US foreclosure filings more than double (AP)

Banks say they're using bailout money for loans (AP)
AP - Some of the nation's largest banks sharing in the $700 billion government bailout of the financial industry tried to assure lawmakers Thursday...

Obama to center stage, promises action on economy (AP)
AP - Inheriting an economy in peril, President-elect Obama warned on Friday that the nation faces the challenge of a lifetime and pledged he would...

US foreclosure filings up 71 percent in 3Q (AP)
AP - The number of homeowners ensnared in the foreclosure crisis grew by more than 70 percent in the third quarter of this year compared with the...

Record 1.2 million homes hit by foreclosure
A record 1.249 million homes were in foreclosure during the second quarter of 2008, according to a report released Friday by the Mortgage Bankers...

GM posts $15.5 billion 2nd-quarter loss (AP)
AP - General Motors Corp. said Friday its losses widened to $15.5 billion in the second quarter as North American sales plummeted and the company...