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Neel Kashkari
Neel Kashkari is in the news today because he's been picked to run the $700 billion bailout of the U.S. economy. One thing about U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, he really is a big fan of Goldman Sachs. Therefore it should come as no surprise ...
Nader decries financial bailout bill
WATERBURY, Conn., Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Independent U.S. presidential candidate Ralph Nader has decried the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry. Speaking Saturday in Waterbury, Conn., the longtime consumer advocate s...
Experts: Bailout didn't cure U.S. economy
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. government bailout of American financial institutions may not cure all that ills the national economy, experts say. What the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act may do is spare the U.S. economy f...
Paulson lays bailout implementation plans
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is considering who to hire to lead the implementation of a $700 billion financial industry bailout plan, sources said. Also being worked out is how to manage any conf...
Bailout might help Calif. get needed loan
SACRAMENTO, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- California officials said Friday they are optimistic the U.S. government's bailout of the nation's financial industry could help the state pay its bills. The Los Angeles Times reported that the Golden Stat...
U.S. markets fall on bailout passage
NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. stock indexes turned counter-intuitive Friday, falling after the U.S. House of Representatives passed a massive bailout package. President George Bush quickly signed the bill into law, but markets had b...
House passes bailout bill by large margin
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. The measure, already passed by the Senate, was quickly sent d...
Bush signs economic bailout bill
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. The measure, already passed by the Senate, was quickly sent d...
Bush signs bailout measure
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. Bush said the plan, which allows the secretary of the U.S. Treasury to buy up t...
Bush says he'll sign bailout measure
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- President George Bush Friday said the the rescue package for the U.S. financial markets passed by Congress is key to helping the economy weather the crisis. By acting in a bipartisan manner, we have act...
House passes economic bailout bill
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. Passing his legislation is only the beginning of our work
House members switching bailout votes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Some U.S. House of Representatives members who had voted against a $700 billion bailout bill said they would reluctantly support the measure before them Friday. We're out of choices, said Rep. Zach ...
Bailout bill has high earmark level
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- As they crafted a bill designed to rescue the credit industry, U.S. senators quietly added billions of tax-break dollars for private projects, lawmakers say. Those additions, called earmarks, covered many ...
House revisits bailout plan
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Supporters of an emergency economic rescue plan converged on Capitol Hill to try to sway U.S. House members to support the $700 billion bailout. The fate of the stabilization plan for U.S. financial market...
Bush presses bailout to House members
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Some House members who voted against the $700 billion bailout for U.S. financial markets indicated they have changed their minds, the White House said. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and...
Bailout Bill - Revamped Heading Back To Congress
The highly unpopular bailout package is heading back to Congress after being revamped and sweetened with enough pork to satisfy disgruntled members of Congress. The bill that was 100 pages long when defeated by congressman, has expanded in size. The...
House may vote on bailout Friday
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives may take up Friday the $700 billion bailout for financial markets to which the Senate added vote-attracting incentives. The approximately $150 billion in new tax breaks, w...
Senate approves bailout bill
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The inclusion of $110 billion in tax breaks sweetened the pot enough for the Senate to pass legislation Wednesday night to bail out the U.S. financial markets. The $700 billion plan ultimately breezed thro...
Code Pink protesters see red over bailout
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. About 10 members of the Code Pink anti-war group ...
House watching Senate bailout action
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Democratic and Republican leaders in the U.S. House say they're counting heads to ensure a $700 billion bailout package will pass a second time around. Neither House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland...
Paul: Bailout 'bad for taxpayers'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul says he opposes the proposed $700 billion financial industry bailout bill as bad for the taxpayers. Paul, a U.S. representative from Texas and ...
Bush hopeful of Senate action on bailout
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush spent Wednesday reaching out to U.S. senators and meeting with economic advisers about the financial crisis, the White House said. The $700 billion bailout bill the U.S. Senate w...
Soros proposes bailout focus on equity
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. billionaire George Soros has proposed the government purchase equity, not illiquid securities, from troubled firms to fix the credit crisis. Soros made his proposal in an article published Wednesday b...
FDIC insurance added to bailout debate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- The second proposed bailout plan for U.S. financial firms may include a provision for more than doubling bank deposit insurance. Currently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, insures each bank account for...
No bailout means disaster, McCain says
INDEPENDENCE, Mo., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Disaster looms if the U.S. Congress cannot pass a bill to bailout the financial markets, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Wednesday. If we fail to act, the gears of our economy will grind to a ha...
