Date: Fri, 5. December 2008 01:07:00

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Date: Mon, 7. July 2008 13:59:00

Merrill Lynch & Co., faced with mounting losses from the credit fallout, is doing the equivalent of borrowing against its 401(k).

Date: Fri, 25. July 2008 14:23:00

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which has its own experience in cleaning up damage from the credit crisis, may now be peddling its expertise overseas.

Date: Mon, 5. May 2008 06:00:00

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Date: Fri, 13. June 2008 11:46:33

Thaindian.comLalu flays Nitish for `taking credit of additional relief`Zee News - 3 hours agoPatna, June 13: Criticising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for allegedly trying to take credit for Centre's decision of additional compensation to Bhagalpur riot victims, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today said he did "nothing but politics" on the issue ...Government to give ex-gratia relief to Bhagalpur riot victims Newstrack IndiaRs. 29.81-cr. package for Bhagalpur victims HinduTimes of India - Calcutta Telegraph - Hindustan Times - The Statesmanall 51 news articles

Date: Fri, 16. May 2008 23:31:36

Now you can always choose to tackle the annual chore of filing tax return by 1) learning to file tax yourself, or 2) paying someone else to file your tax. You may think the difference is just the $100 or so you pay someone sitting in the booth in Walmart in April, but it can be much more than that. Take myself as an example, given that I'm working in Asia, taking paycheck from a US-based company corporate entity, running a sideline business and still having to pay federal income tax in the States, my tax profile is on the complicated end of the spectrum. I'm thankful that my employer is paying KMPG several thousand dollars a year to file my tax. I will never be able to figure out how to navigate the intrigue laws governing federal tax on foreign earned income. Now I also need to confess I'm a control freak when it comes to managing money, so in each of the past two years, I took KMPG's draft return, and crunch every line again in a mass-market tax software, until I can satisfactorily say I understand how all numbers are tied together to produce my total tax number. This exercise took me about 10 hours every year, and it is worth every minute I put to it. Why? In each of the past two years, I found at least $2,000 worth of error in my favor. The first year, KMPG classified my business income as US earned instead of foreign-earned, effectively depriving me of the opportunity to offset some of my foreign-paid tax. The second year, KMPG even forgot my employer withhold taxes from my vested restricted stock grants. READ FULL POST ... Hot Deal: 5% cashback on everything from Citi CashReturns Mastercard Read more news like this from PFBlog.com, The Unique Personal Finance Blog Since 2003.

Date: Thu, 23. October 2008 16:24:04

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Date: Mon, 1. September 2008 17:44:26

"Month in Space" shows you eclipses, northern lights and other out-of-this-world sights from August 2008.

Date: Tue, 28. October 2008 22:37:41

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Date: Wed, 24. September 2008 23:01:00

Counterparty credit risk in the derivatives market rose again on Wednesday as investors were spooked by indecision in Congress on the $700 billion government bailout plan.