Democratic leaders in Congress asked the Bush administration Saturday to provide more aid to the struggling auto industry, which is bleeding cash and jobs. ...more

November 9, 2008

DETROIT — At Ford Motor Co. they called it "Blue," a team set up around the year 2000 to design an array of small, fuel-efficient cars to compete with the Japanese. ...more

November 8, 2008

Now that American taxpayers have committed hundreds of billions of dollars to save the banking system, it's appropriate to assess what they are getting for their investment. ...more

November 1, 2008

Republican John McCain on Thursday spiced up a cross-state bus tour aimed at keeping vote-rich Florida from swinging to the Democrats by accusing rival Barack Obama of saying "anything to get elected." ...more

October 23, 2008

The Bush administration is pledging to do whatever it takes to battle a severe financial crisis that is threatening to push the country into a steep recession. ...more

October 22, 2008

The country hit fresh economic potholes Wednesday as President Bush sought to reassure anxious Americans that the government's latest rescue plan will eventually bring relief. ...more

October 15, 2008

After a whirl of emergency meetings, government leaders on both sides of the Atlantic produced bold promises to rescue the global financial system, but were still racing to work out details to calm battered stock markets before they opened today. ...more

October 13, 2008

President Bush and financial leaders from nations rich and poor pledged Saturday to intensify efforts to unblock a frozen financial system before it does more damage to an increasingly shaky global economy. ...more

October 12, 2008

The Bush administration is hammering out final details of a plan that would allow the government to inject cash into banks in exchange for ownership stakes in an effort to shore up confidence in the faltering financial system, according to officials and sources who have been in contact with the Treasury Department. ...more

October 10, 2008

News that the Bush administration is considering taking ownership stakes in a number of U.S. banks helped restore a relative calm over global financial markets Thursday. ...more

October 9, 2008