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YRC Worldwide, Inc., a major trucking company that operates as both “Yellow Transportation” and “Roadway,” said that they planned on asking for $1 billion in bailout funds from the government, known as TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program). Last month, YRC CEO Bill Zollars told the …

Republicans say that the Federal Reserve threatened to oust Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis if they did not follow through with the plans to overtake Merrill Lynch & Co. This came after they reviewed investigation documents. They also said that there was evidence that …

Nineteen of the country’s largest banks that were involved in the recent stress tests have shown interest in paying back the funds given to them by the government. Payments from the banks could start as soon as June.
Currently the Federal Reserve is supervising the largest …

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have formally asked the Federal Reserve for permission to repay their shares of $20 billion combined bailout funds out of the $700 billion made available last year to ailing financial corporations. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase & Co. …

Last week we saw the most promise in the economy since the recession began. Wall Street totals began to spike over the last two months and everything seems to be in place for a rise. Unfortunately, traders were so cautious that the spike was misleading …