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• Search for Bargains Drives Rebound

  Investors ventured back into the market yesterday in search of bargains, helping it stage a partial rebound from one of the worst trading days since October. Posted Dec 02 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, JP Morgan Chase & Co., for, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Citigroup Inc., General Motors Corporation, Chicago, New York Mercantile Exchange Inc., General Electric Company, Search, Ford Motor Company, Rebound, Chrysler LLC, Harris NA, Jack Ablin, Drives, Bargains

• States Want $176 Billion Slice of Federal Stimulus

  When President-elect Barack Obama arrives at Philadelphia's Independence Hall today to meet with the nation's governors, the main question will be not whether he will deliver fast fiscal relief to the states, but how much? Posted Dec 01 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, The White House, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Medicaid, of, Medicare, Charles Schumer, Barack Obama, Chicago, Philadelphia, Federal, Billion, Want, Edward Rendell, Arnold Schwarzenegger, States, Slice, Stimulus, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, National Governors Association, Mark Sanford, $176, Diane Rowland, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid, Steven Malanga, James Douglas

• Redstone Sells Stake in Video-Game Maker to Investor

  Sumner Redstone, the owner of CBS and Viacom, sold his 87 percent stake in video-game maker Midway Games for $100,000 to help restructure debts that threaten his family business. Posted Dec 01 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, to, In, New England States, CBS Corporation, Chicago, NYSE Euronext, Stake, Maker, sells, Sumner Redstone, Viacom Inc., Mark Thomas, Investor, Shari Redstone, Redstone, National Amusements Inc., Video-Game, Nancy Sterling

• Some Lions Fans Punt on Thanksgiving Tradition

  The economy is in a tailspin, the city's former mayor is in jail and the auto executives are a punch line, but it's become hard to distinguish between the Lions and Detroit. Posted Nov 26 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: on, General Motors Corporation, Some, Ohio, Chicago, Tennessee, Fans, Pittsburgh Steelers, Tiger Woods, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., NFC East Division, National Football League, National Football Conference, American Football Conference, NFC North Division, Dallas Cowboys, Thanksgiving, Tradition, Punt, SportsCorp Ltd., Marc Ganis, Green Bay Packers, Lions, Eric Hipple, Andy Winnie, Detroit Lions, Portsmouth, Paul Shamo, Dave Stronski, Tennessee Titans, Bob Barnes, AFC South Division, Bob Holmes, North American International Auto Show, Ford Field, Jack Lambert, Jack Lambert (Football), Tiger Stadium, Buzzy Holzer

• The President-Elect, Talking Turkey

  President-elect Obama had nearly finished his third news conference in as many days yesterday when he decided to favor his audience with one more tasty morsel of information about the just-announced members of his economic team. Posted Nov 26 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, The, The White House, The Pentagon, John McCain, Cable News Network LP LLLP, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Chicago, Michelle Obama, Daily News LP, David Axelrod, ABC Inc., Bill Richardson (Politician), Paul Volcker, University of Chicago, Turkey, Robert Gates, John Podesta, Rahm Emanuel, Austan Goolsbee, Barbara Walters, BlackBerry Mobile Devices, Disneyland Resort, Ron Klain, Ed Henry, Valerie Jarrett, Eric Holder, Gregory Craig, Thomas Daschle, Tom DeFrank, President-Elect,, Talking

• Stocks Gain for 4th Day Despite Weak Data

  NEW YORK, Nov. 26 -- Stocks gained for the fourth straight session, as optimism about President-elect Barack Obama's plans for handling the economy outweighed Wednesday's flurry of discouraging economic data. Posted Nov 26 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: U.S. Federal Reserve, for, Stocks, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Citigroup Inc., General Motors Corporation, Barack Obama, Chicago, Day, Weak, Data, Paul Volcker, University of Chicago, KB Home, Austan Goolsbee, Centex Corporation, 4th, Gain, Despite, Harris NA, Jones Apparel Group Inc., Jack Ablin, Liz Claiborne Inc.

• Obama Promotes an Array of Financial Proposals

  In his second news conference in as many days, President-elect Barack Obama continued his assertive approach to the nation's financial woes, naming two more top economic officials and promoting a broad array of recovery plans he intends to push upon entering the White House in January. Posted Nov 25 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: United States, Financial, The White House, George W. Bush, of, Tony Fratto, Herbert Hoover, George H.W. Bush, John McCain, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Obama, Chicago, Bill Clinton, an, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Detroit, Paul C. Light, New York University, Kentucky, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robert Gates, Kari Lydersen, U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Proposals, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, Somalia, Peter R. Orszag, Robert Dallek, Promotes, Rob Nabors, James L. Jones, Array

• Democrats' Stimulus Plan May Reach $700 Billion

  Facing an increasingly ominous economic outlook, President-elect Barack Obama and other Democrats are rapidly ratcheting up plans for a massive fiscal stimulus program that could total as much as $700 billion over the next two years. Posted Nov 23 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, The White House, George W. Bush, Medicare, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Citigroup Inc., Charles Schumer, John McCain, Iraq, CBS Corporation, Cable News Network LP LLLP, Barack Obama, Chicago, Harvard University, David Axelrod, ABC Inc., Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Nancy Pelosi, May, Jon Corzine, Plan, Billion, Robert Reich, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Boehner, Austan Goolsbee, Lawrence Summers, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Stimulus, Martin Feldstein, National Bureau of Economic Research, Reach, Democrats', $700

