Fire Sale

Bear Stearns Rescue Backed Amid Concerns

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and the Bush administration on Thursday defended the decision to rescue Bear Stearns amid que...

Credit Crunch Worsening

Wall Street Journal | LIZ RAPPAPORT, CARRICK MOLLENKAMP, KAREN RICHARDSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


A widening array of financial-market problems threatens to trigger a new phase in the global credit crunch, extending it beyond the risky mortgages th...