G-20 Ministers Vowed To Tackle Global Financial Crisis

The finance ministers of the G20 met in Horsham, England on Mar.13-14 to prepare for a G20 London Summit on the global financial crisis on Apr. 2.   The G20 is made up of the finance ministers and central...

President Obama Rallies Americans to Support Economic Stimulus

President Obama is holding his first prime-time news conference in the East Room of the White House, to address the American public on the economic rescue plan this evening, Feb. 9.   The text of the...

President Obama Flexes Political Muscles - Limits on Bail Out

"Shameful." That was the President's response last Thursday, to the news that Wall Street had given $18 billion in bonuses, even after the government had already propped up many of Wall Street's most prominent firms....

Obama's $825B Economic Stimulus Package Passes Vote in House

It looks as if Obama's $825 billion economic stimulus plan has quickly passed through the Democratic controlled U.S. House of Representatives. The vote was decisively in favor of the package which totals $819...