• Banking Regulator Played Advocate Over Enforcer

  When Countrywide Financial felt pressured by federal agencies charged with overseeing it, executives at the giant mortgage lender simply switched regulators in the spring of 2007. Posted Nov 22 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: U.S. Federal Reserve, United States, Seattle, California, Over, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Brooklyn, Barack Obama, Chicago, Princeton University, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Federal Financial Analytics Inc., Washington Mutual Inc., Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Banking, Office of Thrift Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Calabasas, Angelo Mozilo, Countrywide Financial Corporation, John Dugan, Regulator, John Taylor, Pasadena, IndyMac Bancorp Inc., Jim Leach, Charles Keating, Robert Thomason, Dorothea Larkin, Played, Tournament of Roses Association, Lincoln Savings and Loan, Ruthann Melbourne, Ellen Seidman, Simeon Ferguson, James Gilleran, Superior Bank, Dale George, Scott M. Polakoff, John J. LaFalce, Downey Savings and Loan Association, Advocate, Darryl W. Dochow, Enforcer, John Reich

• Obama Picks N.Y. Fed President Geithner as Treasury Secretary

  President-elect Barack Obama has selected New York Federal Reserve Bank President Timothy F. Geithner as Treasury secretary, handing the post to a primary architect of the Bush administration's response to the financial crisis, according to Democratic and industry officials yesterday. Posted Nov 21 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, Wall Street, New York, United States, Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Fed, Henry M. Paulson, U.S. Department of Commerce, Georgetown University, The White House, The Washington Post Company, Dow Jones & Co. Inc., Lehman Brothers Inc., Citigroup Inc., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, As, President, Mexico, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Illinois, Obama, Chicago, Bill Clinton, N.Y., Asia, Russia, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Daniel K. Tarullo, U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Bill Richardson (Politician), U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Robert Rubin, University of Chicago, Jason Furman, The Brookings Institution, U.S. House of Representatives, Treasury, Penny Pritzker, Secretary, Timothy Geithner, U.S. Senate, Austan Goolsbee, Lawrence Summers, New Mexico, U.S. Congressional Budget Office, United Nations, Picks, Kent Conrad, White House Council of Economic Advisers, Anne E. Kornblut, Chris Cillizza, National Economic Council, American International Group Inc., Geithner, Scott Talbott, Geithner Treasury, Joining Summers

• Housing Futures Let Investors, or Homeowners, Hedge Their Bets, but They Attract Little Action

  Your house may be special to you, but to a futures trader dealing in housing contracts, it's just another data point. Posted Nov 21 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, New York, Action, Bethesda, Housing, Miami, San Francisco, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Las Vegas, Boston, but, Los Angeles, Chicago, or, Denver, San Diego, Reston, Their, Futures, Manassas, They, Little, Hedge, CME Group Inc., Let, Investors,, Xerox Corporation, IndexUniverse.com, Bets,, Attract, Marjorie Fox, Matt Hougan, Homeowners,, Michael Shore, Fritz Siebel

• Crisis Hits Values of Commercial Mortgages

  NEW YORK, Nov. 20 -- Another levee in the financial markets is crumbling. Posted Nov 20 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Crisis, Washington, DC, New York, Maryland, Virginia, California, of, Hits, Columbia (Maryland), U.S. Department of the Treasury, South Carolina, Arizona, Chicago, West Virginia, Georgetown, Atlanta, Mortgages, Detroit, Tampa, Commercial, Herb Miller, Circuit City Stores Inc., Miami Beach, General Growth Properties Inc., Sidley Austin LLP, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Sean Kirk, Mike Kirby, Values, Lisa Pendergast, Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., The Rouse Company

• U.S. Transit Agencies Ask Congress For Help in Averting Service Cuts

  Leaders of 11 transit agencies appealed to Congress yesterday for help in averting service cuts for millions of subway and bus riders across the country because of a financial emergency triggered by the global credit crisis. Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: Washington, DC, U.S. Federal Reserve, New York, In, U.S., for, American Public Transportation Association, Meg Smith, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Help, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Ask, Atlanta, Internal Revenue Service, Service, Max Baucus, Congress, Chuck Grassley, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, Agencies, Cuts, American International Group Inc., Federal Transit Administration, Averting, Beverly Scott, Transit

• Holiday Travel Expected to Drop

  President Bush trekked to the Transportation Department yesterday to outline the steps the White House was taking to curb air traffic hassles during the busy holiday travel season. Posted Nov 18 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: New York, to, The White House, George W. Bush, Phoenix, Citigroup Inc., Los Angeles, Chicago, Nevada, Drop, Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transport Association, Kate Hanni, Transportation Security Administration, New Mexico, Expected, Travel, David A. Castelveter, Holiday, Robert L. Darbelnet

• Daniel Lyons on Tesla Motors

  Tesla Motors didn't just set out to build an electric car. It set out to teach Detroit a lesson. Back in 2003, when these guys from Silicon Valley were launching their company, they didn't apologize for knowing next to nothing about the automotive industry. In fact, they took pride in this. They ... Posted Nov 17 2008, 04:00 PM by washingtonpost.com - Business Filed under: New York, on, Miami, Seattle, California, Los Angeles, Newsweek Inc., Chicago, PayPal Inc., Detroit, Silicon Valley, Elon Musk, New Mexico, Motors, San Jose, Tesla Motors Inc., Daniel, Tesla, Porsche 911, Daniel Lyons, Fisker Karma, San Carlos, Fisker Automotive Inc., Kimbal Musk, Lotus Elise, Menlo Park, Lyons, Martin Eberhard