The century-old Christian Science Monitor said Tuesday that it would discontinue its daily print edition in April and move almost exclusively to online publication, becoming the first major national newspaper to abandon a daily paper-and-ink format.
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A gang of hyperactive New Mexico high school kids faced down a sadistic serial murderer at the movies this weekend and came out on top in a big way.
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In a harbinger of what may be a flood of similar disclosures, City National Bank in Beverly Hills said Sunday that it would receive a $395-million capital infusion from the
U.S. Treasury as part of the government’s $250-billion bailout program.
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Last of three parts
In late 2007, Centinela Hospital in Inglewood was losing nearly $1 million a month and had piled up $15 million in debt.
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Second of three parts
WellPoint Inc., the nation’s largest health insurance company, ran into a snag last year while pursuing an important new business initiative.
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First of three partsJennifer and Greg Danylyshyn of Pasadena are conscientious parents.
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Treasury Secretary Henry
M. Paulson tried to leave no doubts last week about how he expected America’s banks to use the $250 billion the government is handing out as capital.
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By flooding the
U.S. banking system with hundreds of billions of dollars in cheap capital, the government could find itself funding the most dramatic change in the nation’s financial landscape since the deregulation drive of the 1980s.
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Are we witnessing the erosion of capitalism, or its salvation?
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In an extraordinary response to the escalating financial crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry
M. Paulson said Friday that the government would buy direct stakes in banks and other financial institutions for the first time since the Great Depression.
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