WASHINGTON – Even as they grappled with inflation worries, most Federal Reserve officials at their August meeting didn't believe the Fed's key interest rate was too low given harder-to-get credit conditions straining consumers and businesses alike ...
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Charleston police have charged two more people in connection with the Tuesday robbery of the State Credit Union just east of the Capitol in the 2200 block of Washington Street. Shearney Lee McKeller, 37, of Charleston, and ...
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European shares were set to open slightly higher on Thursday amid a flurry of corporate results, with gains tempered by an oil price that threatened to rise past $120 a barrel. Bookmakers expected Britain's FTSE 100 to open up 6-11 points, DAX down 3 ...
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NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Twenty percent of U.S. adults who experience a critical illness use a credit card to finance recovery-related expenses, a survey indicates. The survey of 1,000 people, conducted by Opinion Research Corp. for the Guardian ...
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WELLINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Growth in New Zealand household borrowing was subdued in July, data showed on Thursday, as the finance minister warned the economy faced its greatest challenge in over two decades. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand said ...
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Corporate and investment banking activities still affected by the crisis Crédit Agricole S.A.'s Board of Directors, chaired by René Carron, met on 27 August 2008 to review the accounts for the first half of 2008. Crédit Agricole S.A. generated net ...
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PARIS, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Credit Agricole, France's biggest retail bank, reported a 94 percent fall in second quarter profit on Thursday with earnings hit by a widely expected loss at its Calyon investment banking division. Agricole is the last of ...
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