Entries for November 2008

by Christopher S. Rugaber The Associated Press With the number of new claims for U.S. jobless benefits hitting a 16-year high, some economists warn of further waves of layoffs in the months ahead. Even already battered industries such as construct...

by Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press President George W. Bush, struggling to get ahead of a global financial crisis, hopes to win more converts at a summit here for an action plan aimed at showing governments have the will and the means to hal...

by Jim Abrams The Associated Press With no end in sight to economic bad news, President George W. Bush on Friday ensured that millions of laid-off American workers will keep getting their unemployment checks as the year-end holidays approach. Bush...

by Ken Thomas The Associated Press The Bush administration sharply criticized congressional Democrats on Friday for taking a recess without approving a multibillion-dollar lifeline for the Big Three U.S. automakers. "It is appalling that Congress ...

by April Castro The Associated Press Democrat Jim Mattox, known as the junkyard dog of Texas politics who served in Congress and as state attorney general and battled Ann Richards in a vicious campaign for governor, has died. He was 65. Mattox, a ...