House panel votes to give SEC more money, power AP (November 04, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - The House Financial Services Committee voted Wednesday to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market, four months after Bernard Madoff was sentenced for the biggest investment scam in history.
GAO: Full recoup of gov't auto investment unlikely AP (November 02, 2009) WASHINGTON (AP) - Government investigators say the U.S. government is unlikely to recover all of its investment in General Motors or Chrysler because the companies' value would need to "grow substantially above what they have been in the past."