Congress approves historic financial system bailout (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)
NBS minute signals reform in China’s economic statistical system (People’s Daily)China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) under new chief Ma Jiantang is likely to reform its statistical system to ensure the authenticity and timeliness of data and help the government to better cope with the uncertainties of outside economic influences, the minutes of an NBS meeting show. After his inauguration as the NBS director, Ma has said he felt pressure, but was confident of taking .
Congress approves historic financial system bailout (The San Luis Obispo Tribune)WASHINGTON Besieged by pleas from its constituents, from corporate executives to struggling wage earners, the House of Representatives reversed itself Friday and approved the controversial $700 billion financial-system rescue plan, designed to keep the nation from falling into an economic abyss. The 263-171 vote reversed the Houses rejection of the bill Monday and came two days after the .
UK government looks to stabilize banking system (Reuters via Yahoo! News)British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Finance Minister Alistair Darling will meet the heads of the Bank of England and Financial Services Authority on Tuesday for talks on stabilizing the banking system.
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