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Bill Gates steps down from daily duties US lawmakers pass housing rescue

July 2008 ... more > Top ^

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Jul. 31   Microsoft
 
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Today   U.S. Congress
  The House of Representatives has passed a massive housing rescue bill that could help struggling homeowners get cheaper loans
Thu.   European Union EU hits Intel with fresh charges  European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker over alleged abuse of its dominant market posi...       Gore challenges US to ditch oil   The Nobel laureate and ex-VP has urged Americans to abandon electricity generated by fossil fuels within a decade Jul. 16   Washington US inflation rate at 26-year high  The inflation accelerated by 1.1%, at the fastest rate in 26 years in June, fuelled higher by surging energy prices Jul. 15   Washington Fed boss warns of growth 'risks' Jul. 14  Washington  Bush lifts ban on offshore oil drilling Jul. 13   Washington   US moves to bolster lending firms  The government has announced sweeping measures to shore up the nation's largest mortgage finance companies, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae  U. S. Midwest  Anheuser-Busch agrees to InBev sale  San Francisco Bay Area  Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Jul. 11   Mortgage firms' shares slump
  Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have fallen by more than 40% in early trading amid concerns for the future of the companies
Jul. 7    Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal Jul. 3  San Francisco Bay Area  Google must divulge YouTube log

June 2008 ... more > Top ^

Jun. 30  Southern California  Hollywood actors mull pay offer   New York   Oil price surges above $143 a barrel  Light, sweet crude for August delivery rose $3.31 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, by midday in Europe  France  Court fines eBay over fake goods Jun. 25   South Korea South Korea lifts ban on US beef
  South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country
Jun.21   Saudi Arabia U.S.: Oil production has not met demand  South Korea  U.S., South Korea strike on beef sales Jun.19  FBI  FBI holds 406 for mortgage fraud Jun.18   Washington   Bush calls for offshore drilling
  President George W Bush has called on Congress to end a 27-year ban on drilling for oil in coastal waters, to reduce dependence on imports
Jun.17  Los Angeles  Musical star Charisse dies    Firefox aims for download record Jun.16  New York  Oil at record near $140 a barrel Jun.12  San Francisco Bay Area  Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal Major Guantanamo setback for Bush Jun.9  Washington  Danger of US downturn 'has faded' Jun.6   New York   Oil price soars as US woes mount
  The price of oil has made a record jump to nearly $139 a barrel, gaining more than $10 - its biggest-ever one-day rise
   US unemployment rate reaches 5.5%

May 2008 ... more > Top ^

May.22   New York   Oil soars to new record over $135  The price of oil is more than twice what it cost a year ago. The latest surge was driven by fallen US supplies of crude May.3   Microsoft Microsoft walks away from Yahoo May.1   Washington Bush offers $770m for food crisis

April 2008 ... more > Top ^

Apr.30  Washington  Further cut in interest rates Apr.18  New York  Crude hits record $117 per barrel   Citigroup sees second giant loss Apr.17   South Korea S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban' Apr.9    American Airlines grounds flights  San Francisco Bay Area  Google and Yahoo to share web ads Apr.8  Washington  IMF may sell 400 tons of gold Apr.5  Southern California  Hollywood legend Charlton Heston dead Police entered YFZ compound

March 2008 ... more > Top ^

Mar.31  Washington  US plans finance system overhaul Mar.18   Washington   Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75   The Federal Reserve has cut US interest rates to 2.25% to restore confidence to nervous financial markets and boost the ailing economy  Washington  US admits economy is in downturn Mar.17   New York Markets slump on banking worries Mar.16   New York JPMorgan to acquire Bear Stearns Mar.14  New York  Bear Stearns gets emergency funds Mar.13  New York  Gold hits $1,000 for first time Mar.11   European Union Central banks plan emergency cash

February 2008 ... more > Top ^

Feb.29   Boeing loses out in $40bn US deal Feb.27   European Union EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn Feb.12  Venezuela  Exxon Mobil cut off from Venezuela's oil Feb.1   Microsoft Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo  Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price

January 2008 ... more > Top ^

Jan.28   U.S. Congress   Bush addresses US economy fears   President George W Bush has urged Americans to have confidence in the economy in the long-term, as he gives his final State of the Union add... Jan.25  Switzerland  Bill Gates new project: Farming Jan.24   U.S. Congress Deal reached on US economic plan Heath Ledger found dead  Japan  Asian markets rally after US cut  Washington  Fed slashes rates in shock move  New York  Market panic as world stocks slump Jan.18  Washington  Bush calls for economic stimulus package

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December 2007 ... more > Top ^

Dec.12  Washington  Central banks act on credit fears Dec.6  Washington  Bush details housing rescue plan

November 2007 ... more > Top ^

Nov.13  China  Yahoo settles dissidents suit Nov.4  New York  World's biggest bank's boss quits

