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    ... that they charge each other has been rising and rising and rising. It's now at a level or was earlier today at the level right before the crisis with Lehman Brothers. And so the central banks were looking at this really expensive cost of banks borrowing from each other ...

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    Fed Disclosure Sheds Light on Scope, Risk of $3 Trillion Safety Net

    Dec 02, 2010 09:55 PM EDT

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    Obama, McCain React to Wall Street's Turmoil

    Sep 15, 2008 10:40 PM EDT

    ... Barack Obama and what he said today. John McCain, in his initial statement, said he was glad there had been no federal bailout for Lehman Brothers, said that was the right thing to do. And while John McCain is stepping up his attention to this issue, he's not going ...

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    ... up a lot of my free time. But it's one of the most fun things I do. John Yang: I understand you have two brothers who are also pretty smart, right? Linda Pistun: Yes. John Yang: Is there a little rivalry? Linda Pistun: Occasionally. My mom likes to say ...

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  • N.C. voters consider clashing messages in high-stakes Senate race

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    ... power. We have to do this to help save this country. GWEN IFILL: Both candidates are getting a tremendous boost from outside groups on the right and the left. From the Koch brothers to Planned Parenthood, they have kicked in more of $70 million, two of every three dollars spent ...

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    Lesson From Ed Miliband's Rise in U.K.

    Sep 27, 2010 05:00 PM EDT

    The brothers Miliband: Ed (left) and David (right) at the Labour party conference in England. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Updated Oct. 4 Editor's Note: We have confirmed with his staff that Ed Miliband did indeed serve as an unpaid intern at the NewsHour during the mid-1980s ...