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Billionaire Investor John Marks Templeton Dies at 95

John Marks Templeton, 95, a billionaire investor whose lifelong fascination with science and the spiritual and their mutual connection to the meaning of life prompted him to establish the Templeton Prize, died early this morning of pneumonia at Doctors Hospital in Nassau, Bahamas. A naturalized...

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08.07.2008 20:45:02 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Regulator Sees No Need for Freddie, Fannie to Raise New Capital

The chief regulator for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said today he did not think a proposed change in accounting rules should force the companies to raise large amounts of new capital.

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08.07.2008 19:26:59 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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G-8 Approves Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

RUSUTSU, Japan July 8--The United States joined its allies Tuesday in committing for the first time to try to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050, as the Group of Eight major industrialized nations approved a plan aimed at spurring a new worldwide treaty to limit global warming.

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08.07.2008 18:35:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Fed Chair Says U.S. Economy Needs New Regulatory System

The government should create a new system to ensure that major financial firms can fail without creating risks for the larger economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today, in a sweeping speech that outlined his views on how regulation of the financial system should be overhauled.

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08.07.2008 15:52:58 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Shares of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Plummet

Investors dumped shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac yesterday based on worries that the two pillars of the housing market could be forced to raise $75 billion of capital, potentially confronting them with an overwhelming burden and crippling already struggling financial markets.

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08.07.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Fed, SEC Team Up On Bank Oversight

Two top regulators reached a formal agreement to coordinate their oversight of Wall Street yesterday, as the government attempts to build a new system to guard against a meltdown of the financial system.

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08.07.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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The Post's New Executive Editor Once Headed Wall Street Journal

Marcus Brauchli was named executive editor of The Washington Post yesterday, returning him to the top ranks of American journalism less than three months after Rupert Murdoch forced him out as the Wall Street Journal's editor.

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08.07.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Candidates Diverge on How to Save Social Security

Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain are both proposing dramatic changes to Social Security, taking on the financially fragile "third rail of American politics" that Congress and recent presidents have been unable to repair.

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08.07.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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GM Considers Cash-Raising Options to Get Through '09

General Motors needs cash. Lots of it, and fast. The struggling Detroit automaker, clinging to its slim sales lead over Toyota, needs at least $10 billion to fund the company until a projected return to profitability in 2010, analysts say. The company is beginning to reap the rewards of labor con...

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08.07.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

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Advocates Speak Up for Illegal Day Laborers Cheated of Wages

It was a relatively small amount, $720, that JosÃ© was owed for 72 hours of construction work in the District. Most immigrant day laborers, fleeced by a casual employer and unaware they had any legal recourse, would have swallowed their anger and let the matter drop.

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08.07.2008 06:00:00 - washingtonpost.com - Business

washingtonpost.com - Business

Billionaire Investor John Marks Templeton Dies at 95

Regulator Sees No Need for Freddie, Fannie to Raise New Capital

G-8 Approves Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Fed Chair Says U.S. Economy Needs New Regulatory System

Shares of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Plummet

Fed, SEC Team Up On Bank Oversight

The Post's New Executive Editor Once Headed Wall Street Journal

Candidates Diverge on How to Save Social Security

GM Considers Cash-Raising Options to Get Through '09

Advocates Speak Up for Illegal Day Laborers Cheated of Wages

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