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Berkshire Reports Worst Year Ever
Berkshire Hathaway's net sank 96% in the fourth quarter. Warren Buffett warned of a bubble in the Treasury market.
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HSBC Considers Raising Capital
HSBC could announce plans Monday to raise at least $17.18 billion and cut its dividend as it braces against the economic downturn.
Brutal February for Blue Chips
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GE Joins Parade of Deep Dividend Cuts
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Regulators Shut Two Small Banks
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Fears Pound Insurers
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Credit-Default Swaps to Get New Pricing
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GM Bondholders Seek Debt Backing
U.S. to Take Big Citi Stake
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NYSE, Shanghai Plan ETFs for Investors
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Regulators Probe Oil Trading
Banks, Drug Firms
Pressure European Shares
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Short-Term Treasurys Advance
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Dollar and Yen Show Strength
Asian Stocks Mixed as Currencies Slide

Finance

Goodwin on RBS Giveback: No Sir
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SEC: Stanford Ran Ponzi Scheme
Town Grapples With Alleged Fraud
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FDIC Sets Fee Increases to Refill Coffers

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Heard on the Street

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Paying the Price to Rebuild Citi
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Pulling the Plug on GE's Dividend
Signs of Rot in Big Apple Property
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Cablevision's High Price of Freedom
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Poland Shouldn't Join the Euro

Stocks

Brutal February for Blue Chips
The Dow industrials declined 120 points to end below 7100, capping the worst February for blue chips since 1933. The S&P; 500 fell 2.4%.
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GE Joins Parade of Deep Dividend Cuts
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Citigroup, GE Drive Dow to Bear-Market Depths

Bonds

Berkshire Reports Worst Year Ever
Berkshire Hathaway's net sank 96% in the fourth quarter. Warren Buffett warned of a bubble in the Treasury market.
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Uncertainty for Citi Bondholders
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GM Bondholders Seek Debt Backing

Commodities

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Regulators Probe Oil Trading
A probe into how U.S. Oil Fund and others conducted themselves during a key trading period marks a renewed attempt by commodities regulators to rein in what they view as excessive speculation in the oil markets.
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Idaho 'Ponzi' Figure Says Money Is Gone
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CFTC Probes U.S. Oil Fund Over Price Moves

Currencies

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Dollar and Yen Show Strength
The dollar and the yen remained higher against many major rivals, though they were off their best levels of the day amid swings in stocks.
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Europe Mulls 'What if' on Defaults
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Japanese Yen Is Less of a Shelter

Financial Services

Berkshire Reports Worst Year Ever
Berkshire Hathaway's net sank 96% in the fourth quarter. Warren Buffett warned of a bubble in the Treasury market.
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'Depression' Pinch Buffets Blackstone
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Fears Pound Insurers

World Markets

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Europe Mulls 'What if' on Defaults
Policy makers in Europe are debating how to prevent a prospect that until recently seemed too improbable to consider: the default of one of the 16 nations that use the euro.

Deals

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'Depression' Pinch Buffets Blackstone
Losses deepened at Blackstone as the firm suspended its quarterly dividend and absorbed billions of dollars in write-downs on its private-equity holdings.
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Redstone Reaches Lender Deal
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Reliance Industries Mulls Merger

MarketWatch

TaxWatch: Home buyers in California can enjoy up to $18,000 in tax credits
There's the $8,000 federal tax credit for first-time home buyers. And now California has upped the ante, offering a tax credit worth up to $10,000 to any home buyer, first time or not, of any income level, who buys a home between March 1, 2009 and March 1, 2010.
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Obama urges passage of $3.6 trillion budget proposal
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SmartMoney

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Markets Editors' Picks

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Simons's Notion: All In, Then All Out
Stocks Face Long Road Back After Crash
History shows that the road to recovery from a catastrophic bear market can be distressingly long.
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'Safe' Fund May Still Pose Risks
Financial firms are seeking to lure skittish investors with products that are touted as "safe," but they can still come with pitfalls.
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Stanford Had Links to a Fund Run by Bidens
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Antigua Is Hurt by U.S.'s Crackdown
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Accor Investors Risk Complacency

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Level 3 -- Tale of Survival in Tough Times
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Buffett Takes the Long View

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Paying the Price to Rebuild Citi
Letter from the city
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Central Banker Adopts Novel Role

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