<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-11-30T06:07:31+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/57466/1/" /><id>57466</id><summary><![CDATA[Credit crisis could cost nearly $1 trillion, IMF predicts]]></summary><issued>2008-04-08T21:44:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-08T21:44:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday that financial losses stemming from the U.S. mortgage crisis might approach $1 trillion, citing a &quot;collective failure&quot; to predict the breadth of the crisis.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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There's also a growing sense of wariness about the health of trading partners.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[What Is A Reverse Mortgage?]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16371/1/" /><id>16371</id><summary><![CDATA[What Is A Reverse Mortgage?]]></summary><issued>2007-04-14T10:04:49+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-14T10:04:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Really great information about mortgage you need to know.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[&quot;Parliament of clowns&quot; laughs off financial crisis]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/96952/1/" /><id>96952</id><summary><![CDATA[&quot;Parliament of clowns&quot; laughs off financial crisis]]></summary><issued>2009-03-01T02:04:45+01:00</issued><modified>2009-03-01T02:04:45+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Clowns from across the world met in Germany Friday to pitch laughter as a way to survive the economic crisis.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Global financial crisis takes its toll on China]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/93581/1/" /><id>93581</id><summary><![CDATA[Global financial crisis takes its toll on China]]></summary><issued>2009-02-09T10:53:49+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-09T10:53:49+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[- 20 million laid off<br/>- half of all toy factories have closed<br/>- government plans 4 trillion yuan ($USD 585 million) stimulus package.<br/>- risk of &quot;mass incidents and social unrest&quot; as jobless migrants return to the countryside.<br/><br/>I have also heard that the factories are just closing their doors - no back pay, no severance packages.  We are not talking wealthy people here but they all contribute to the developed world's way of life.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Feds Promise $7.7 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/82720/1/" /><id>82720</id><summary><![CDATA[Feds Promise $7.7 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit]]></summary><issued>2008-11-24T14:21:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-24T14:21:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[And the little guy gets nothing.  Again.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Get free a mortgage calculator for blog ( no php or cgi )]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19189/1/" /><id>19189</id><summary><![CDATA[Get free a mortgage calculator for blog ( no php or cgi )]]></summary><issued>2007-05-05T21:53:55+01:00</issued><modified>2007-05-05T21:53:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Free a mortgage calculator for webmasters. No required php, cgi or other script. Easy instalation.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Yagna to end global financial doom]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/83227/1/" /><id>83227</id><summary><![CDATA[Yagna to end global financial doom]]></summary><issued>2008-12-01T09:32:19+01:00</issued><modified>2008-12-01T09:32:19+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Cca 3,000 priests have gathered here to hold a two-year-long yagna (religious ritual) where they are sitting around 109 sacrificial fires and chant hymns to appease goddess Meldi to tackle the Global Financial Meltdown.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Debt Slavery: Why Are Americans So Willing to Dig Themselves Deep into Debt]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/69982/1/" /><id>69982</id><summary><![CDATA[Debt Slavery: Why Are Americans So Willing to Dig Themselves Deep into Debt]]></summary><issued>2008-07-25T01:25:35+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-25T01:25:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Just two generations ago, America was a nation of mostly thrifty people living within their means, even setting money aside for unforeseen expenses.<br/><br/>Today, Americans carry $2.56 trillion in consumer debt, up 22 percent since 2000 alone, according to the Federal Reserve Board. The average household&#8217;s credit card debt is $8,565, up almost 15 percent from 2000.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Putting aside food crisis, G8 leaders savor world delicacies]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/68001/1/" /><id>68001</id><summary><![CDATA[Putting aside food crisis, G8 leaders savor world delicacies]]></summary><issued>2008-07-08T04:01:01+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-08T04:01:01+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Food crisis - what food crisis!!]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Finger length may predict financial success]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/weird/l/89082/1/" /><id>89082</id><summary><![CDATA[Finger length may predict financial success]]></summary><issued>2009-01-13T01:49:06+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-13T01:49:06+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The length of a man's ring finger may predict his success as a financial trader.