WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. auto industry provided more information to show it deserves taxpayer support than financial companies have, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Insurance companies buying banks to qualify for a share of the $700 billion U.S. bailout program have no guarantee the strategy will work, the Treasury 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.
TOKYO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Japan, concerned about the steep stock market plunges, moved up to Tuesday a plan to ban the short selling of shares beginning in November to calm the markets.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Treasury Department is trying to fit insurance companies into the $700 billion federal bailout package designed primarily for banks, sources said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A $250 billion direct stake in banks is among the planks included in the $700 billion bailout plan for the U.S. financial system, President Bush said Tuesday.
FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- German Finance Minister Torsten Albig said Monday the government had proposed a $671 billion bailout plan for the nation's banks.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The $700 billion U.S. financial bailout plan won't save every financial institution, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday.
VIENNA, Va., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- An investor trade group Tuesday said the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's recent rules change on short selling is flawed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain said Sunday he hopes he will be able to support the Wall Street bailout plan pending before Congress.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Friday offered support for the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of U.S. financial markets.
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 26 (UPI) -- The U.S. public wants Congress to do something to prevent a financial meltdown but does not like President Bush's plan, a poll released Friday found.
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) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in Washington Wednesday repeated his call for support of a massive bailout plan for financial firms.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney took a bruising when he talked to House Republicans about the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan, some at the meeting said.
