Reuters - Democratic congressional leaders, seeking to salvage a bailout of the Big Three automakers, demanded executives provide a business survival plan in exchange for their support of up to $25 billion in loans.

Democratic leaders in Congress said that they would come back into session in December to consider helping the nation?s automakers, but only if they provided a viable plan for moving forward.

Reuters - Waves of selling in world stock markets crashed into Asia on Friday, with gains from the region's 5-year bull run now erased as a global recession tightened its grip, and investors sought refuge in government bonds and cash.

For the first time in memory, a single bank, JPMorgan, is poised to nab a triple play at the top of the M.& A., debt and equities rankings.

The sell-off in the stock market has been stunning, and quick government action is needed to restore confidence.

Hard times are back on the American farmstead, as the price paid for crops is dropping much faster than the cost of growing them.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc shares rose in premarket trading Thursday on a report that longtime shareholder Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal plans to increase his stake in the bank to 5 percent.

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The Treasury secretary defended his management of the financial crisis and warned against the imposition of overly strict regulations to prevent a repeat calamity.

European Union governments agreed Thursday to overhaul the way the trade bloc distributes tens of billions of euros in subsidies to farmers.

Stocks plunge as hopes for immediate bailout for auto industry fade.

Total DVD sales are down by about 4 percent for the year, contributing to a creeping dread in the movie capital that buyer interest is plummeting as the global economic crisis worsens.

The News Corporation announced Thursday that Roger Ailes, the chairman and chief executive of Fox News, had signed a new five-year contract with the company.

The network?s effort to sell off part of its prime-time schedule appeared to fall apart in the wake of low ratings for the Sunday schedule put together by an independent production company.

Report today to say another 505,000 jobs lost last week.

As Big Three automakers beg for cash, Honda expands with new factory in Indiana.

Despite Detroit's troubles, NASCAR chairman thinks Big 3 will stay in racing.

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