<br/><br/>*I'm in the wrong trade*]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[A Pillow Salesman from Crisis, Pursued By Disaster, Followed Closely By Catastrophe]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35191/1/" /><id>35191</id><summary><![CDATA[A Pillow Salesman from Crisis, Pursued By Disaster, Followed Closely By Catastrophe]]></summary><issued>2007-09-10T12:47:57+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-10T12:47:57+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Here's an article related to a new book that came out last week called Crisis, Pursued By Disaster, Followed Closely By Catastrophe. It's a pretty interesting memoir.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Women 'are facing extinction' in rural England, leaving thousands of bachelors in crisis]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37202/1/" /><id>37202</id><summary><![CDATA[Women 'are facing extinction' in rural England, leaving thousands of bachelors in crisis]]></summary><issued>2007-10-03T09:28:20+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-03T09:28:20+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The countryside is in crisis. But for once it isn't the threat of disease to livestock, the purchasing power of the supermarkets or house building plans that is ruining rural England. It is the extinction of that species so integral to a thriving village life - the eligible young woman.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[The world's first $1 trillion company]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40887/1/" /><id>40887</id><summary><![CDATA[The world's first $1 trillion company]]></summary><issued>2007-11-07T04:00:09+01:00</issued><modified>2007-11-07T04:00:09+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The meaning of the term &quot;Big Oil&quot; has changed overnight, as state-controlled PetroChina became the first company worth more than $1 trillion, tripling its value Monday in its debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and making it by far the largest company in the world.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[London's financial district goes wireless]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/technology/l/17524/1/" /><id>17524</id><summary><![CDATA[London's financial district goes wireless]]></summary><issued>2007-04-23T08:13:40+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-23T08:13:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The heart of London's financial district has gone wireless. The Square Mile, Europe's premier financial center, has been turned into an oversized WiFi &quot;hot zone,&quot; turning broadband-speed Internet into radio signals that can accessed through browsers on laptops, handheld game consoles, WiFi-enabled mobile phones and personal digital assistants.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bank Bailout to Cost Taxpayers $2 Trillion]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/95491/1/" /><id>95491</id><summary><![CDATA[Bank Bailout to Cost Taxpayers $2 Trillion]]></summary><issued>2009-02-20T06:06:58+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-20T06:06:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The UK Government&#8217;s recent bailout of struggling financial giants Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB looks set to add between &#163;1 trillion and &#163;1.5 trillion to national debt, figures out today have revealed.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[They never learn department]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/93660/1/" /><id>93660</id><summary><![CDATA[They never learn department]]></summary><issued>2009-02-09T20:50:15+01:00</issued><modified>2009-02-09T20:50:15+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[One of the many causes of the home mortgage crisis was the lowering of loan requirements some forced upon the banks and others done to make a quick buck. Now Fannnie Mae is saying they will lower the requirements for refinances. They'll lower minimum credit scores, even lower income verification standards.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[German mogul kills self over financial meltdown]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/88006/1/" /><id>88006</id><summary><![CDATA[German mogul kills self over financial meltdown]]></summary><issued>2009-01-06T18:05:16+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-06T18:05:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[German billionaire Adolf Merckle threw himself in front of a train after his business empire, which included interests ranging from VW cars to pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Living the Good Life on $5,000 a Year]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/82806/1/" /><id>82806</id><summary><![CDATA[Living the Good Life on $5,000 a Year]]></summary><issued>2008-11-25T08:32:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-11-25T08:32:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Today's global financial cloud got you feeling gray? Vermonter Jim Merkel sees a silver lining.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Madoff's investment fund made no trades at all and no one noticed]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/89701/1/" /><id>89701</id><summary><![CDATA[Madoff's investment fund made no trades at all and no one noticed]]></summary><issued>2009-01-16T22:37:39+01:00</issued><modified>2009-01-16T22:37:39+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The investment fund run by disgraced money manager Bernard Madoff may not have made even a single trade, a new twist in the scandal around an alleged $50 billion fraud that has engulfed thousands of investors and financial institutions worldwide.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Abortion crisis as doctors refuse to perform surgery ]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/16645/1/" /><id>16645</id><summary><![CDATA[Abortion crisis as doctors refuse to perform surgery ]]></summary><issued>2007-04-16T11:47:29+01:00</issued><modified>2007-04-16T11:47:29+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Britain is facing an abortion crisis because an unprecedented number of doctors are refusing to be involved in carrying out the procedure.]]></content></entry></feed>