Published Thursday, October 2, 2008
Poll: Eight in 10 fear direct effects of crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) - Not just Wall Street is running scared.
Market turmoil upsets nest eggs
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - So close and yet so far. It’s a frustration being felt by Americans who thought the finish line to their working life was almost in sight.
Ohio roofs go green
CINCINNATI (AP) - Officials want to see more green roofs on building tops in Cincinnati.
FDA urged to recall kids’ medicines
WASHINGTON (AP) - With a new cold season coming, the government is trying once more to decide what to do about over-the-counter medicines for kids’ coughs and sniffles. Doctors question the drugs’ benefits and worry about their risks.
Futures pull back after bailout vote
NEW YORK (AP) - Financial markets reacted cautiously to the Senate’s
passage of the banking bailout plan late yesterday, with stock index futures
falling and indicating a drop when trading resumed today. There was no
discernible change in the credit markets after the vote.
Jobless claims rise to seven-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) - New applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week to a seven-year high due to a weakening U.S. economy and the impact of Hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the Labor Department said today.
Retirees, veterans still eligible for stimulus
By the Tribune’s staff
It’s not too late for Boone County retirees and disabled veterans to receive an economic stimulus payment.
A-B consultant pleads guilty to theft charges
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A former consultant for Anheuser-Busch Cos. in St. Louis pleads guilty to charges tied to stealing more than $400,000 of computer equipment from his employer.
Buffett to buy $3B of GE preferred stock
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is investing $3 billion in General Electric Co., a huge vote of confidence for an iconic American company battered by the financial crisis.
Scum of the Earth
BORCULO, Netherlands (AP) - Set amid cornfields and cow pastures in eastern Holland is a shallow pool that is rapidly turning green with algae, harvested for animal feed, skin treatments, biodegradable plastics - and with increasing interest,
biofuel.
