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• A Newly Opened Investment Tax Gift

  Published: November 27, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Newly, Opened, Investment, Tax, Gift, Barclays Plc, Merrill Lynch Amp Co Inc, David Hariton, Bear Stearns Amp Co Inc, Fortune Magazine, Lehman Brothers Inc, Allan Sloan, Andrew Desouza, Robert Willens, U S Department Of The Treasury, U S House Committee On Ways And Me

  Thanksgiving has just passed; the year-end holidays are around the corner. So in the spirit of the season, I've got a gift for you. Sort of. It's not spiritual or religious, and doesn't even involve food. It's about money. To be specific, it's a way that average investors may one day be able to...

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• Jumbo Help

  Published: February 16, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Jumbo, Help, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Holdings, Anna Galloway, Ajay Rajadhyaksha, Nicolas Retsinas, Stanford Group Company, Charles County, Washington Dc, West Virginia, Barclays Plc, George W Bush, Jaret Seiberg, Keith Gumbinger, Federal Housing Administration, Harvard U

  Anna Galloway keeps a watchful eye on interest rates and stays in touch with her mortgage broker because she is eager to refinance the "jumbo" loan on her Charles County home.

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• Economic Downturn Expands Countrywide

  Published: March 6, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Economic, Downturn, Expands, Countrywide, Barclays Plc, U S Federal Reserve, Julia Coronado, United States, Ohio, Bank Of America Corporation, Standard Amp Poor S, David Wyss, Manhattan, New England States, Peter Kretzmer, Wall Street, Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago, Fed

  The economic downturn, which started in the handful of states where the housing market was in the worst shape, is spreading to almost every corner of the country and to a wide variety of industries, according to a Federal Reserve report released yesterday.

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• Thrift Savings Plan's Stock Funds Take a Hit

  Published: April 22, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Thrift, Savings, Plan S, Stock, Funds, Take, Hit, Barclays Plc, Blake R Grossman, Wall Street, Alejandro M Sanchez, Andrew M Saul, H Michael Williams, Stephen Barr, Thomas A Fink, Alaska, British Bank, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, Florida, Lehman Brothers I

  The stock markets were roiled, and federal employees headed for cover.

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• Crude Analysis

  Published: May 27, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Crude, Analysis, Ed Morse, Arjun N Murti, Saudi Arabia, Opec, United States, Denver, John Hofmeister, Kevin Norrish, London, Paul Horsnell, Roger Diwan, T Boone Pickens, Australia, Barclays Plc, Brazil, Canada, Cnbc Inc, Cornell University, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Goldman Sa

  Goldman Sachs oil company analyst Arjun N. Murti and commodity analyst Jeffrey Currie are rattling the oil markets -- again.

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• Rebuffing The Rockefellers

  Published: May 29, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Rebuffing, The, Rockefellers, David Rockefeller, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Standard Oil Company, Peter O Neill Executive, Rex Tillerson, Bp Plc, Dallas, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, United States, New Jersey, Barclays Plc, Chevron Corporation, Environment Institute, Jp Morga

  Exxon Mobil yesterday fended off a revolt by descendants of company founder John D. Rockefeller Sr. at the firm's annual meeting in Dallas and defeated a shareholder resolution that would have divided the jobs of chairman and chief executive, now both held by Rex W. Tillerson.

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