DollarNews and information about the dollar.Stocks tumble after government bailout of AIG- September 17, 2008 Wall Street plunged again in a crisis of confidence Wednesday as anxieties about the financial system still ran high after the government's bailout of insurer American International Group Inc.http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2008/09/17/ap/business/d938mvao0.txt Google, GE Gather Backers for Energy Policy Lobby- September 17, 2008 General Electric and Google said Wednesday that the two companies would collaborate to influence public policy on renewable energy.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2330584,00.asp Bonds soar, dollar free falls- September 17, 2008 So how did investors in the Treasury and currency markets react Wednesday to Wall Street's continued meltdown Government bonds bounced back strongly, sending the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield back down near ...http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/markets/bondcenter/treasurys_dollar/index.htm?postversion=... Gold posts record gain- September 17, 2008 Gold prices posted their biggest one-day jump ever Wednesday, as jitters over the health of the financial sector sent stocks tumbling and the dollar weakened.http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/markets/gold/index.htm?postversion=2008091716 Another thrashing for stocks- September 17, 2008 Stocks plummeted Wednesday, with the Dow industrials falling 449 points in its second worst session of the year, as the government's emergency rescue of AIG amplified fears about the stability of financial ...http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm?postversion=2008091717 City Week- September 17, 2008 WomanKraft Pieced Together: The Art of Collage continues through Saturday, Oct. 25. Jane Hamilton Fine Art Tucson Copper Skylines by Jack Eggman continues through Wednesday, Oct.http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/CityWeek/Content?oid=115599 Why the Fed pulled the trigger on AIG- September 17, 2008 The federal government's rescue of American International Group gave the insurance titan something even more important than access to $85 billion ... it gave AIG time.http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/17/news/companies/aig_explainer/index.htm?postversion=2008091... Report: Percentage of U.S. Wireless Households Increases- September 17, 2008 A report from the Nielsen Company reveals that wireless substitution continues to increase in the U.S., reaching 20.2 million households, or 17.1 percent of all U.S. households, by the end of June 2008.http://internetcommunications.tmcnet.com/topics/enterprise/articles/40246-report-percentag... Arson 'director' sentenced to 10 years- September 17, 2008 Described as the "director" of the multi-million-dollar-arson-for-profit scheme, Vanesssa Allen Hatcher was sentenced today to 10 years in prison.http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080917/NEWS06/80917019 Gold prices post biggest 1-day gain ever- September 17, 2008 Gold prices exploded Wednesday _ posting the biggest one-day gain ever in dollar terms _ as fears of more credit market turmoil unnerved investors and triggered a flood of safe-haven buying.http://www.wtop.com/?nid=111&sid=1480094 |