The New York Times – Afternoon Update: Week of Tumult Ends With Stock Surge

		Friday, September 19, 2008   Compiled 4 PM E.T.   TOP STORIES Advertisement Stocks Surge as U.S. Acts to Shore Up Money Funds and Limits Short Selling By GRAHAM BOWLEY Realizing that its actions so far have been insufficient, the government is starting to put in place a sweeping plan to restore confidence in the financial markets. Congressional Leaders Were Stunned by Warnings By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Top Fed and Treasury officials laid out the potentially devastating ramifications of the market crisis. THE COLLEGE ISSUE The Tell-All Campus Tour By JONATHAN DEE An online start-up allows high-schoolers to find out what students really think about their colleges. For Rivals, Finance Crisis Is Posing on-the-Fly Tests By JACKIE CALMES and JEFF ZELENY The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best handle a national economic emergency. N. Korea Dismisses Terror Blacklist By CHOE SANG-HUN North Korea said that it no longer wishes to be removed from the United States’ terrorism blacklist, signaling that it is hardening its stance. • NYTimes.com Homepage Back to Top   NYREGION   OPINION   In the Shadow of Yankee Stadium The park that looms so large in the minds of the fans has been but a backdrop for the Bronx.  Slide Show Campaign Stops: On Obama Why the Democratic candidate is right about education and why he is wrong to blindly financing schools. BUSINESS Moscow Puts Billions Into Markets and Shares Jump By ANDREW E. KRAMER Russia’s stock markets, which had been among the hardest hit by recent financial turmoil, bounced back on Friday.  Oil Up Sharply, Again Breaking $100 Barrier By REUTERS Oil rose more than $5 to above $100 on expectations a comprehensive United States government plan would help battered financial markets. Pain Spreads as Credit Vise Grows Tighter By LOUIS UCHITELLE Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping budgets and family spending. Upstart Group Wins Screen Actors Guild Vote By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Unite for Strength group has broken the incumbent majority on the guild’s board in a shake-up that could dislodge the logjam in contract talks with movie studios. Uproar Over German Bank’s Payout to Lehman By NICHOLAS KULISH As the rest of the financial community was scrambling to get its money out, a government-owned German lender gave Lehman Brothers 300 million euros on the same day it filed for bankruptcy. • More Business News Back to Top   About This E-Mail  You received these headlines because you are subscribed to Afternoon Update from NYTimes.com. As a member of the BBBOnline Privacy Program and the TRUSTe privacy program, we are committed to protecting your privacy. Manage My Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Change Your E-Mail  |  PrivacyPolicy  |  How to Advertise Please include the following ID number when writing to feedback@nytimes.com so that we can track any reports of problems:  55984007 Copyright 2008 | The New York Times Company | Privacy Policy | NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018

  

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