October 2007 ... more > Top ^

Oct.7  Costa Rica  Costa Rica supports US trade deal

September 2007 ... more > Top ^

Sep.7  California  Mortgage lender Countrywide slashes jobs Sep.4    Thousands of Mattel toys recalled

August 2007 ... more > Top ^

Aug.31  Washington  Federal Reserve in rate cut hint Aug.17  New York  US rate cut boosts global markets Aug.10  London  Central banks pour money into system Aug.9   New York World markets fall after US losses   The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch   New York Mortgage concerns hit US markets  The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24 Aug.1    Chinese-made toys recalled in US Bridge collapses into Mississippi

July 2007 ... more > Top ^

Jul.31  New York  Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle Jul.8  Seattle  Boeing unveils Dreamliner plane

March 2007 ... more > Top ^

Mar.6   New Jersey Mega Millions sets new world record

February 2007 ... more > Top ^

Feb.27   New York Dow Jones loses 416 Former Playmate Smith dies at 39

January 2007 ... more > Top ^

Jan.9   San Francisco Bay Area Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled

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December 2006 ... more > Top ^

Dec.28  Washington  US body backs sale of cloned food Soul star James Brown dies at 73

October 2006 ... more > Top ^

U.N. slaps sanctions on North Korea Oct.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn Oct.3  New York  Dow hits record

July 2006 ... more > Top ^

Jul.13     Record oil price of $78.40 per barrel  Due in part to N. Korea's missile launches, Middle East Crisis, Iranian nuclear brinkmanship

April 2006 ... more > Top ^

Apr.21   New York Oil breaks through record $75

March 2006 ... more > Top ^

Mar.9  United Arab Emirates  Dubai firm to 'transfer' US ports

year 2005 Top ^

Dec.20   New York Strike shuts down NYC transit system Sep.15  New Orleans  Bush vows 'biggest relief effort' Sep.7  U.S. Congress  Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief Aug.19  Texas  Merck punished for faulty drug Jun.27  U.S. Supreme Court  File-sharing suffers major defeat Mar.16  Washington  Wolfowitz to run World Bank

year 2004 Top ^

Dec.23    Battered dollar hits another low Nov.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Mozilla Firefox browser launched Oct.22   New York Oil price rises above $55 a barrel Sep.27   New York   Oil rises to $50  Rising tension in Nigeria has pushed U.S. crude oil futures to the psychological level Aug.20  New York  Oil nears key $50-a-barrel mark Mar.5   New York Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty Janet Jackson revealing breast

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.23    Mad cow disease confirmed Dec.9   Iraq Iraq tenders 'only for US allies' Rich-poor divide derails WTO talks Sep.7   Washington Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq Aug.27  Washington  Bremer: Iraq effort to cost tens of billions Aug.21    SoBig.F breaks virus speed records Schwarzenegger to run for governor Apr.28  San Francisco Bay Area  Apple launches online music service Jan.29  New York  AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion

year 2002 Top ^

Oct.9   Nasdaq fell to 1,114   New York Dow fell to 7,286 Jul.24   New York Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever Jul.19  New York  Dow down 4.6% to 8,019 Jul.8  U.S. Congress  Bush wants new laws on corporate abuse Jun.25  New York  WorldCom in accounting trouble, cut jobs

year 2001 Top ^

Dec.2   Texas   Enron in bankruptcy filing  Energy-trading company filed for Chapter 11 protection Nov.25  Boston  Human embryo clone created Nov.2  Washington  Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal Oct.23  San Francisco Bay Area  iPod: New digital music player Sep.17   New York Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet  Dow Jones was down by 600 points or 6% and the Nasdaq by 5%. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% to 3% Terror attacks hit U.S.

year 2000 Top ^

Nov.15   San Francisco Bay Area   World News Atlas started  Features World headlines linked to news articles May.4   'I love you' virus disrupts computers Apr.4  Washington  Microsoft loses antitrust suit Mar.10   Nasdaq reached 5048  Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom Jan.24    AOL planned to purchase Time Warner Jan.14   New York Dow Jones reached 11,722  Seattle  Microsoft CEO Gates Steps Down Jan.1   Y2K bug fails to bite  A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000

US inflation rate at 26-year high  The inflation accelerated by 1.1%, at the fastest rate in 26 years in June, fuelled higher by surging energy prices US moves to bolster lending firms  The government has announced sweeping measures to shore up the nation's largest mortgage finance companies, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Citigroup sees second giant loss Federal Reserve slashes rates by 0.75   The Federal Reserve has cut US interest rates to 2.25% to restore confidence to nervous financial markets and boost the ailing economy Central banks plan emergency cash Bush to ask 87 billions more for Iraq Bill Gates steps down from daily duties South Korea lifts ban on US beef



