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US stocks opened lower Monday as the much-anticipated bank rescue plan was delayed for another day.
It is hoped the delay will give lawmakers time to settle their differences over the broader $827 billion economic stimulus package, which is expected to be passed by the Senate on Tuesday. President Obama wants the bill on his desk by mid-month.
Meanwhile, the Obama administration is piecing together a mortgage-rescue program, which could see Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ease payments for hundreds of thousands of borrowers, Reuters reported citing sources close to the situation.
U.S. bank stocks rallied amid hopes that the rescue plan would help save financial stocks from total decimation.
Bank of America [BAC
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In Europe, UK officials and the public are outraged by bonus plans at banks that received taxpayer bailout funds.
Meanwhile, Barclays [BCS
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Illustrating the global impact of the slowdown, Nissan Motor said it will slash 20,000 jobs, or 8.5 percent of its global work force, in the next year as the Japanese auto maker braces for its first annual loss in nine years.
General Motors [GM
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On the earnings front, Whirlpool [WHR
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McDonald's [MCD
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NYSE Euronext [NYX
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And Beazer Homes [BZH
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Pfizer [PFE
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This Week:
TUESDAY: Geithner to testify before a Senate panel (2:30pm ET); Fed's Bernanke and Dudley speak; wholesale trade; Earnings from DirecTV, Applied Materials and Nvidia
WEDNESDAY: House hearing with TARP CEOs; Weekly mortgage applications; international trade; weekly crude inventories; Fed's Evans speaks; Earnings from Ingersoll-Rand, Sanofi-Aventis
THURSDAY: Retail sales; weekly jobless claims; business inventories; Earnings from Coca-Cola, Aetna, Marriott and Viacom
FRIDAY: G7 finance ministers meet in Rome; Consumer sentiment; Earnings from Pepsi
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