| | AIG bails big banks out of $150 billion in credit swaps, protects shareholders before taxpayers |
| | American Express joins Goldman, Morgan as bank holding firms, looking for Fed money |
| | America's credit rating may soon be downgraded below AAA |
| | Big three automakers near bankruptcy; unions, workers, retirees will suffer |
| | Consumer debt way up, now at $2.5 trillion; next area for credit meltdowns |
| | Corporate bond market, both junk and top-rated, slumps more than 25% |
| | China's sees GDP growth drop, crates $586 billion stimulus; deflation is now global, hitting even Dubai |
| | Congress has no oversight of $700 billion, and Paulson's Wall Street Trojan Horse |
| | Commodities down, resource exporters and currencies dropping, triggering a global meltdown |
| | Despite global recession, U.S. trade deficit continues, now at $650 billion |
| | Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae are bleeding cash, want to tap taxpayer dollars |
| | Fed refusal to disclose $2 trillion loans, now the new "shadow banking system" |
| | Fed also plans to provide billions to $3.6 trillion money-market fund industry |
| | Goldman, Morgan lost tens of billions, but planning over $13 billion in bonuses this year |
| | Government policy is dictated by 42,000 myopic, highly paid, greedy lobbyists |
| | Hedge funds: 610 in 1990, almost 10,000 now. Returns down 15%, liquidations up |
| | Hidden costs of $700 billion bailout are likely $5 trillion; plus $1 trillion Street write-offs |
| | King Henry Paulson flip-flops on plan to buy toxic bank assets, confusing markets |
| | New-New Deal: U.S. planning billions for infrastructure, adding to unsustainable debt |
| | Now 46 million uninsured as medical, drug costs explode |
| | Outgoing leaders handicapping new administration with huge liabilities |
| | Retailers bankrupt: Circuit City, Sharper Image, Mervyns; mall sales in free fall |
| | State, municipal, corporate pensions lost hundreds of billions on derivative swaps |
| | State revenues down, taxes and debt up; hiring, spending, borrowing add even more debt |
| | The 800-pound gorillas: Social Security, Medicare with $60 trillion in unfunded liabilities |
| | The "antitaxes" message is a new bubble, a new version of the American dream offering a free lunch, no sacrifices, exposing us to more false promises |
| | Treasury sneaks corporate tax credits into bailout giveaway, shifts costs to states |
| | Unemployment heading toward 8% plus; more 1930's photos of soup lines |
| | Washington manipulating data: War not $600 billion but estimates actually $3 trillion |