Bonds

They're not buying it. In the aftermath of the congressional vote Friday for a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package, skeptical investors on Monday sent the Dow Jones industrial average below 10,000 for the first time in four years. At its lowest...

Charles Keating, a vastly successful Phoenix entrepreneur, was as well known for his crusade against pornography as for his aggressive business practices, deluxe lifestyle, political influence and flat-out arrogance. The failure of his Lincoln Savings and...

Charlie Keating just might be the greediest man in America. Greedy to the tune of $2.5 billion. He's been accused of using his Lincoln Savings and Loan like a personal cash machine. In 3 1/2 years, he and his family took $34 million out of it in...

You've been given a breather - an opportunity to relax about the stock market and take action with your investments if you feel you must. At least, that's the way it looked at the end of the week, when the House passed the bailout plan and President...

Construction of schools, sewer systems and other public works may be postponed until money from bond markets flows more freely and interest rates decline, state and local government officials said. Broward County was set to borrow $170 million in...

Construction of new schools, sewer systems and other public works may be postponed until money from bond markets flows more freely and interest rates decline, state and local government officials said. Possibly on hold is a $106 million loan for the Palm...

You've been given a breather—an opportunity to relax about the stock market and take action with investments if you feel you must. At least that's the way it looked at the end of the week, when the House passed the bailout plan that's supposed...

Dear Congressman: I remember the Great Depression. From 1929 to 1940 was a horrendous 10 years. There is a general consensus among economists that in 1929 a substantial injection of funds to bolster the banking system would have forestalled the worst...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, alarmed by the ongoing national financial crisis, warned Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson on Thursday that the state might need an emergency loan of as much as $7 billion from the federal government within weeks....

With Uncle Sam now about to make good on a $700-billion bailout for the financial system, Wall Street on Friday looked like an ungrateful child. The stock market began to slide soon after the House approved the bailout bill, and most major market indexes...

Losing nearly $9 billion of market value can really ruin your week. It did at The Hartford, which now faces even tougher challenges after panicked investors hacked its stock price by nearly 52 percent. However, the stock slide doesn't mean that The...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's top finance officials reacted cautiously Friday to congressional approval of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package. They have been worried that the credit market will hurt the...