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The $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program assembled in Washington a year ago is going to finally focus on toxic assets, administration officials said...It has used the funds to prop up automotive giants General Motors Corp and Chrysler and bailout...

After coming closer to annihilation than either of its U.S. rivals earlier this year, Chrysler laid out its recovery plan Wednesday, with company officials saying they intend to repay the government bailout loans by 2014 and restore to glory this...

It specifically refers to a Sept. 20 Meet the Press appearance by House Minority Leader John Boehner, where he cited Democratic support for “bailouts” among the reasons he’s “looking forward to a good year next year.” “This would of course...

C anadian banks are expected to hold off on dividend increases again this quarter, a move that’s prudent, but bound to disappoint some shareholders...If our biggest problem with banks is a conservative payout philosophy, we’re in good shape...Among the latest...

In congressional testimonies, lengthy quarterly reports, and media interviews, Barofsky has hammered these points home—but to no avail. "Really it's disappointing," he tells Mother Jones . "I think the expectation that they've given so far just doesn't cut the mustard."...

David Sirota, t r u t h o u t Op-Ed I recall that September day like it was yesterday — the explosion so stunning, so memorable. It wasn't 9/11/01, it was 9/29/08 — a moment when a rare blast...

Troubled Asset Relief Program, was used to help stop a net loss of $12.8 million incurred in 2008 and the first six months of 2009. The bank held the flow of red ink to $448,000 during the second quarter of...

Pay Czar was quickly approaching Monday morning.  These firms were required to send in the pay structures of their top 100 most highly compensated employees by Tuesday to Kenneth Feinberg, the “special master” for compensation, who is charged with reviewing,...

The measures, announced by Mr. Obama at an event at a small records-storage company in suburban Maryland, would allow smaller, community banks to borrow money at low rates from the Treasury Department ’s Troubled Asset Relief Program . It would...