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Hard Times On the Thames

LONDON, Oct. 9 -- The flash of cash by the super-rich bankers and traders who work in London's financial district had come to symbolize the capital. They ordered birthday cakes with emeralds. They ran up $10,000 bar bills at nightclubs. They drove, or were driven in, Porsches and Bentleys.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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The End Of American Capitalism?

The worst financial crisis since the Great Depression is claiming another casualty: American-style capitalism.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Fears of Recession Deepen Rout

Fear and foreboding took hold on Wall Street yesterday, as the stock market again plunged and investors became convinced that the nation is on the verge of a deep and prolonged recession. The rout continued in Japan, where stocks plummeted in early trading today.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Budget Shortfall Forces Va. to Cut Hundreds of Jobs

RICHMOND, Oct. 9 -- Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced Thursday that he is laying off nearly 600 state workers, closing some prisons and cutting funding for higher education by about 6 percent as the state struggles with one of its worst financial crises in modern times.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Gulf States Lose Their Swagger Amid Regionwide Sell-Off

CAIRO, Oct. 9 -- The oil-rich princes and financial titans of the Persian Gulf went into the week touting their immunity from the financial turmoil of the West, but stock markets in the region ended it posting sharp losses.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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'Nordic Tiger' Iceland Finds Itself in Meltdown

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 9 -- The bad news just keeps coming for Icelanders, who in the last week have seen the international financial empire that they built on this remote North Atlantic island start to crumble, piece by piece.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Optimistic That Alarm Could Inspire an Answer

The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, Olivier Blanchard, asserts that he is an optimist -- though that is a relative term during a week that has seen free-falling stock markets, frozen credit markets and talk of another Great Depression.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Financial Crisis Tests Limits of Unity Within the E.U.

PARIS, Oct. 9 -- Three weeks ago, as the Bush administration struggled to salvage collapsing U.S. investment banks, European leaders calmly reassured their people. Banks on this side of the Atlantic are more wisely regulated, they said, and unlikely to succumb to the chaos on Wall Street.

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10.10.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Bush to Address Nation About Economic Crisis Friday

President Bush, who has said little publicly during this week's prolonged market dive, will make a statement about the crisis tomorrow morning in the Rose Garden, the White House said late today.

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10.10.2008 00:56:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Asian Markets Mixed in Wake of Australia's Rate Cut

SEOUL, Sept. 7 -- Downward pressure on stocks in Asia eased slightly on Tuesday, as Australia's central bank imposed the largest interest-rate cut in 16 years and Japan's new prime minister promised to prop up his country's shrinking economy with sharply higher government spending.

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07.10.2008 12:05:01 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Hard Times On the Thames

The End Of American Capitalism?

Fears of Recession Deepen Rout

Budget Shortfall Forces Va. to Cut Hundreds of Jobs

Gulf States Lose Their Swagger Amid Regionwide Sell-Off

'Nordic Tiger' Iceland Finds Itself in Meltdown

Optimistic That Alarm Could Inspire an Answer

Financial Crisis Tests Limits of Unity Within the E.U.

Bush to Address Nation About Economic Crisis Friday

Asian Markets Mixed in Wake of Australia's Rate Cut

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