Citigroup Announces Plan To Shed $400 Billion in Assets
NEW YORK, May 9 -- Citigroup said Friday it would shed about $400 billion in real estate, loans and ...
Oil Costs To Offset Stimulus Package
On the eve of President Bush's visit to Saudi Arabia, crude oil prices set a record for the fifth da ...
Market Master's
There were some rocky moments for the 10 business-school students responsible for investing $1.2 mil ...
Let's Make It Cool to Save
A coalition of consumer advocates, public policy groups and academics wants to attack our country's ...
Modest Expectations for Week's Data
This week will offer fresh insight on three major forces affecting the economy: how consumers are be ...
Shares of Oil Firms Have Struck It Rich
Just how strong is this spurt in oil stocks? As oil prices surged to record levels again last week, ...
Uninsured Doesn't Mean Unsafe
Now you know. You've been wasting your money by buying insured municipal bonds. The bonds themselves ...
FBI, ATF Battle for Control Of Cases
In the five years since the FBI and ATF were merged under the Justice Department to coordinate the f ...
California Firm Discloses Investment in Sallie Mae
A San Francisco money management firm disclosed yesterday that it had acquired a 10.5 percent stake ...
Dollar, Economy Bring Down Trade Deficit
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than expected in March as American consumers, stung by the econ ...
Oil Lobby Reaches Out to Citizens Peeved at the Pump
Faced with a national outcry over the high price of gasoline and soaring profits for energy companie ...
39 Republicans Join Democrats As Mortgage Bill Passes House
The House yesterday approved an ambitious plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk ...
Future Shock: Ford Optimistic, Toyota Forecasts Gloom
The previously surging Toyota Motor said yesterday that it expects a 27 percent decrease -- yes, de ...
How Persistence Paid Off In Lower Credit Card Rates
Sam Sweet has become a master at getting credit card issuers to cut the rates on his cards. Over the ...
A High Ride on Flight Components
Never heard of Esterline Technologies? This Bellevue, Wash., company (symbol ESL) has flown under ma ...
Think Generic and Save
If you're a savvy shopper, you'll compare drug prices and choose the medication that fits you best a ...
Emphasizing 'Classical Value' That's Sustainable
Too many mutual funds are bland copies of Standard & Poor's 500-stock index or some other market ben ...
When You Have a Crooked House
In the nursery rhyme, the crooked man with his crooked cat and mouse didn't mind his crooked house. ...
Your Friend, Your Agent?
Of course you know some real estate agents. The National Association of Realtors has 1,235,598 membe ...
Icahn Enters Fray For Circuit City
Circuit City announced yesterday that it will open its books to Blockbuster and billionaire Carl Ica ...
McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Sen. John McCain championed legislation that will let an Arizona rancher trade re ...
Losses and Static For Radio One
Urban broadcaster Radio One yesterday said it lost $18.3 million in the first three months of the ye ...
Senators Urge Government To Streamline Hiring Process
The federal hiring process is broken and needs a quick fix, two senators with a keen interest in gov ...
Marriott Weighs Risk, Opportunity Of a Hotel in Baghdad Green Zone
A Marriott International official said yesterday that the company was evaluating whether to open a h ...
General Dynamics In Power Switch
General Dynamics' board chose a retired admiral and chief executive of Dominion Virginia Power to ta ...
Color of Money Live
Personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary hosts a free-for-all discussion about money matters. ...
A Weekend Ride for Walter Mittys
The instrument cluster defines the car. There is the tubular framing of fuel, speedometer and tachom ...
Despite Veto Threat, House Passes Mortgage Rescue Bill
The House today approved an ambitious plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of ...
GM to pay up to $200M to help end American Axle strike
DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. has agreed to kick in up to $200 million to help bring an end to a b ...
Putin Sets Plans for Tenure as Premier
MOSCOW, May 8 -- Russia's lower house of parliament overwhelmingly approved Vladimir Putin as prime ...
Scant Aid Reaching Burma's Delta
BANGKOK, May 7 -- Small quantities of drinking water, food, tents and other vital supplies reached B ...
