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.
CHICAGO, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama praised President George Bush's decision Friday to provide a bridge loan package to two ailing U.S. automakers.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Dismal unemployment news presses home the negative effects a collapse of the U.S. auto industry would have, President-elect Barack Obama said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Monday congressional negotiators appear to be moving in the right direction on an auto industry bailout.
CHICAGO, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- President-elect Barack Obama may have kept a low profile publicly on a bailout for U.S. automakers but he's been active behind the scenes, his advisers said.
DETROIT, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- United Automobile Workers said they would rather bend than break, offering concessions to U.S. automakers on the eve of bailout hearings in Washington.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama Monday said any help provided to the auto industry must be a long-term solution, "not just kicking the can down the road."
NYANGMA-KOGELO, Kenya, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Kenyan relatives of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama are new celebrities in their country, but say the spotlight isn't always welcome.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The bailout package is for the financial industry, not the U.S. auto industry, despite its importance to the economy, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said.
LANSING, Mich., Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is committed to the survival of the struggling U.S. auto industry.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
