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MBA students lower their career projections

Nov. 5, 2008
Financial crisis forces firms to cut back on recruiting trips, and campuses are trying to help unemployed alumni. But students remain optimistic, figuring school is a haven from the economic storm. Once they stood to inherit the world, or at least a tidy little corner of it. Now, staring into the...
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U.N. agency faces shortfall

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The head of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency said that her department is facing crisis amid a decline in financial pledges.

Financial crisis hits Gazprom

MOSCOW, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Financial reports from Russian energy giant Gazprom suggest the global economic meltdown is having an effect on the firm's profit forecasts.

Financial crisis to hit GDP, group says

BRUSSELS, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The current financial crisis could exact a toll on the world's gross domestic product, an international business group in Belgium said.

Bush, Berlusconi discuss credit crisis

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The United States and Italy worked to resolve past global challenges and are doing so again with the credit crisis, U.S. President George Bush said Monday.

Bush, Paulson to hold two bailout meetings

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and financial ministers will discuss coordinating an answer to the global financial crisis, the White House said.

Iran says oil demand lower than expected

TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- Top Iranian oil officials said the looming world financial crisis is creating a larger strain on the energy market than anticipated.
Bush signs bailout measure

Bush signs bailout measure

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed into law the far-reaching rescue package for the U.S. financial markets passed by Congress.
Brown, Bush meet on economic crisis

Brown, Bush meet on economic crisis

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday offered support for the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial markets.
Sarkozy: 'Self-regulation is finished'

Sarkozy: 'Self-regulation is finished'

PARIS, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday the global financial crisis "is not a crisis of capitalism" but he called for more state control of the economy.

Official: Crisis will cost U.S. 'status'

BERLIN, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- The financial crisis will cost the United States its status as a global financial superpower, German Minister of Finance Peer Steinbruck said Thursday.

McCain offers Rx for market crisis

GREEN BAY, Wis., Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Early intervention and financial transparency are needed to get U.S. financial markets out of crisis, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Friday.

World financial crisis has various accents

ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 20 (UPI) -- People in five European countries and the United States said the global financial crisis has hit them differently, a Harris Poll released Thursday said.

Paulson: No quick fix for credit crisis

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- The credit-markets crisis is likely to last longer than earlier financial shocks, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday.

Palestinian Authority in financial crisis

RAMALLAH, West Bank, March 7 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority's existence is threatened by a financial crisis, a World Bank report cited in the authority's official newspaper said Wednesday.

British NHS facing financial crisis

LONDON, March 3 (UPI) -- The British National Health Service is facing a financial crisis in the run-up to the general election, figures published Thursday indicate.
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Russian Maria Sharapova signs autographs after winning her French Open womens first round match against Romanian Alexandra Cadantu at Roland Garros in Paris on May 29, 2012. Sharapova defeated Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 to advance to the next round. UPI/David Silpa