WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- Many U.S. companies pleading poverty to receive bailout funds were simultaneously spending millions of dollars on lobbying, a records review indicates.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Bush administration and Obama transition officials are working to get the remainder of a $700 billion U.S. financial rescue package released, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- The federal government's $700 billion bailout program for the U.S. financial industry lacks sufficient oversight, congressional investigators said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. House panel kept up the congressional criticism of the Treasury Department's handling of the $700 billion financial bailout Friday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. banks participating in the $700 billion financial bailout plan should not continue lobbying in Washington, an influential advocacy group leader said.
BERLIN, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel said banks should take advantage of a $637 billion government bailout plan few have availed themselves of so far.
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.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Oilman T. Boone Pickens said Thursday the United States should give the Treasury secretary funds for a financial sector bailout "and tell him to get it fixed."
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President George W. Bush said the nation's economy would suffer catastrophic effects if Congress fails to pass a bailout of the financial industry.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Political wrangling over the U.S. Treasury's $700 billion bailout proposal for financial firms leaves the bill's final form up in the air, leaders said.
