Patient's financial future must be considered with Alzheimer's diagnosis. ...more

February 16, 2009

The month-long struggle over the stimulus plan left behind a smoking battlefield of partisanship, but it also set the stage for a political collision on a scale seldom seen in Washington - a showdown on a succession of even more divisive issues that could shadow the future of the two major political parties. ...more

February 16, 2009

Banks and financial institutions, they got it. Even though they're a major cause of the problem. ...more

February 11, 2009

Nine Florida banks, including one in the Tampa Bay area, have applied for and received $164 million in bailout money under the federal government's $700 billion rescue package of financial institutions, according to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury Department. ...more

February 10, 2009

Obama Caps Executive Pay Tied To Bailout Money WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed a $500,000 cap on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving taxpayer bailout money and promised new steps to end a system of "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 8, 2009

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed $500,000 caps on senior executive pay for the most distressed financial institutions receiving federal bailout money, saying Americans are upset with "executives being rewarded for failure." ...more

February 4, 2009

In his radio address Saturday, President Barack Obama promised to lower mortgage costs, offer job-creating loans for small businesses, get credit flowing and rein in free-spending executives, as he prepares a new road map for spending billions from the financial rescue plan. ...more

February 1, 2009

Imagine technology that lets you pay for products by waving your cell phone over a reader. ...more

January 28, 2009

The Senate on Monday confirmed New York Federal Reserve Bank chief Timothy Geithner as President Barack Obama's treasury secretary despite tax problems that might have sunk his nomination in less desperate times. ...more

January 26, 2009

The day before President-elect Barack Obama takes office, the escalating troubles facing major banks around the world couldn't be clearer. ...more

January 20, 2009