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, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- President George Bush will not present Congress with a second economic stimulus package before he leaves office next month, the White House said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (UPI) -- White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the U.S. government was closing in on a deal to help the Big Three automakers.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The White House is mulling ways to get a bailout package for U.S. automakers approved by Congress, a senator said Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Department officials have talked with the Obama transition team about tapping $350 billion in unused financial bailout funds, sources say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A Bush administration spokeswoman said the invitations to this year's White House Hanukkah reception bore images of Christmas trees due to a "staff mistake."
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- Governors will have a chance to bend U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's ear on how the national economic crisis is ravaging state budgets, officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve officials say they hope a broad, new lending program for consumers and businesses will help thaw frozen loan markets.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The White House Monday defended the emergency bailout of Citigroup but declined to identify who else might be in line for government help.
DETROIT, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Domestic autoworkers won't be the only ones to suffer if the three U.S. automakers don't receive federal assistance now, a union leader said Thursday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The White House is supporting a Republican proposal in the Senate to redirect $25 billion in bailout funds to U.S. automakers, a spokeswoman said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Senate approval of a new bailout package for U.S. automakers appeared unlikely, even after Detroit's top executives personally pleaded for help, senators said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A bailout of U.S. automakers would be a life support measure and would not force them to change their business model or management, a Senate Republican said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Congress should pass free-trade agreements, especially one with Colombia, to help the economy, White House press secretary Dana Perino said Monday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush said Friday he will nominate federal prosecutor Neil Barofsky to watchdog the $700 billion financial markets rescue plan.
