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Bailout Bill Nears Approval in Congress
Contrarian Profits (September 25th, 2008) Writes:
It looks as though Hank Paulson's controversial $700 billion bailout bill will make it through Congress. This from Reuters:
Congress is making "tremendous progress" on a U.S. bank bailout bill, Rep. Paul Kanjorski, the chairman of the House of Representative's subcommittee on capital markets, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, told CNBC. An agreement on a bailout bill is "almost an accomplished fact," [...] Kanjorski said.
The news sent US stocks skyrocketing this morning. The Dow (DJI) climbed over 200 points in barely an hour of trading. Justice Litle says there are 5 things every investor needs to know about the Paulson plan.
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