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| U.S. To Build Missiles On Polish Soil |
| The U.S. and Polish governments have decided to fast-track a missile defense program. The tensions between Georgia and Russia sped the talks that brought about the move. We examine reactions by Russian and European leaders. |
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| U.S. Cost Of Living On The Rise |
| The cost of living is growing at a rate unseen since the early nineties, according to a recent report by the U.S. Department of Labor. And wages aren't keeping up. William Spriggs, professor of Economics at Howard University, explains why the gap between earning and spending power is increasing by so much, and so fast. |
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| Puerto Rican Residents Look Elsewhere For Opportunities |
| An increasing number of residents from Puerto Rico -– particularly those with middle class and professional backgrounds— are looking for work in Florida following an economic slowdown in Puerto Rico. Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles, who has been writing about the issue, is joined by marketing professional Xavier Vilaro to discuss the trend. Vilaro recently left Puerto Rico and is currently looking for work in Florida. |
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