07.15.2008 5:38 pm
FDIC and the economy: Are you worried about getting your money?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
From a story for Wednesday’s Post-Dispatch:
“People who never asked about FDIC insurance are asking about it now,” said Steve Marsh, president of Enterprise Bank & Trust in Clayton “They also ask about exposure to subprime loans.”
With the economy in the tank and the subprime mortgage crisis gripping the financial markets, bankers in here and elsewhere are seeing a lot more interest from Regular Guys about getting their money: Is it safe? Can they get it out?
Do you share these concerns? Are you comfortable that your savings is safe? What do you hear from friends and relatives?
Kurt is the director of social media for the Post-Dispatch, where he has worked since August 2002. He's been a journalist since 1982, covering municipal government, courts, education and two hurricanes as a reporter before becoming an editor. 
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He said the time had come for “a strategic energy alliance” with these countries, and noted that Venezuela recently set up a $6 billion development fund with China.
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http://www.en.rian.ru/world/20080714/113897844.html
“Now that the power brokers, bankers, and oil men have taken control of our country, we must embrace ourselves for one of the worse economic down-turns this country has ever faced. When we witness the business side of government take away from the hard working middle-class, the elderly, the disabled, the families trying to make ends meet while working 2 jobs or 2 shifts, we will learn from our mistakes. An unregulated, supply side corporate friendly administration is about to embark on everything America stands for.. and has fought for… and has died for. The greatest generation will again return….We must always remember our true passions are with our communities and our country. The dark days of this new administrations will soon pass. The American people will move forward”.
November 9, 2000.
John Sweeney, President AFL-CIO. Commenting after the 2000 Presidential Election.
John Sweeney, we can see now, at least some of us can see, had true wisdom and insight.