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Officials announce takeover of mortgage giants
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, announced Sunday that the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. (Updated 9:02 a.m. PT)

WWE steps up push in Japan market
TOKYO -- Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama is among some 600 other sports fans packing a Tokyo theater who can't get enough of World Wrestling Entertainment. (Updated 12:48 a.m. PT)

AirAsia takes risks with expansion amid downturn
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- AirAsia, the region's biggest budget carrier, is making a risky bet. (Updated 12:32 a.m. PT)

Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor
SURABAYA, Indonesia -- With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. But until now, the rail-thin scavenger could at least afford soy. (Updated 12:25 a.m. PT)

*SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 2008
- Talks fail; machinists strike Boeing Co.
- Fannie, Freddie blind to the bubble
- Report: Nomura considering stake in Lehman
 
*FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 05, 2008
- Silver State Bank in Nevada is shut
- Talk of financial crisis sparks unease in S. Korea
- As unemployment spikes, companies weigh options
- Soybeans tumble as dollar gains ground on euro
- Treasury prices decline as investors take profits
- GE may face civil action on securities violations
- Prosecutors: Loss in AIG scheme exceeds $1B
- Summary Box: Unemployment hits 5-year high
- Unemployment climbs to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
- Stocks mostly rise as investors snap up financials
- GE says SEC probing possible securities violations
- InfoGroup no longer faces delisting from Nasdaq
- NY Times to combine some sections in metro area
- FDA posts list of potential problem drugs
- Altria calls reports on UST 'pure speculation'
- Oil prices drop as jobs data add to demand worries
- Agriculture futures end trading lower on CBOT
- Details about Altria, UST
- Bank of America ready to settle securities probes
- Is the financial crisis over? Not so fast
- Home loan troubles break records again
- US oil and gas rig count down by 18
- Continental to charge $15 for 1st checked bag
- Informa shares fall after it rejects takeover bid
- Review panel criticizes Great Lakes health study
- Dollar mostly higher, gold rises in Europe
- German industrial production fell in July
- Honda bringing back Insight nameplate for hybrid
- World markets sink after Wall Street plunge
- Assurant signs warranty accord with GE unit
- Wet summer brings mushroom boom to Northeast
 
*THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 04, 2008
- Hanna heading toward US after blowing past Bahamas
- Lloyd's of London push into emerging markets
- Greenspan: Don't use Fed as a 'magical piggy bank'
- Prisons scramble to make digital TV switch
- Relief in New Orleans, punishment in Baton Rouge
- Oil's climb forced companies to become leaner
- Comcast appeals FCC Web traffic-blocking decision
- Breeden details year of progress at H&R Block
- Ameritrade names new chief operations officer
- Toll Brothers posts 3Q loss as revenue falls
- Ethanol: energy's golden child dodges more darts
- Banks borrow more from Fed; Wall Street takes pass
- Oil operations resume, storms on the horizon
- Study: Rate of decline in house prices slows
- Slow August sales signal more weakness in retail
- A spotlight on August same-store sales figures
- London Taxi's famed black cabs made in China
- 30-year mortgages dip slightly to 6.35 percent
- European, British central banks hold rates steady
- MillerCoors faces legal battle in Ohio
- Services grow on increasing orders, less inflation
- Unilever: Nestle executive to take CEO job
- Productivity up strongly while labor costs dip
- Target August same-store sales beat expectations
- Investors reach compromise at TNK-BP
- Study: Workers to pay more for health care
- BoE holds rates steady
- DOJ: Ex-KBR chief pleads guilty to bribery charges
- Boeing to advise on Mitsubishi Regional Jet
- Montana loses disease-free status for cattle
 
*WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 03, 2008
- Argentina's Senate approves airline takeover
- Lehman rises on reports of capital injections
- Study: Workers to pay more for health care
- ECB, BoE expected to leave interest rates steady
- Source: Madrid crash probe focuses on wing flaps
- August auto sales fall; some say worst may be over
- GMAC slashing work force, reduces mortgage lending
- Summary Box: Huge power outages; some production
- Hovnanian reports wider 3Q loss
- Top horse's owners indicted on new federal charges
- Recalls
- 2 Wall St. brokers accused of $1B subprime fraud
- DirecTV, TiVo to offer new HD DVR to customers
- Commodities bubble burns big investment funds
- Fed: Slow growth, still-high prices hit economy
- Corning lowers 3Q earnings, sales outlook
- Staples 2Q profit drops 16 percent
- P&G purchases scalp care products maker Nioxin
- Macy's to debut exclusive deal with Tommy Hilfiger
- Factory orders see wide gains led by aircraft
- Facts about Macy's Inc., Tommy Hilfiger Group
- GM extends employee discounts through September
- Big retailers offering more organic beauty items
- Natural personal care items grow in popularity
- Euro economy contracts in 2Q on falling exports
- ArcelorMittal to develop South African mine
- Report: KDB seeking 25 percent of Lehman Brothers
- Biofuel researchers look for the good in stinkweed
- RV makers not likely to see Katrina boom repeat
- Coca-Cola offers to buy Huiyuan in $2.5B deal
- Missouri battling bug that kills ash trees
 
*TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 02, 2008
- Campbell Soup tries to win over label-readers
- Summary Box: Gustav damages estimated near $10B
- Commodities pullback speeds up as oil tumbles
- Insurers estimate Gustav claims as high as $10B
- Retailers slash prices, but at what cost?
- Summary Box: The Vytorin question
- The costs of discounting
- Retirement account rules catch many by surprise
- India's Tata stops work indefinitely at Nano plant
- Pfizer resuming ads for Lipitor after controversy
- BP America buys 25 percent Chesapeake stake
- Construction spending fell 0.6 percent in July
- UK government plans housing market rescue
- Alcatel-Lucent names Camus chairman, Verwaayen CEO
- Study: Bigger bump could come from merit pay
- Fla. college turns academics into business venture
- Rains cheer SE farmers, but deluge late for some
 
*MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2008
- Dutch venture plans cheap, powerful electric cars
- Google takes aim at Microsoft with new Web browser
- Businessman who helped build Shoney's chain dies
- Gustav loses stranglehold on energy prices
- Hundreds of thousands lose power in the Gulf
- Shrinking packages, pricier foods fluster parents
- Laboring longer a growing trend for Americans
- Oil down sharply as Gustav seen weakening
- Iran considers lopping zeros off currency
- Sale of Dresdner Bank to cost thousands of jobs
- Report Card: Workers worse off on pay, employment
 
*SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 2008
- Drivers rely on OnStar to evade Hurricane Gustav
- Gustav's impact on Gulf Coast refineries
- Honduran melon company to resume US exports
- Mich. residents may pay more green power costs
- Teen apparel stores see secondary brands struggle
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