Economy May 22 Former Treasury secretary reflects on ‘deeply unfair’ nature of financial crisis recovery By PBS News Hour
Economy Aug 02 Watch Making Sen$e of Bailouts: Why the U.S. Government Bought ‘Troubled Assets’ Making Sen$e of Bailouts: Why the U.S. Government Bought 'Troubled Assets'…
Economy Jun 09 Ten Banks Allowed to Repay $68B in Bailout Funds Ten large U.S. banks have been cleared by the Treasury Department to start repaying $68 billion in bailout money and begin to free themselves from an extraordinary government intervention program that began amid the global financial crisis. By Admin, PBS News Hour
Economy Jan 12 Bush OKs Request to Seek Bailout Funds, Reflects on White House Tenure President-elect Barack Obama has asked President Bush to seek the remaining $350 billion of the $700 billion financial industry bailout, and Mr. Bush has agreed to do so, the White House said Monday. By Admin, PBS News Hour
Economy Nov 14 FDIC: Plan Could Avert 1.5 Million Foreclosures About 1.5 million American households could stave off foreclosures under a revised loan-guarantee program unveiled Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said. By Admin, PBS News Hour