WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama wants smaller community banks to have greater access to the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund as the administration refocuses the bailout money on small businesses and homeowners and winds down programs aimed at big banks. ...more

October 20, 2009

Two plans to attack the credit crisis are careening into each other. The Obama administration is trying to reignite lending by enticing private lenders to buy the toxic assets that have been stuck on the balance sheets of banks. ...more

March 28, 2009

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner could announce as soon as Monday his much-anticipated plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, administration and industry officials said. ...more

March 21, 2009

The government on Monday unveiled a revamped rescue package to insurance giant American International Group and will provide the troubled company with an additional $30 billion in taxpayer money on an as-needed basis. ...more

March 3, 2009

The Obama administration hopes to restore confidence in the nation's ailing financial sector by subjecting 19 of the largest banks to "stress tests" that will gauge whether each institution has adequate capital to survive a severe downturn. ...more

February 26, 2009

With royal blue sequined tops, skirts fringed with blue feathers and perfectly matching tan pumps, members of the Suncoast Harmony Chorus are ready to roll. They will present their annual concert Saturday, Feb. 21, in New Port Richey. ...more

February 11, 2009

Nine Florida banks, including one in the Tampa Bay area, have applied for and received $164 million in bailout money under the federal government's $700 billion rescue package of financial institutions, according to the latest data from the U.S. Treasury Department. ...more

February 10, 2009

On tap today: Obama will promote $838 billion stimulus plan during a town hall session in Fort Myers. Gov. Charlie Crist will introduce the president. ...more

February 10, 2009

The easy part is coming to an end. Ask just about anyone in Washington involved in the $800-billion-plus economic stimulus legislation churning its way through Congress, and they will tell you it is a milestone - but without question the less expensive and politically and technically less risky part of the Great National Bailout of 2009. ...more

February 9, 2009

A Tampa man was arrested Sunday morning as part of a drug-related home invasion, Tampa police say. ...more

February 2, 2009