Japan, Australia Warn On 'Buy American' Plan - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.com

While we are suffering at home, with staggering job losses, why shouldn't we allow a measure to keep and expand jobs in the US? We have to worry about our interests first, i.e. protectionism in order to lift us out of the current economic predicament that we face.

Crisis Spreads to Tech Sector as Sun Plans to Cut Work Force - NYTimes.com

When will the job losses stop? The result to the economy is going to be leveraged 10 fold for every dollar each person takes out of the economy as a result of job loses.

Foreclosures in October jump 25% from a year ago - Nov. 13, 2008

As government and industry scrambled to stem the housing crisis, another 84,868 homes were lost to foreclosure in October, according to a report released Thursday. Last month 279,561 struggling borrowers received foreclosure filings,

Bailout lacks oversight - Washington Post- msnbc.com

In the six weeks since lawmakers approved the Treasury's massive bailout of financial firms, the government has poured money into the country's largest banks, recruited smaller banks into the program and repeatedly widened its scope to cover yet other types of businesses, from in …

Will The Bleeding Stop? Spin and More Spin....

Dow closes at 8282.86 Wednesday Dow closes at 8835 Thursday Dow at 8663 10:24 Friday

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ABC News: Bush, Obama Discuss Economy, Foreign Policy. Whitehouse visit.

The president and Obama talked war and financial crisis. Laura Bush and Michelle Obama talked about raising daughters in the nation's most famous house.

Obama Looks To Be First Wired President

Armed with millions of e-mail addresses and a political operation that harnessed the Internet like no campaign before it, Barack Obama will enter the White House with the opportunity to create the first truly "wired" presidency.

U.N. moves to lift up African farmers - Africa - msnbc.com

350,000 small farmers are set to benefit from fast-changing attitudes toward food aid, spurred by spiraling food and fuel costs.

Meltdown 101: Why did the AIG bailout get bigger? - News Wires - CNBC.com

AIG is too interwoven into the infrastructure of the country. It has been reported that they control greater than 95% of the insurance covering the United States Airports.

Obama, 'Let the Good Times Roll'

I can't wait to see if the economy increases for average Americans under Obama. Under Bush the economy only had extreme inflation for average Americans that was not properly documented under the way the government measures inflation.

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For Obama, No Time to Bask in Victory As He Starts to Build a Transition Team - NYTimes.com

President-elect Barack Obama began moving Wednesday to build his administration and make good on his ambitious promises to point the United States in a different direction, as his commanding victory reordered the American political landscape and transfixed much of the nation and  …

Obama Wins Election - NYTimes.com

Barack Hussein Obama was elected the 44th president of the United States on Tuesday, sweeping away the last racial barrier in American politics with ease as the country chose him as its first black chief executive.

Financial Market Uncertainty Escalates as Presidential Election Bringing

For most investors, Halloween was a welcome treat from the haunted trickery of the markets over prior few weeks.

Psychology Today: Ten Politically Incorrect Truths About Human Nature

Human nature is one of those things that everybody talks about but no one can define precisely.

Consumers Lose Faith in Fed Due to Crisis - Economy * US * News * Story - CNBC.com

The financial world is coming to an end?

The Bailout Farce

I have watched the President make his speech to the American people and he did not convince me one bit that we are not catering to the financial industries lobbyists.

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TheStar.com | Business | Credit crunch: the big picture

This is an old article that gives a great perspective to what is currently happening.

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