U.S. Agrees to a Stake in GMAC
The Treasury Department took a stake of $5 billion in GMAC and agreed to lend $1 billion to to help it reorganize itself as a bank holding company.
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The Treasury Department took a stake of $5 billion in GMAC and agreed to lend $1 billion to to help it reorganize itself as a bank holding company.
As families have fewer children and India’s economy grows, the West may need to look elsewhere to fill its pulpits.
With homes worth less than the mortgage owed, some divorcing couples fight not to get the house.
Automakers and their higher wage scales provided a route to the middle class for many African-Americans.
The group’s return to military actions against Israel is part of its strategy to appear as Palestinians’ principal resistance.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 24, 2008, covering December 30, 2008.
Taylor Swift
Britney Spears
Beyonce
Nickelback
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In 2008, the world population was approximately 6,844,457,662 people[†]