The Obama administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping overhaul of the financial system designed to impose greater regulation on major players like hedge funds. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Obama administration's latest attempt to tackle the banking crisis and get loans flowing to families and businesses will create a new government entity, the Public-Private Investment Program, to help purchase as much as $1 trillion in toxic assets on banks' books. ...more

March 23, 2009

It's always great to see the stock market come back from the dead. But I am deeply worried that our political system doesn't grasp how much our financial crisis can still undermine everything we want to be as a country. ...more

March 13, 2009

In 1933, as today, a new president stepped into the White House, vowing change and decisive action at a time when a banking crisis posed a grave threat to the nation's economy. ...more

February 9, 2009

People angry and frightened that they've lost almost half their life savings in a year are calling the 401(K) retirement law a failed experiment that needs a risk-free, mandatory replacement. Some even want Congress to take emergency action to help workers refill their depleted accounts. ...more

February 2, 2009

Here's what we know about the Obama presidency so far. It's not 1933, we're not in the Great Depression and Barack Obama is not FDR. ...more

February 1, 2009

Congress OKs Release Of Final $350B Of Bailout WASHINGTON (AP) - Congress laid the foundation for President-elect Barack Obama's economic recovery plan on Thursday with remarkable speed, clearing the way for a new infusion of bailout cash for the financial industry while majority Democrats proposed spending increases and tax cuts totaling a whopping $825 billion. ...more

January 18, 2009

Challenging 38-year incumbent C.W. Bill Young for Congress is daunting, but Dunedin Mayor Bob Hackworth thinks he has the key. ...more

October 19, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Brother, can you spare a billion? More like $700 billion, to be precise. ...more

October 5, 2008