FBI Backs Off From Secret Order for Data After Lawsuit
The FBI has withdrawn a secret administrative order seeking the name, address and online activity of ...
Clearwire, Sprint Nextel Set Course for WiMax
If the $12 billion venture formed by Sprint Nextel and Clearwire yesterday works out, your cellphone ...
Your Losing Hand
Using a credit card reminds me of gambling in Las Vegas. <p><a href="http://feeds.washingt ...
Bush Criticizes Democrats on Housing Plan
President Bush vowed yesterday to veto a Democratic plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowne ...
Buoyed by Foreign Money
Not every part of the nation's economy is sagging, despite all the grim news: Exports are surging.&l ...
For FHA, a Huge Task and Uncertain Role
The Federal Housing Administration has a big new role to play in untangling the mortgage mess, but e ...
Pearlstein: Oil and Gas Prices
Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein was online to discuss what to do about soaring ...
Sprint To Revive WiMax Venture
Sprint Nextel today announced a joint venture with Clearwire to build a nationwide wireless network ...
Federal Agents Raid Office of Special Counsel
Nearly two dozen federal agents yesterday raided the Washington headquarters of the agency that prot ...
Obama overtakes lead in superdelegates for first time (AP)
AP - Barack Obama erased Hillary Rodham Clinton's once-imposing lead among superdelegates Satur ...
Myanmar's junta holds referendum despite cyclone crisis (AP)
AP - Myanmar's military rulers held a referendum Saturday aimed at solidifying their hold on po ...
Hezbollah fighters in Beirut melt away (AP)
AP - Hezbollah gunmen were melting away from the streets of Beirut late Saturday, heeding an army ca ...
Obama rises from political obscurity to verge of history (AP)
AP - The amazement was on their faces. Hundreds waited for Barack Obama on that evening in South Car ...
Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City (AP)
AP - Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi fo ...
News Corp. withdraws bid to buy NY newspaper Newsday (AP)
AP - News Corp., the media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, has withdrawn its bid to purch ...
Nursery programs allow imprisoned moms, newborns to bond (AP)
AP - Three-week-old Kevin fussed in mother Melissa Lankey's arms until she started singing soft ...
Mother's Day celebration reaches 100th anniversary (AP)
AP - On this 100th anniversary of Mother's Day, the woman credited with creating one of the wor ...
Jenna Bush's wedding is low-key affair at ranch (AP)
AP - Jenna Bush couldn't see herself getting married at the White House surrounded by antique f ...
Wheldon takes provisional pole, knocks Patrick off top spot (AP)
AP - Dan Wheldon held the provisional Indianapolis 500 pole after the first flurry of qualifications ...
Iraqi factions agree to end Baghdad fighting (Reuters)
Reuters - Iraqi Shi'ite factions on Saturday reached a deal to end fighting between militia and ...
Sudan says rebel attack on Khartoum defeated (Reuters)
Reuters - Darfur rebels fought Sudanese troops in a suburb of Khartoum on Saturday in a bid to seiz ...
Hezbollah gunmen start withdrawl from Beirut (Reuters)
Reuters - Hezbollah on Saturday began withdrawing gunmen from Beirut and handed control of the stre ...
Myanmar holds poll despite post-cyclone chaos (Reuters)
Reuters - Myanmar held a rare election to approve a new army-drafted constitution on Saturday while ...
U.S. looks set to offer Israel powerful new radar (Reuters)
Reuters - The Bush administration appears set to offer Israel a powerful radar system that could gr ...
Zimbabwe's MDC to fight run-off against Mugabe (Reuters)
Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on Saturday he would return home within two days to ...
Obama gathers support as he looks to November (Reuters)
Reuters - Democrat Barack Obama turned his focus to a U.S. general election showdown with John McCa ...
U.S. says North Korea documents date back to 1986 (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States said on Saturday documents handed over by North Korea detailed its weap ...
Lebanese opposition ends west Beirut takeover (AFP)
AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition on Saturday said it was ending its takeover of west Bei ...
Myanmar holds vote despite cyclone devastation (AFP)
AFP - Myanmar's junta held a referendum on a new constitution Saturday, despite warnings more pe ...