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The nation’s banks lost $26.2 billion in the last three months of 2008, the first quarterly deficit in 18 years, as the housing and […]

General Motors Corp. reported a net loss of $9.6 billion in the fourth quarter and a full-year 2008 loss of $30.9 billion including special items.
On […]

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has given Wall Street a double dose of reassurance.
Bernanke told Congress Monday that the recession might end […]

OTTAWA – No longer can Canadians point the finger at the global downturn as the sole source of their economic woe – recession is […]

Your investment portfolio has sunk like a stone in the past few months.
Is that a good reason to move to another investment adviser?
Not necessarily, […]

Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc, the casino operator named for Donald Trump, filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday as recession and declining gambling revenues battered […]

Japan’s Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa said taking too much cold medicine after drinking wine at a luncheon caused him to slur his words and […]

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the federal budget deficit grew by $83.8 billion in January, bringing the total deficit for the first four […]

Identity theft has become more prevalent, with nearly 10 million American victims losing $48 billion in 2008, but the average loss is falling as […]

The New York branch of Eurohypo AG has taken action to foreclose on the InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa, as well as portions of the […]