Stalled tax relief bill attached to rescue package
October 2, 2008 | Fosters.com
WASHINGTON (AP) The Senate has sweetened its $700 billion rescue package for tottering financial companies with tax breaks broad enough to save 20 million people an average $2,000 a year in higher taxes and narrow enough to help makers of wooden toy bow-and-arrow...

Senate passes bailout, returns it to House
October 2, 2008 | SF Gate
(10-02) 04:00 PDT Washington - -- In a somber and rare demonstration of bipartisan unity, the Senate voted 74-25 on Wednesday for a $700 billion rescue of the nation's banking system - loaded with $150 billion in tax breaks - and sent it back to the House for a second chance on...

Governors, businesses up pressure for bailout bill
October 2, 2008 | Lake Wylie Pilot
WASHINGTON Governors and business lobbyists pressured lawmakers Wednesday to pass a $700 billion financial industry bailout as top lawmakers prepared for another face-off on the issue - this time in the...

Bailout bill needed to save economy, financial expert Gregory Valliere says
October 2, 2008 | Wisconsin State Journal
'If we don't get a bailout bill, this unprecedented seizing up in the credit market will metastasize and spread to the overall economy,' Valliere said in an interview before his...

Hope for Rescue Package Moves to the Senate
October 1, 2008 | Wall Street Journal Online
The Morning Brief, a look at the day's biggest news, is emailed to subscribers by 7 a.m. every business day. Sign up for the e-mail here. Financial rescue package, take two, this time starting with a vote in the less combustible Senate, and with a bundle of additional policy changes centered around a steep...

Lobbyists working for House OK of bailout bill
October 1, 2008 | South Carolina Enquirer-Herald
WASHINGTON Business lobbyists are banding together to pressure lawmakers into reversing this week's rejection of a $700 billion bailout bill for the financial...

House Defies Senate Over Tax Extenders
September 29, 2008 | Yahoo News USA
House Democratic leaders, defying the Senate, have apparently decided to leave town without resolving a standoff over legislation to extend dozens of expiring tax...

Volt could break 100 mpg ceiling if EPA approves:
September 29, 2008 | Auto Week
The Chevrolet Volt could be on its way to being the first mass-produced vehicle rated at 100 mpg or more.To ensure that happens, General Motors is asking the EPA to declare the Volt an electric vehicle for regulatory...

Trade Talk: US taxes among highest
September 29, 2008 | Biz Journals
A new study by KPMG pegs the U.S. corporate income tax rate at 40 percent (the 35 percent federal rate plus the average state income tax rate). That is lower than only the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Japan, according to the Tax...

Senate Passes Piracy Legislation, Creates Copyright Czar if Enacted
September 28, 2008 | Daily Tech
Sweeping IP reform sails through half of...