NEW YORK (AP) _ As the debate over a $700 billion bank bailout rages on in Washington, one of the nation's largest banks _ Washington Mutual Inc. _ has collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the mortgage market.

(June 9th 2008) - In the month of April 2004, when the price of gold averaged $408, I wrote and published an article entitled "The Perfect Golden Storm."

Booming shipments of coal, grain and fertilizer coupled with improved productivity drove the railroad's second-quarter earnings up 19 percent, despite rising fuel costs and Midwest floods.

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The following companies are having unusual price changes in U.S. trading . Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 2:50 p.m. in New York.

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