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Big foundations have been damaged by the turmoil on Wall Street, receiving fewer gifts or seeing some of their stock holdings lose value.
In a moment of historic drama in the Capitol and on Wall Street, the House of Representatives voted 228-205 to reject a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry.
C.E.O.’s of troubled companies seem to always face the conundrum that right before their companies go out of business, they give an interview with a happy face.
The turmoil that has rocked the United States banking system spread to Europe on Monday, buffeting institutions in at least four countries with a chain of new failures.
The eve of Coach Mike D’Antoni’s first training camp looked familiar, with Stephon Marbury occupying the center of the Knicks’ storm.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 24, 2008, covering September 30, 2008.
Metallica
Young Jeezy
Kid Rock
Jessica Simpson
Slipknot
2008J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (born 1926)[†]
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, better known as J. B. Jeyaretnam or by his initials JBJ, was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as secretary-general of the opposition Workers' Party from 1971 to 2001 and was the de facto Leader of the Opposition between 1981 and 1986. He was also an elected Member of Parliament for Anson SMC between 1981 and 1986, and a Non-constituency Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2001.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]