Dow Plunges

Illinois Delegation Split On Bailout Bill

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago


The surprise failure of bailout bill yielded a rare totally mixed roll call from the Illinois House delegation. Illinois House Democrats YES Bean, D....

Thomas B. Edsall

Bailout Package Fails As Dow Plunges

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 09.29.2008 | Business


In an extraordinary gamble on the future of the global economy, the House of Representatives voted down the $700 billion Wall Street bill 205-228, as ...

Dow Plunges 240 Points

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 08.25.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Stocks sank in light trading Monday as worries about American International Group Inc. touched off broader concerns that the deterior...

Dow Falls Almost 240 Points

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 07.28.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Wall Street again surrendered to investors' anxiety about the financial sector Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down 240 poi...