WASHINGTON - The federal government has devoted $4.7 trillion to help the financial sector through its crisis, a level of assistance equal to about on...
Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.09.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON -- Several Wall Street firms seeking to buy back warrants held by the government as part of the $700 billion financial bailout are complain...
The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 07.19.2009 | Business
It is exceedingly difficult to convey exactly how much we are spending on all these bailouts. Whenever I start talking trillions (versus mere billions...
Reuters | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business
U.S. congressional budget analysts have raised their estimate of the net cost to taxpayers for the government's financial rescue program to $356 billi...
Reuters | Emily Kaiser | Posted 03.01.2009 | Business
The cost of restoring confidence in U.S. financial firms may reach $4 trillion if President Barack Obama moves ahead with a "bad bank" that buys up so...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The government estimated Tuesday that it will spend $6.5 million by the end of January in salaries and other administrative costs f...
AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business