Topic: Henry M. Paulson
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Scope of $700 billion bailout bill continues to widen
The Treasury may back risky mortgages and include other industries in its financial rescue effort.
10/27/2008 01:00 am -
Why Britain is leading the world out of the banking crisis
On Tuesday, the US was the latest nation to follow Gordon Brown's blueprint for rescuing banks.
10/15/2008 01:00 am -
Credit crisis overturns free-market ideology
The next president will decide whether the shift away from laissez faire is permanent.
10/15/2008 01:00 am -
Are states next in line for federal bailout?
A bond sale this week will test whether private capital can meet California's shortfall.
10/15/2008 01:00 am -
Credit crisis driving global cooperation
World markets responded positively Monday to new initiatives emerging from meetings in Washington and Paris.
10/14/2008 01:00 am -
How economy looks to the man who wrote the book
Nobel laureate Paul Samuelson blames crisis partly on 'fiendish' financial engineering on Wall Street.
10/14/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must go
We tried privatizing them before, in 1968. It didn't work.
10/09/2008 01:00 am -
Paulson crafts his new role
In essence, Congress is telling him to create his own financial recovery plan.
10/06/2008 01:00 am -
Congress's financial rescue plan is first step
Democrats will use credit-crisis hearings this month as a springboard for more regulation next year.
10/04/2008 01:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about student testing, cooking on campus, loans that contributed to the financial crisis, and how a recession could help.
10/03/2008 01:00 am -
Let’s bailout Wall Street, Main Street ... and Podhurst Lane?
Lawmakers only talk about the two streets, but everyone on all the other cul-de-sacs and avenues says: We’re broke, too.
10/03/2008 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View Rescue 'America Street'
The financial bailout is not Main Street vs. Wall Street, but a rescue for the whole country.
10/01/2008 01:00 am -
Europe pushed to produce its own rescue plans
Three major lenders were rescued on Monday as the global credit crisis spread.
09/30/2008 01:00 am -
Is credit crisis truly so dire, lawmakers ask
Many in Congress, citing secrecy surrounding bailout talks, seek outside counsel.
09/29/2008 01:00 am -
Letters to the Editor
Readers write about charisma vs. competency, and what Washington should do in response to the crisis on Wall Street
09/25/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Build a better bailout
The Paulson plan should target bad loans, not burned investors.
09/25/2008 01:00 am -
Backlash to federal bailout grows among voters
Liberals and conservatives sign online petitions and complain to Congress. Some push alternative plans.
09/25/2008 01:00 am -
Will U.S. bailout work?
The Treasury's $700 billion rescue would push US into uncharted territory.
09/25/2008 01:00 am -
Congress is wary of the push to bail out Wall Street
Lawmakers are watching the stock market as an indicator of whether to buy Bush's plan.
09/25/2008 01:00 am -
In risky move, McCain calls for debate delay
The GOP candidate wants to concentrate on getting a financial bailout through Congress, but the economy's woes have so far favored Democrats.
09/24/2008 01:00 am -
Congress to Wall Street: 'Curb excessive pay and perks'
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson warns of measures that could slow the bailout bill, but says, "I share your frustrations" on executive pay.
09/24/2008 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View The other bailout: Main Street
How much will it cost taxpayers when Treasury renegotiates troubled loans it buys from banks?
09/24/2008 01:00 am -
Postcrisis economy: calmer but slower
With no investment banks and tighter regulation, experts see a less dynamic recovery ahead.
09/24/2008 01:00 am -
Treasury chief Paulson on verge of historic new powers
The administration's bailout plan would make him temporary overseer of the US financial system.
09/23/2008 01:00 am -
Why some firms are bailed out and others ignored
Those sinking in the wake of the real estate plunge get different treatment. For the overall economy, it makes sense.
09/22/2008 01:00 am
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