Entries for September 2008

by Julie Hirschfeld Davis The Associated Press The House of Representatives on Monday defeated a $700 billion emergency rescue for the U.S. financial system, ignoring urgent warnings from President George Bush and congressional leaders of both part...

by Tim Paradis The Associated Press Wall Street plunged precipitously Monday, at one point sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 735 points as investors feared that the failure of the government’s financial rescue plan in the House will ...

by Tim Paradis The Associated Press Wall Street plunged precipitously Monday, at one point sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 735 points as investors feared that the failure of the government’s financial rescue plan in the House will ...

by Elliot Spagat The Associated Press The U.S. Border Patrol’s gleaming new regional headquarters building is just one sign of how the fast-growing agency is boosting the local economy. Agents frequent the restaurants and gyms. A new indoor shooti...

by Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press Weekly U.S. jobless claims surged to the highest level in seven years, durable goods orders took a bigger-than-expected tumble and new home sales plunged to the slowest pace in 17 years, according to govern...