Nine Florida banks, including one in the Tampa Bay area, have applied for and received $164 million in bailout money under the federal government's $700 billion rescue package of financial institutions, according to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury Department. ...more

February 10, 2009

Fiat and Chrysler said Tuesday they have agreed to form a strategic alliance that would give the Italian auto empire a 35 percent stake in the troubled U.S. carmaker and eventually could give it full control. ...more

January 21, 2009

Fiat and Chrysler said Tuesday they have signed a nonbinding agreement for a strategic alliance that would give the Italian auto empire a 35-percent stake in the troubled U.S. carmaker. ...more

January 20, 2009

$2 trillion Amount the national debt is expected to increase this year 40 percent ...more

January 5, 2009

Security forces overran a militant camp on the outskirts of Pakistani Kashmir's main city and seized an alleged mastermind of the attacks that shook India's financial capital last month, two officials said Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

Raymond James Financial Inc. said this week it has applied to be part of a federal plan to boost capital in financial institutions and spur lending. ...more

November 22, 2008

A cross-border raid by U.S. special forces killed the al-Qaida-linked head of a Syrian network that smuggled fighters, weapons and cash into Iraq, an American counterterrorism official said Monday. ...more

October 28, 2008

One could be forgiven for crawling into a fetal position to begin sobbing like a Bronte sister while sucking a bottle of Boodles gin dry after hearing the leader of the free world confidently predict the $700 federal bailout of the nation's financial system will work like a fine Swiss watch. ...more

September 30, 2008

Before it was rudely interrupted by Russia's invasion of neighboring Georgia, much of the national campaign - whether for president or any of the contested seats on Capitol Hill - revolved around the tax code, a dreary topic except that it tends to reveal the nature of the electorate. ...more

August 17, 2008

We knew it could happen, even though they said it wouldn't. The government is using our money again to haul private companies' hindquarters out of the fire - this time it's troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. ...more

July 16, 2008