Small businesses mixed about bailout
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Acceptance of a federal bailout for Wall Street is mixed among owners of small U.S. businesses with many wondering what's in it for them, analysts said. Many feel Wall Street is being given a free ride,...
Bailout foes 'still love' Rep. Boehner
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Rep. John Boehner probably didn't hurt his status as House minority leader in advocating the failed $700 billion bailout plan, congressional observers said. The Ohio Republican worked with Democratic cou...
Senate sets bailout vote
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Senate leaders scheduled a quick vote on a financial industry bailout plan they hope will be more palatable for opponents. After the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion Wall Street r...
Latin America finds irony in U.S. bailout
QUITO, Ecuador, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The turmoil in U.S. financial markets was viewed with irony by many in Latin America, who have been told for years the free-market system was superior. Portuguese-born commentator Boaventura de Sous...
Economy depends on bailout, Bush says
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. Our economy is depending on decisive actio...
U.S. House faces bailout e-mail crush
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. House, swamped by constituent e-mail on the financial crisis, has instituted controls to prevent its Web site from crashing. Some writers may get a try back later response if they use the...
Survey finds Americans wary of bailout
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. In interviews across the country, The Washingt...
Lawmakers pledge to resume bailout work
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Congressional Democrats and Republicans vow to resume discussions after defeat of the $700 billion bailout plan for U.S. financial markets. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pledged to work with cong...
Blame quickly follows bailout failure
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Finger pointing in Washington began almost as soon as numbers came in for the failed U.S. House vote on the federal $700 bailout package. President Bush said he was disappointed in the vote, CNN r...
Markets set record fall on bailout failure
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Slumping U.S. markets went into a record-setting free fall Monday as the House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion plan to stabilize the economy. Markets were already depressed with the Dow Jones in...
Bush disappointed House balks at bailout
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- President George Bush expressed disappointment Monday after the House failed to approve the $700 billion plan to bail out the U.S. financial markets. I was disappointed in the vote with the U.S. Congr...
House Vote 228-205 Against Bailout
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted 228-205 against a bill that would provide a bailout for banks. The bailout plan had been pushed by President George W. Bush who is "disappointed" by the decision. "There's no question that th...
House votes down bailout plan
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The U.S. House of Representatives rejected the historic $700 billion bailout bill for the U.S. financial markets on a 205-228 vote Monday. The measure fell 13 votes shy of the 218 needed for passage....
U.S. markets decline as bailout vote nears
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. markets slid Monday as Wachovia Corp. was sold to Citigroup and Washington legislators moved closer to a vote on a $700 billion bailout plan. Citibank said it would purchase North Carolina's Wachovia ...
Bailout bill backer accused of embezzling
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A prominent mortgage industry backer of the proposed U.S. financial industry bailout bill embezzled $879,000 from his failed company, a lawsuit alleges. Mortgage Bankers Association of America Chief Ope...
Poll: More disapprove of bailout handling
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- More Americans say they disapprove of the way most of the U.S. political leaders have handled the financial crisis, a Gallup poll indicated Monday. The Gallup poll was conducted before Sunday's ann...
U.S. markets slide as bailout vote nears
NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. markets slid early Monday as Wachovia Corp. looked headed for a sale and Washington legislators moved closer to a vote on a $700 billion bailout plan. U.S. regulators and Wachovia executives worked th...
Bush praises bailout work, urges passage
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush expressed support and appreciation Monday to Congress for its work on a $700 billion bailout for the troubled U.S financial system. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, wh...
Bailout Bill Posted To financialservices.house.gov
The unprecedented bailout bill of the American financial system can be viewed at Financialservices.house.gov. Be prepared to spend some time reading it, the bill encompasses over 100 pages.
Congress to vote on bailout plan this week
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The historic $700 billion bailout plan for the troubled U.S. financial system is expected to pass both houses in Congress this week. U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she...
McCain calls for passage of bailout plan
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. In an appearance on ABC's ``This Week'' program, the...
McCain seeks post-bailout bounce-back
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Campaigners for Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain say there is still plenty of time for a post-Wall Street bailout bounce-back in his favor. In a week dominated by news of the historic fin...
Paulson: Wall Street bailout 'will work'
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Negotiators of a historic $700 billion U.S. financial industry bailout bill say it will be effective and shield average Americans from Wall Street's bad bets. After intense negotiations to produce an ag...
Congress, admin. agree on bailout terms
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Congressional leaders and administration officials have agreed on legislation to have the U.S. government spend up to $700 billion on a financial market rescue. Negotiators said at about 12:30 a.m. Sunda...