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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Feds Search for WaMu Buyer 

Falling share price stokes worries of a bank run

Sep 17, 08 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Mutual, America's largest savings and loan, may be the next big financial institution to fail, the New York Post reports. Fearing a run on the struggling bank, federal regulators placed calls yesterday gauging interest in a WaMu buyout to Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, HSBC, and others, but no... More »

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Wells Fargo • credit crisis • Washington Mutual • mortgage backed securities • Standard and Poor • savings • bank failure • JPMorgan Chase

OPINION

These Days, Local Banks Look Good

Your community banker cares, and may even have good deals

Jul 19, 08 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Community banks may seem like quaint relics to those who prefer banking online, but IndyMac's meltdown should have us thinking differently, Ron Lieber writes in the New York Times. Lieber visited a bank in small-town Maryland, and found a friendly, gray-haired manager who gives banking a personal touch. “If... More »

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money • bank • home loans • savings • bank failure • local bank • community

Buy Our Minivan, Give Your College Fund a Boost: VW

$1,500 incentive offered with purchase of Routan model

May 8, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Volkswagen is offering an innovative incentive to parents to buy their Chrysler-built Routan minivan: $1,500 in a college savings plan, Left Lane News reports. The partnership with Upromise might pale to those with more pressing concerns (or who hate planning ahead), though: Chrysler itself is offering a credit card... More »

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Chrysler • Volkswagen • auto industry • college tuition • savings • incentives • minivan

Will Tax Rebates Boost Economy? Test Starts Today

The government has begun sending out the first cash

Apr 29, 08 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first tax rebates designed to kick-start the economy should begin arriving in bank accounts today. The Treasury Department has begun sending electronic rebates to nearly 8 million people by the end of this week, and some 130 million checks will go out via snail mail in May. President Bush... More »

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credit card • Treasury Department • Internal Revenue Service • savings • economic stimulus package • tax rebate • economy • retail businesses

Personal Spending Slows
to a Crawl in February

Inflation cooling, but consumer confidence is down

Mar 28, 08 11:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Personal spending—a major force in the health of the economy— rose just 0.1% in February, its smallest increase in 16 months, the Wall Street Journal reports. The increase, which actually beat analysts' estimate of a 0.1% decrease, came despite a bump in personal income and signs that... More »

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inflation • income • recession • consumer spending • Department of Commerce • savings • economy

Gen Xers Aren't Saving
for Retirement

Too many still living paycheck
to paycheck, one expert warns

Nov 10, 07 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Aging Gen Xers are too saddled with costs and debt to save for retirement, MSNBC reports. In fact, 62% of Gen Xers—those born roughly from 1965 to 1980—said they still live paycheck to paycheck, according to a Charles Schwab survey. And they’re headed for trouble: The fund... More »

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education • retirement • mortgage • debt • Generation X • Social Security • savings

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