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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:33:08 EDT 5 http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/news/companies/bank_failure/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/wnNlLJb1J6E/index.htm Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~4/wnNlLJb1J6E" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:29:46 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/news/companies/bank_failure/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/03/news/international/porsche_volkswagen.reut/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/Cu8HWyVHJeM/index.htm Read full story for latest details.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~4/Cu8HWyVHJeM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:50:37 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/03/news/international/porsche_volkswagen.reut/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/03/news/economy/japan_dollar_g8.reut/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/xOjFcxO3aWs/index.htm Read full story for latest details.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~4/xOjFcxO3aWs" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:45:13 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/03/news/economy/japan_dollar_g8.reut/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/markets/thebuzz/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/L6xaZnlAc04/index.htm It looks like someone may have sprayed a healthy dose of Ortho Weed B Gon on those economic green shoots.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~4/L6xaZnlAc04" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:01:40 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/markets/thebuzz/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/markets/year_oil/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/0iHhffBWcTg/index.htm One year ago, on July 3, 2008, oil prices settled at a record high -- a once-unthinkable $145.29 a barrel<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~4/0iHhffBWcTg" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:31:12 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/markets/year_oil/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/news/economy/California_IOUs/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/kpP568ZtiWQ/index.htm Here come the California IOUs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~4/kpP568ZtiWQ" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:07:53 EDT http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/news/economy/California_IOUs/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://money.cnn.com/rssclick/2009/07/02/smallbusiness/sba_small_business_lending_falls.smb/index.htm?section=money_mostpopular http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/o8hM2aJ-SiA/index.htm Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. 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