AP - Wall Street headed for huge rebound Monday with the Dow Jones industrial average futures up 348, or 4.2 percent, to 8,718. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 42.90, or 4.81 percent, to 933.90. Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 56.50, or 4.41 percent, to 1,339.00.
AP - The Bush administration said Monday it is moving quickly to implement a $700 billion rescue program, including consulting with private law firms on how to buy ownership shares in banks to help thaw frozen lending and get the economy moving again.
AP - Paul Krugman, the Princeton University scholar and New York Times columnist, won the Nobel economic prize Monday for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect trade patterns and the location of economic activity.
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