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House votes to extend trade benefit programs
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday to approve a one-year extension of trade benefits for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia that expire at the end of the year.
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Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives voted unanimously on Monday to approve a one-year extension of trade benefits for Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia that expire at the end of the year.
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U.S. bailout rejected; fear seizes marketsReuters - U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bailout plan for the financial industry in a shock vote that sent global markets sliding as European authorities scrambled to prop up a slew of banks.
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Disbelief as House deals death blow to bailout billAFP - Shocked, open-mouthed and fearful US lawmakers stood in the well of the House of Representatives Monday, dumbfounded by the magnitude of the chamber's decision to kill a bid to save Wall Street.
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Dow posts record point drop as House rejects bailoutReuters - Stocks plunged on Monday in their biggest decline ever after U.S. lawmakers unexpectedly rejected a $700 billion financial bailout, spooking investors who fear for the future of global markets and the U.S. economy.
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McCain says Congress must act right away on bailoutReuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Monday Congress should get back to work right away on a Wall Street bailout bill the House of Representatives rejected.
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Oil prices plunge 10 pct after House defeats bailoutAFP - Crude oil plunged 10 percent Monday after the US House of Representatives narrowly rejected a 700-billion-dollar government bailout of the financial sector, throwing markets into a tailspin.
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Oil plunges 10 dlrs on House defeat of US bailoutAFP - Crude oil plunged more than 10 dollars a barrel Monday in New York after the US House of Representatives rejected a 700-billion-dollar bailout of the financial sector.
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Obama says Congress ultimately will pass bailoutReuters - Presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday he believed Congress would ultimately pass a proposed $700 billion financial bailout deal, despite its initial rejection by the House of Representatives.
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Bailout Bill Posed Whipping Challenge for Both Parties
CQPolitics.com - The effort to persuade House members to vote for a massive financial bailout bill was singularly unsuccessful, with Republicans proving especially resistant to pleas from the Bush administration and their own leaders.
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CQPolitics.com - The effort to persuade House members to vote for a massive financial bailout bill was singularly unsuccessful, with Republicans proving especially resistant to pleas from the Bush administration and their own leaders.
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Dow sinks over 700 pointsAFP - The Dow Jones industrials plunged over 700 points Monday after the rejection by US lawmakers of a massive rescue plan for the financial system.
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