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Though consultants who show local governments how to raise more money turn up again and again in places where bond deals have turned sour, they are virtually unregulated.
Arne Duncan must decide how to disburse $100 billion in emergency aid for schools and colleges.
In a recession as bad as this one, here is what passes for optimism: Some economists say the wrenching pace of the downturn may be slowing.
The plan to reduce foreclosures is expected to include subsidies for borrowers that a lender would have to match.
With Tuesday the due date for the company’s debt, a deal with a high-profile investor was said to be near.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 11, 2009, covering February 17, 2009.
Bruce Springsteen
Taylor Swift
Beyonce
Nickelback
Kanye West
2009Conchita Cintrón, Chilean bullfighter and journalist (born 1922)[†]
Concepción Cintrón Verrill, also known as Conchita Cintrón or La Diosa de Oro, was a Chile-born Peruvian torera, perhaps the most famous in the history of bullfighting. In the ring Cintrón was said to display particular grace, style and bravado, a combination known as duende.
In 2009, the world population was approximately 6,932,766,416 people[†]