International Business News - Bush http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif President Bush on Friday offered reassuring words to stop the hemorrhaging on Wall Street, but once again the stock market fell. Bush has spoken about the economic chaos on 21 of the last 26 days as the market has been rocked by turmoil. After seven days of massive losses, the Dow Jones industrial average closed down a relatively modest 128 points Friday at its lowest level since April 25, 2003. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/white-house-disputes-that-bush-is-hurting-markets.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:58:51 EDT President Bush worked to allay fears about the financial crisis on Friday then left the White House and headed south to raise nearly $2 million for the Republican Party in South Carolina and the battleground state of Florida. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/bush-raises-2-million-in-florida-south-carolina.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:02:38 EDT President Bush said Friday that the government's financial rescue plan was aggressive enough and big enough to work, but would take time to fully kick in. "We can solve this crisis and we will," he said in brief remarks from the White House Rose Garden. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/149034-bush.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/bush-says-anxiety-feeding-market-instability.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/bush-says-anxiety-feeding-market-instability.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:01:57 EDT A piece of paper that President Bush signed Thursday helps ease his way out of the White House when his term ends and clears the way for his successor. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/148118-us-breast-cancer-white-house.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/bush-signs-order-to-ease-switch-to-next-president.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/bush-signs-order-to-ease-switch-to-next-president.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:33:04 EDT Laura Bush decried illiteracy among women Tuesday, saying that midway through a decade-long U.N. education push nations have failed to make a dent in the numbers unable to read and write. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/laura-bush-sees-women-neglected-in-literacy-push.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:45:30 EDT President Bush reminded Americans Monday that his eight years of appointing conservative judges will affect the nation for decades, hoping to secure his legacy but also help fire up Republicans in must-win Ohio a month before the presidential election. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146272-bush.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/bush-pushes-senate-to-confirm-federal-judges.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081006/bush-pushes-senate-to-confirm-federal-judges.htm Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:23:57 EDT It took President Bush just 28 minutes to pivot from the nation's economic mess to making up for lost time on the political fundraising circuit. Bush signed a $700 billion bill 2:48 p.m. EDT on Friday that was aimed at bailing out tattered Wall Street and getting credit markets across the nation moving again. It was a lightning-fast turnaround between Capitol Hill passage and presidential signature, as the bill had been given Congress' final blessing less than an hour and half before. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/bush-pivots-quickly-from-bailout-to-fundraising.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:23:34 EDT President Bush has signed into law a far-reaching $700 billion bill to bail out the nation's tottering financial industry, shortly after it won final approval from Congress. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/bush-pledges-to-quickly-sign-bailout-bill.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:57:31 EDT President Bush argued Thursday that the crisis in the financial markets "has gone way beyond New York and Wall Street" and implored Congress to get the $700 billion relief bill to his desk. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081002/bush-says-people-are-watching-house-vote.htm Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:34:19 EDT A lame duck in a financial downpour, President Bush called senators ahead of Wednesday's big vote on the financial rescue plan but he wields dwindling overall influence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/analysis-bushs-lame-duck-status-limits-clout.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:28:46 EDT A lame duck in a financial downpour, President Bush called senators ahead of Wednesday's big vote on the financial rescue plan but he seems to wield dwindling overall influence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/bushs-lame-duck-status-limits-clout-on-rescue.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:37:26 EDT President Bush urged the Senate to take the financial rescue package "very seriously" and to pass it later Wednesday. Bush said the legislation is needed "to stabilize the situation, so it doesn't get worse." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081001/bush-says-congress-must-pass-financial-rescue-bill.htm Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:35:42 EDT President Bush said Tuesday the economic damage to the nation will be "painful and lasting" if Congress fails to pass a $700 billion bailout bill. The president's latest statement on the financial crisis, a renewed mix of reassurances and warnings, came a day after the House voted narrowly to defeat the massive relief measure that his administration had negotiated with leading members of Congress. The failure of the plan stunned Washington and Wall Street. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142616-bush.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/bush-implores-congress-to-act-to-rescue-markets.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/bush-implores-congress-to-act-to-rescue-markets.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:09:18 EDT President Bush voiced disappointment Monday at the House vote rejecting his administration's rescue plan for the nation's financial industry. "We've put forth a plan that was big because we've got a big problem," the president said as he vowed to keep pressing on in search of a way to help the U.S. economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/bush-disappointed-by-house-vote-vows-to-press-on.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:14:01 EDT President Bush's statement Sunday on the financial rescue legislation in Congress: Today, a bipartisan group of members of Congress, working with my administration, reached agreement on economic rescue legislation that is urgently needed to address a crisis in our financial system that threatens the entire U.S. economy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080928/bush-statement-on-financial-rescue-plan.htm Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:47:46 EDT President Bush wants to extend environmental protections to more of the Pacific Ocean. Bush said Friday he has asked the secretaries of the Interior, Commerce and Defense to identify additional areas that could be eligible for conservation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/bush-wants-to-expand-marine-protections-in-pacific.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:39:56 EDT President Bush made a fresh appeal for Congress to move quickly on his proposal for a $700 billion program to stabilize cascading financial markets. Bush made a terse public statement outside the Oval Office Friday morning, the day after an apparent agreement on the broad outline of a relief bill fell apart. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/139508-bush-mccain-obama-2008-financial-metldown.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/bush-says-action-needed-now-on-bailout.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/bush-says-action-needed-now-on-bailout.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:18:08 EDT British Prime Minister Gordon Brown offered support for U.S. President George W. Bush's economic rescue package Thursday, a day before the two leaders plan to meet in Washington to discuss the global turmoil. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/british-premier-us-president-plan-economic-talks.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:54:01 EDT President Bush said Wednesday that lawmakers risk a cascade of wiped-out retirement savings, rising home foreclosures, lost jobs and closed businesses if they fail to act on a massive financial rescue plan. "Our entire economy is in danger," he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138323-fed-economy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/bush-warns-entire-economy-is-in-danger.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/bush-warns-entire-economy-is-in-danger.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:21:57 EDT First lady Laura Bush said Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin lacks sufficient foreign policy experience but is a very quick study. In an interview Wednesday with CNN, the first lady remarked that it's fortunate that Republican presidential nominee John McCain has foreign policy experience himself. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/137588-laura-bush-literacy.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/laura-bush-palin-lacks-foreign-policy-experience.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/laura-bush-palin-lacks-foreign-policy-experience.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:49:45 EDT