The House approved $18 billion in new taxes on the largest oil companies Wednesday as Democrats cited
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Posted by diane_court
at 01:15PM 02/19/08
in U.S. Politics, US Economy
Congressional Democrats, pushing controversial legislation to help struggling homeowners escape forec
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President George W. Bush will use his final State of the Union address on Monday to try to reassure n
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Posted by Kimberley McKee
at 03:54PM 03/12/08
in Politics, US Economy
Testifying before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke conducted a master class in the art
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Posted by Kimberley McKee
at 08:52AM 03/31/08
in U.S. News, US Economy
Driven by a painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices, the number of Americans receiving
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Posted by the_wako_kid
at 10:39AM 10/16/07
in U.S. News, US Economy, Satire
Twenty-six years after Ronald Reagan first set his controversial fiscal policies into motion, the dec
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Posted by maybelline
at 08:49PM 03/16/08
in US Economy
The current financial crisis in the US is likely to be judged in retrospect as the most wrenching sin
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Posted by diane_court
at 10:25PM 05/06/08
in Energy, US Economy
Higher U.S. gasoline prices and a slowing economy will cut into U.S. oil demand through the summer dr
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Stocks were sharply lower on Wall Street on Friday after a painful dose of weak economic data reignit
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Posted by maybelline
at 12:32PM 05/16/08
in U.S. News, US Economy
US consumer confidence sank to its lowest level in 28 years this month as anxious shoppers grappled w
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Posted by diane_court
at 04:07PM 11/29/07
in U.S. News, US Economy
The White House issued an economic forecast Thursday that called for "solid growth" through next year
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Posted by Kimberley McKee
at 11:05AM 05/07/08
in Blogs, US Economy
See how other Americans are spending their economic stimulus checks at the blog How I Spent My Stimul
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Posted by maybelline
at 08:26AM 05/19/08
in Energy, US Economy
Hitting oil companies with a windfall profits tax seems like a perfect campaign pitch, since it would
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Posted by diane_court
at 06:27AM 03/15/08
in US Economy
President Bush on Friday acknowledged more starkly than ever that the economy has slipped into troubl
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Posted by maybelline
at 08:49AM 04/28/08
in U.S. News, US Economy
Tax rebates will start going out today, earlier than previously announced. President Bush announced t
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Posted by Kimberley McKee
at 10:17PM 02/04/08
in US Economy
The news keeps coming, each item worse than the one before. New-home sales fall 26 percent nationwide
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Posted by diane_court
at 08:34PM 11/25/07
in U.S. News, US Economy
In May, Alvin Clavon received a foreclosure notice on the simple, Spanish-style house in South Los An
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Posted by driftabit
at 04:32PM 02/10/08
in U.S. News, US Economy
Empty homes and for-sale signs clutter neighborhoods. You've lost your job or know someone who has. Y
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