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2008
Jul. 16   Washington
Jul. 13   Washington
Apr.30  Washington  Further cut in interest rates
Apr.18  
Apr.8  Washington  IMF may sell 400 tons of gold
Mar.31  Washington  US plans finance system overhaul
Mar.18   Washington
Mar.14  New York  Bear Stearns gets emergency funds
Mar.11   European Union
Jan.18  Washington  Bush calls for economic stimulus package
2007
Dec.12  Washington  Central banks act on credit fears
Aug.31  Washington  Federal Reserve in rate cut hint
Aug.10  London  Central banks pour money into system
2005
Sep.7  U.S. Congress  Bush seeks $50bn hurricane relief
2004
Dec.23    Battered dollar hits another low
2003
Sep.7   Washington
Aug.27  Washington  Bremer: Iraq effort to cost tens of billions
2002
Jun.25  New York  WorldCom in accounting trouble, cut jobs



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2008
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2008
Jul. 7    Coca-Cola defends Olympics deal
Jun. 25   South Korea
  South Korea has formally lifted an import ban, allowing meat from young cattle to be shipped into the country
Jun.21  South Korea  U.S., South Korea strike on beef sales May.1   Washington Bush offers $770m for food crisis Apr.17   South Korea S Korea 'due to lift US beef ban' Jan.25  Switzerland  Bill Gates new project: Farming 2006 Dec.28  Washington  US body backs sale of cloned food 2003 Dec.23    Mad cow disease confirmed


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2008 Jul. 13  U. S. Midwest  Anheuser-Busch agrees to InBev sale Jul. 13  San Francisco Bay Area  Yahoo turns down another Microsoft offer Mar.16   New York JPMorgan to acquire Bear Stearns Feb.1   Microsoft Microsoft wants to purchase Yahoo  Microsoft has offered to buy the search engine company for $44.6bn in cash and shares. The offer is 62% above Yahoo's closing share price 2006 Oct.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn 2000 Jan.24    AOL planned to purchase Time Warner


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2001 Nov.25  Boston  Human embryo clone created


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2008 Jul. 11   Mortgage firms' shares slump
  Shares in Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have fallen by more than 40% in early trading amid concerns for the future of the companies
Mar.17   New York Markets slump on banking worries Mar.13  New York  Gold hits $1,000 for first time Jan.22  Japan  Asian markets rally after US cut Jan.22  Washington  Fed slashes rates in shock move Jan.22  New York  Market panic as world stocks slump 2007 Aug.17  New York  US rate cut boosts global markets Aug.9   New York World markets fall after US losses   The markets have faltered in early trading a day after markets in NY and London suffered losses amid fears of a global credit crunch Aug.9   New York Mortgage concerns hit US markets  The share indexes tumbled amid fears that a wobble in the mortgage market may prompt a global credit crunch. Dow Jones fell 199.24 Feb.27   New York Dow Jones loses 416 2006 Oct.3  New York  Dow hits record 2004 Mar.5   New York Jury finds Martha Stewart guilty 2002 Oct.9   Nasdaq fell to 1,114 Oct.9   New York Dow fell to 7,286 Jul.24   New York Dow saw its second-biggest gain ever Jul.19  New York  Dow down 4.6% to 8,019 2001 Sep.17   New York Wall Street reopens, Stocks plummet  Dow Jones was down by 600 points or 6% and the Nasdaq by 5%. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 0.5% to 3% 2000 Mar.10   Nasdaq reached 5048  Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom Jan.14   New York Dow Jones reached 11,722


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2005 Dec.20   New York Strike shuts down NYC transit system


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2007 Jul.31  New York  Murdoch wins Dow Jones battle


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2008 Jun.6    US unemployment rate reaches 5.5% 2007 Sep.7  California  Mortgage lender Countrywide slashes jobs


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2008 Thu.   European Union EU hits Intel with fresh charges  European regulators have filed fresh charges against the world's biggest computer chip maker over alleged abuse of its dominant market posi... Jul. 3  San Francisco Bay Area  Google must divulge YouTube log Jun.17    Firefox aims for download record Jun.12  San Francisco Bay Area  Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal May.3   Microsoft Microsoft walks away from Yahoo Apr.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Google and Yahoo to share web ads Feb.27   European Union EU fines Microsoft record $1.4bn 2007 Nov.13  China  Yahoo settles dissidents suit Jan.9   San Francisco Bay Area Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled 2005 Jun.27  U.S. Supreme Court  File-sharing suffers major defeat 2004 Nov.9  San Francisco Bay Area  Mozilla Firefox browser launched 2003 Aug.21    SoBig.F breaks virus speed records Apr.28  San Francisco Bay Area  Apple launches online music service Jan.29  New York  AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion 2001 Nov.2  Washington  Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal Oct.23  San Francisco Bay Area