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, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- A report outlining $70 billion in executive bonuses potentially due Wall Street bank executives this year has one U.S. congressman fuming.
PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Gallup polls indicate the U.S. public received "a major psychological shock" when it learned banks required a financial bailout bill, the research group said.
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.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Bailout money meant to provide movement in the U.S. financial system may end up sitting still for a while, various bankers said.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Executives of smaller banks reacted angrily to a twist in the financial bailout package, seeing U.S. government equity purchases as punishment rather than help.
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.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. government bailout of American financial institutions may not cure all that ills the national economy, experts say.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush signed into law the far-reaching rescue package for the U.S. financial markets passed by Congress.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives, spurred by cries that inaction was unacceptable, passed a $700 billion economic bailout bill 263-171 Friday.
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.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush Tuesday urged House members to reconsider the $700 billion financial markets bailout plan, predicting disaster if nothing happens.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Americans' opinions about the U.S. House's defeat of the $700 billion bailout plan reflect a wariness about their leaders in Washington, a survey indicates.
