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funds stories: 3 news summaries

 10 Banks Form 
 $70B Fund to 
 Stave Off Crash 

Paulson brokers twin public-private liquidity measures

Sep 15, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten of the world's largest banks have formed a massive liquidity fund to mitigate the effects of the Lehman Brothers meltdown, reports the Financial Times. All the investment banks will be able to borrow up to a third of the $70 billion fund in order to reduce volatility and stay... More »

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Wall Street • Citigroup • Bank of America • Barclays • Goldman Sachs • Federal Reserve • Credit Suisse • Henry Paulson • Morgan Stanley • Deutsche Bank • UBS • Merrill Lynch • funds • Lehman Brothers • liquidity • investment banks • JPMorgan Chase

Bush Caves
On Iraq Benchmarks

Democrats renew insistence on stick
to accompany carrot

May 10, 07 4:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an abrupt about-face, President Bush said today he will negotiate with Congress about including benchmarks for the Iraqi government in war-spending legislation. With discontent mounting on both sides of the aisle, he emerged from a Pentagon briefing on Iraq and Afghanistan and said, "It makes sense to have... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • war • benchmarks • funds • Josh Bolten • Iraq war • Iraq war spending • George W. Bush

Bush Will Veto New Iraq Bill

May 9, 07 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush will veto a second proposed Iraq appropriations blll, the White House said today, dashing hopes for an agreement on the controversial measure. The new bill, which House Dems unveiled yesterday, requires the President to report to Congress on Iraq's progress in order to receive full funding for the... More »

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Iraq • Democratic Congress • Iraq appropriations • war • veto • funds • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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