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| Treasury lifts cap on aid to Fannie, Freddie: WSJ The U.S. Treasury agrees to provide Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac with as much capital as they need over the next three years, in an effort to reassure the investors who bought the giant mortgage companies' debt, The Wall Street Journal reported. feeds.marketwatch.com |
Airline passengers see tighter security Extra pat-downs before boarding. No getting up for the last hour of the flight. More bomb-sniffing dogs. Airports worldwide tightened security a day after a passenger tried to light some kind of explosive on a flight into Detroit.... hosted.ap.org |
Financial Stability Board backs Obama bank plan G20 agency says it welcomes U.S. president's move to ban banks from trading for their own accounts and is considering a similar move. feeds.marketwatch.com |
UK rejects Barack Obama's bank reforms Lord Myners has ruled out Britain adopting President Barack Obama's radical banking reforms in what could amount to a fillip for the City of London. telegraph.co.uk |
'Pop' icon Bubble Wrap celebrates 50th birthday SADDLE BROOK, N.J. (AP) -- People have walked to the altar dressed in it, protected their garden plants with it, even put it on display at highbrow art museums.... hosted.ap.org |