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/ 19 September 2008

Early honours to Europe in Ryder Cup

Early honours went to Europe on the opening day of the Ryder Cup on Friday, taking a quick lead in two out of the four opening foursomes.

By Allan Kelly
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/ 19 September 2008

Drug dealer charges fuel surcharge

First came the airlines, then the pizza delivery drivers. Now even drug dealers are charging a fuel surcharge.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 September 2008

Europe poised to tighten hold on Ryder Cup

With two years of patient preparation finally behind them, Europe launch their bid on Friday for an unprecedented fourth successive Ryder Cup.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes
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/ 19 September 2008

Obama rebounds in polls as economic crisis bites

White House hopeful Barack Obama reversed a Republican surge and bounded into the lead on Thursday in national polls swayed by the financial crisis.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 19 September 2008

Wall fall down

Who’s to blame? Indebted Americans? Alan Greenspan? Slack credit rating agencies? Greedy and overpaid chief executives?

By Kevin Davie
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/ 19 September 2008

US announces plan to ease financial crisis

The US said on Thursday it was putting together a rescue plan to clear away the bad debt that has caused the worst financial crisis in decades.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

Bill Gates is the richest once again

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the United States money heap, Forbes magazine’s latest list reveals.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

Morgan Stanley in talks as fear grips financials

Morgan Stanley topped the list of major financial firms scrambling to find a buyer on Thursday amid panicked stock and money markets.

By Tony Munroe and Steve Slater
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/ 18 September 2008

Team talk hots up at Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup team speculation gathered pace at Valhalla Golf Club on Wednesday two days ahead of Friday’s opening foursomes.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

US mulls further steps against Russia

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to deliver on Thursday what officials describe as a ”significant” speech on US relations with Russia.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

World finance firestorm outpaces firefighters

Morgan Stanley became the next great Wall Street name in peril on Thursday with reports it was in talks to be bought by Wachovia Corporation.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 18 September 2008

It’s the Fred and Fan show

Larry Elliott takes a look at the bail-out which is a nationalisation designed to avert the worst market collapse since the 1930s.

By Larry Elliott
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/ 18 September 2008

White House rivals war over ‘worst crisis in generations’

Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed his White House rival John McCain on Wednesday as a lifelong member of the "old boys’ network".

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 September 2008

Wall Street woes force US to seek cash for central bank

The US government sought to raise -billion on Wednesday to help its central bank finance a rescue plan for insurance giant AIG.

By Glenn Somerville
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/ 17 September 2008

Yahoo! welcomes hackers

Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo! on the weekend.

By Glenn Chapman
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/ 17 September 2008

Google’s iPhone competitor to be revealed

Google is to launch the first cellphone running its Android software next week in a joint initiative with T-Mobile, the companies said on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 September 2008

Ghosts from the past at the Emmys

Friendly ghosts from television’s past will bring their ethereal charm to the television industry’s 60th Emmy Awards.

By Sandy Cohen
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/ 17 September 2008

Ryder Cup slump a mystery to Mickelson

Phil Mickelson has played on six Ryder Cup teams and lost five of them and he admits he is at a loss to explain why this is.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 17 September 2008

Team unity Faldo’s top priority at Valhalla

Europe’s team spirit has underpinned their dominance of recent Ryder Cups and captain Nick Faldo has made that a priority for their title defence.

By Mark Lamport-Stokes
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/ 17 September 2008

AIG rescued by US Federal Reserve

Capping an extraordinary day in financial markets, US authorities pieced together an emergency -billion rescue of insurance company AIG.

By Jonathan Stempel
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/ 16 September 2008

Bush pledges swift aid to hurricane-hit Texas

United States President George Bush pledged swift federal aid for millions of storm-struck Texans on Tuesday.

By Tabassum Zakaria
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/ 16 September 2008

Texas rushes Ike relief as health crisis looms

Texas officials warned on Monday of a possible health crisis and urged thousands to leave the island city of Galveston.

By Tim Gaynor
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/ 16 September 2008

Fast food’s smoking gun

Why junk food won’t just make you fat — it will make you sick. Nechama Brodie reports.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 16 September 2008

Obama, McCain promise to tackle Wall Street reform

White House candidates Barack Obama and John McCain promised on Monday to move quickly to reform Wall Street.

By Caren Bohan and Jeff Mason
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/ 15 September 2008

Palin’s travels broadened the horizons

The young governor from the remote state engaged in her own brand of shuttle diplomacy in the summer of 2007, even posing with some of her troops.

By Dan Glaister
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/ 15 September 2008

Lehman files for bankruptcy, plans to sell units

Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy protection, after trying to finance too many risky assets with too little capital.

By Dan Wilchins
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/ 15 September 2008

Fannie, Freddie CEOs denied exit bonuses

US regulators will not allow mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to pay their chief executives multimillion-dollar severance packages.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 15 September 2008

Hurricane Ike sparks biggest Texas rescue

Rescue teams scoured rubble and searched homes on Sunday in a huge rescue effort after Hurricane Ike cut a swathe of destruction through Texas.

By Ed Stoddard
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/ 15 September 2008

Palin: On a mission from God

Sarah Palin’s road from mayor of a small Alaskan town to John McCain’s running mate is littered with casualties, writes Ed Pilkington.

By Ed Pilkington
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/ 14 September 2008

US terms set to review Fannie, Freddie exit pay

Regulators have decided how multimillion-dollar severance packages for the departing chief executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be limited.

By Susan Heavey
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/ 14 September 2008

Hurricane Ike strikes at heart of Texas oil wealth

Hurricane Ike slammed into the most populated part of the Texas coast on Saturday with ferocious winds and a wall of water that flooded seaside towns.

By Chris Baltimore and Anna Driver
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/ 14 September 2008

Campaign gets nastier with new revelations about Palin

The presidential campaign got nastier on Sunday as a newspaper revealed that Sarah Palin used her position as governor to give top jobs to friends.

By Staff Reporter
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