Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know this is much easier said than done, given the startling rapidity with which things have headed down the drain. But the bailout of Citibank about a week ago makes the point; at the start of this, the so-called TARP (the Troubled Asset Relief Program) was going to be used to buy bad assets from financial institutions. Those institutions could then be recapitalized and, with their balance sheets repaired, set about lending again to qualified individuals and businesses, providing the economy with the seed corn it needs to grow. Then, a couple of weeks ago, Secretary Paulson said that...
...Adukia has already set up an online group to coordinate relief efforts, including a fundraiser for murdered hotel workers who were the “breadwinners” for their families...
...investments practically overnight. Though the failure of just one of the Big Three could have similar repercussions on the stock market, the public is not feeling the pressure just yet to support such a move. A recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that 47% of Americans believe that providing relief to the industry is not very important...
...Twitter feed, a Facebook widget, and a cell phone text message donation program in addition to its recently introduced online kettle program. The Army, short on volunteer bell ringers, even pays some people to coax passersby into donating their spare change for the organization's causes, which include disaster relief, soup kitchens, drug and alcohol counseling and homeless shelters...
...world try to take steps to impose moratoriums on foreclosures, because the problem is so overwhelming," he says, adding that a 90-day moratorium should provide homeowners with the chance to refinance their loans and will dovetail with the incoming Obama administration, which holds out hope of providing financial relief to Main Street USA. (Read Four Steps to Ending the Foreclosure Crisis...