“There is great destruction. Not a single house is intact. ... I would like to appeal to the
“There is great destruction. Not a single house is intact. ... I would like to appeal to the whole world for help. We need food, we need medicine. People need warm clothes, blankets because it is cold here.”
Dilawar Kakar
The mayor of Quetta Pakistan where a magnitude 6.4 quake struck, killing at least 150 and leaving more than 15,000 others homeless.
“The Fed is going to send a very strong signal that they will do whatever it takes to restore stability to the economy.”
Mark Zandi
Chief economist at Moody’s Economy.com., predicting Fed policymakers will slash a key interest rate by a half-point, pushing the federal funds rate down to 1 percent.