Date: 2/22/2009 By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Now for the hard part. Even if the national credit card is maxed out and partisanship remains the rule for Washington’s political tribes, President Barack Obama and Congress are plunging…
Feds opens probe of cooling equipment makers
Date: 2/19/2009 By STEPHEN MANNINGAP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday that it has opened an antitrust investigation of the compressor industry, part of a global probe of possible price fixing and other anticompetitive practices at…
Recession ups US demand for Third World-type loans
Date: 2/16/2009 By EILEEN ALT POWELLAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Amy Sokoloff and John Powell were trying to start their art restoration business in New York City, they needed some working capital. But banks weren’t willing to…
Holder expected to review, change Bush policies
Date: 2/3/2009 By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Eric Holder has won confirmation as the first black attorney general, but he’ll have little time to consider his role in history as he decides which Bush administration counterterrorism policies…
GOP elects first black national party chairman
Date: 1/30/2009 By LIZ SIDOTIAssociated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The…