The Treasury Department's efforts to stabilize the financial system may push a number of banks out of business.

Vendors -- increasingly worried about Circuit City's ability to pay for its purchases -- choked the company's operations as the critical holiday season got under way and ultimately led the company to seek bankruptcy protection.

30-minute version of the Sundance-selected documentary I.O.U.S.A. that clearly, simply and frighteningly explains America's staggering economic problems. A must-see. Thanks to Pete C. for the link.

How to deprive, hundreds of thousands of employees,of the right to join a free trade union (Walmart call employees 'associates'eeeuurrgghhh).Walmart are truly, the kings of smashing unions.Walmart policies bring, a high cost to communities.

Very interesting photos !

Five straight quarters of losses and a 70 percent slide in its stock this year haven't stopped Merrill Lynch & Co. from allocating about $6.7 billion to pay bonuses.

WASHINGTON -- Democrats in Congress are pushing for a second economic stimulus package before the next administration takes office in January.Proponents argue the proposed stimulus this time around should focus on Main Street instead of Wall Street. Demo

Bailouts have become the latest craze in Washington, D.C. of late. Insurers, Automakers, and American subsidiaries of foreign banks, all want the Treasury Department to cut them a piece of the largest financial rescue in U.S. history. Pleas in overdrive!

Insightful look at how and why America's auto industry ended up where it is, perilously close to self-destruction, and what can be done to save it.

Merck, Yahoo, General Electric, Xerox, Pratt & Whitney, Goldman Sachs, Whirlpool, Bank of America, Alcoa, Coca-Cola, Detroit automakers & nearly all airlines: these are the companies that are about to cut thousands of jobs. Unemployment 6.1% & rising.