Analysis: A new financial crisis at the worst time (AP)

Fed cuts key interest rate to near zero (AP)
AP - The Federal Reserve has slashed its target interest rate to nearly zero and is taking a number of other unprecedented moves in an effort to battle a severe financial crisis and worsening...

Fed cuts target for key rate to record low (AP)
AP - The Federal Reserve has cut its target for a key interest rate to the lowest level on record and pledged to use "all available tools" to combat a severe financial crisis and prolonged...

White House: No immediate deal on auto loans (AP)
AP - Don't expect an announcement Sunday or Monday from the White House on a possible plan to prevent the collapse of the troubled auto industry. That's the latest word from White House...

White House assessing options to aid carmakers (AP)
AP - The White House weighed its options Saturday for preventing a collapse of the troubled auto industry, once the backbone of the U.S. economy. So far, the only thing certain is that the...

Big 3 must now rely on White House for help (AP)
AP - The auto industry's cash-flow crisis has landed back on the White House doorstep.