Is There A Bigger Government Rescue in the Works?

Back in the 1980s, the U.S. set up the Reconstruction Trust Corp. and purged bad S&Ls at a cost of $85 billion. No one seems to know how much would it cost to revive the RTC concept to clean up a much bigger financial crisis today.
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Is It the Dawn of the Reregulation Era?
Regulation has been a dirty word in business-and in Washington-for decades. But government oversight is looking a lot better lately.
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The Most Influential Women in the Auto Industry
The auto industry remains a boy's club; only 13 percent of top executives in the business are women. Here is a list of some who are making a big impact, and a slideshow of the cars they drive.
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For U.S. Lumber, 'Green' Labels Vie With Price Tags
Consumers shopping for paper, lumber, and other forest products are increasingly finding items labeled to vouch for the responsible practices that went into bringing these goods to market. But those labels cost money.
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Why Starbucks Lost its Mojo
In its heyday, Starbucks sold not coffee but status: by buying the coffee and speaking the lingo, you resembled the upper class. Then they became too popular and too common to be "cool."
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Business Minute: Rescue plan talks...Wild week ends...Oil spikes...Lehman ruling
Click through for a quick summary of top business news today.
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Judge says Lehman can sell units to Barclays
Regulators shut down Ameribank in West Virginia
Buffett biography reveals flaws, recounts triumphs
Muslim leader says 150 workers fired at Neb. plant
For now, France backs off idea for 'picnic tax'
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MillerCoors to put Sparks Red on hold
Stocks end solidly higher today, little changed for the week
Vermont unemployment rate reaches 4.9%
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