WASHINGTON, April 21 (UPI) -- A government watchdog has undertaken nearly 20 criminal investigations related to the $700 billion bank bailout program, a congressional report said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has decided to go with an alternative to a "bad bank" to soak up the "toxic" assets held by financial institutions, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Fourth quarter bank losses may require the U.S. government to go beyond the $700 financial bailout package, Federal Reserve officials said this week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama called Sunday for a retooling of the federal government's $700 billion bailout of the U.S. financial industry.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The federal government's $700 billion bailout program for the U.S. financial industry lacks sufficient oversight, congressional investigators said.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Swedbank in Stockholm, Sweden, said it would participate in the government's bailout program and also said it would prefer some company.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A large share of the U.S. federal bailout funds allocated to banks will end up in the hands of the banks' shareholders, much to Sen. Charles Schumer's dismay.
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Norwegian authorities charged the country's largest bank with insider trading based on its alleged foreknowledge of a government financial bailout plan.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- A group demonstrated in the Senate offices of U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, protesting their support of a Wall Street bailout.
SINGAPORE, May 13 (UPI) -- The troubled PT Bank Internasional Indonesia will get a second financial bailout when the Indonesian government launches a $461 million rights issue later this