New Anxiety Grips Russia’s Economy
Russia’s cash reserves have fallen to $484 billion, from a peak of just under $600 billion, putting the success of the economy in doubt.
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Russia’s cash reserves have fallen to $484 billion, from a peak of just under $600 billion, putting the success of the economy in doubt.
The merger of General Motors and Chrysler is a cultural shift that some people in Detroit find hard to swallow.
Though a focus on taxes is helping John McCain, Sarah Palin is weighing down the Republican ticket, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
While rivals talk mergers, Ford executives vow to survive by staying independent and stepping up production.
The American International Group has access to $144 billion in credit from the Federal Reserve under three programs, but its cash needs could grow even further.
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The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 29, 2008, covering October 31, 2008.
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2008Studs Terkel, American historian and author (born 1912)[†]
Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American writer, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1985 for The Good War and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago.
In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]