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At Camp No Worries, cancer patients are just kids again

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 05:04:25 +0000

At Camp No Worries, cancer patients are just kids again

Nine-year-old Katie Haughney deals with a common problem for the siblings of cancer patients. Her brother Charlie, 4, is fighting stage-four neuroblastoma, and the world seems to revolve around him.

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Euro Turns to ECB, US Jobs Data as Greece Worries Fade

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 01:11:00 +0000

Euro Turns to ECB, US Jobs Data as Greece Worries Fade

Fundamental Forecast for the Euro: Neutral Looking to Sell Euro Below 1.47 vs. US Dollar Greek Government Passes Austerity Measures S&P Threatens to Cut Euro Zone Credit Ratings Euro Prices Geared to Market Sentiment Trends An action-packed week left the Euro at the highest in almost a month after Greece successfully passed a new deficit-reduction plan a scheme including tax hikes, spending cuts ...

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Investors Pare Money Market Holdings Amid Greece Worries

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:39:26 +0000

Investors Pare Money Market Holdings Amid Greece Worries

Investors are pulling cash from some U.S. money market funds amid worries that their loans to European banks would go bad if Greece defaults on its debt.

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Investors pull cash from US money funds

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:58:05 +0000

Investors pull cash from US money funds

NEW YORK: Investors are pulling cash from some US money market funds on worries about the funds' investments in European banks in case of a Greek sovereign default that they fear could roil the $2.7 trillion industry.

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Fed worries about spillover from Europe’s debt crisis to U.S. financial system

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:00:09 +0000

Fed worries about spillover from Europe’s debt crisis to U.S. financial system

So let’s say Greece or one of the other financially weakest countries in Europe were to default on its bonds. Would that hit the U.S

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US stock futures sag on European debt worries

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:54:42 +0000

US stock futures sag on European debt worries

U.S.

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Dollar rises against euro on Greek debt worries

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:13:57 +0000

Dollar rises against euro on Greek debt worries

The dollar is continuing its rise against the euro as Greece's debt crisis worsens. A European Union economic official says that a second bailout for Greece will be delayed until July as finance ministers from the European countries that share the euro nail down details of how the new aid package would work.

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Investors flee stock and commodity markets

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 22:54:52 +0000

Investors flee stock and commodity markets

Greek political problems, European debt woes and U.S.

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Dollar strengthens on Greek debt worries

Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:15:43 +0000

Dollar strengthens on Greek debt worries

The euro is falling to its lowest level against the dollar in over two weeks on growing concern over the debt crisis in Greece.

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The Ratio Of Debt To National Income Could Lead To A Depression

Tue, 14 Jun 2011 16:31:13 +0000

The Ratio Of Debt To National Income Could Lead To A Depression

MPD--the marginal productivity of debt- all debt that is-- consumer, corporate and government-- is producing less and less of national income-- wages, profits,and interest income. MPD is suffocating GDP. For decades every new $ of new debt "has created incrementally less and less national income and economic activity," says Ron Robins, the author of the Enlightened Economics blog.

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