President Barack Obama freed billions of dollars to help the nation's small businesses on Monday, hoping to get credit flowing again to Main Street as well as Wall Street and showering praise on the little guys of American industry who have been complaining about being left out of rescue efforts. ...more

March 17, 2009

Banks borrowed in record amounts from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility over the past week, but investment banks drew loans at a slightly lower, but still brisk, pace. ...more

October 24, 2008

The field of possible buyers for Lehman Brothers narrowed Saturday, but the parties involved in the discussions over the wounded investment bank's future were at loggerheads over how to finance the rescue. ...more

September 14, 2008

Individuals and businesses are likely to see their borrowing costs drop further as the Federal Reserve weighs another interest-rate reduction to bolster a sagging economy. ...more

January 30, 2008