The question was direct and prescient. Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., asked the Treasury secretary in an open hearing what could be done to stop American International Group from paying $165 million in bonuses to hundreds of employees in the very unit that nearly destroyed the company. ...more

March 21, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama on Monday plans to officially announce that Democratic primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton will be his secretary of state and name other appointees to top posts in his administration. ...more

December 1, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama is filling his Cabinet at record speed, choosing loyal friends and one-time foes to guide his wartime foreign policy decisions. ...more

December 1, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's picks for his Cabinet are reassuring because they have Washington experience - unless they're disappointing for that very reason. ...more

December 1, 2008

President-elect Barack Obama's picks for his Cabinet are reassuring because they have Washington experience - unless they're disappointing for that very reason. ...more

November 28, 2008

Barack Obama is likely to choose Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for the job of secretary of homeland security, top Obama advisers and several Democrats said Thursday as the shape of the president-elect's Cabinet begins to emerge. ...more

November 20, 2008

A handful of top executives from American International Group Inc. spent thousands of dollars during a recent English hunting trip, even as the New York-based insurer asked for an additional $37.8 billion loan from the Federal Reserve. ...more

October 16, 2008

The Federal Reserve announced today a radical plan to buy massive amounts of short-term debt in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy. ...more

October 7, 2008

Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. shares slid Thursday as continued credit fears shook Wall Street, and government officials again reiterated that no bank is too big to fail. ...more

July 11, 2008

Words may fail, but art does not. Or so says Seattle artist Robert Blehert, who will paint mothers' "essence" using flowers at the Art on the Docks art gallery in Tarpon Springs today and tomorrow, May 10 and May 11. This will mark Blehert's second time doing the portraits at the gallery after appearing there on Mother's Day 2007. ...more

May 10, 2008