For a while, the real estate market was the top priority of media outlets as it became apparent that it was at the heart of the financial collapse. As the initial wave of coverage subsided, real estate took a back seat to health-care reform and the well-publicized public outcry over the practices of...

Earlier this week President Obama introduced a plan to use excess money from the TARP to help spur job growth. While many working class Americans have been critical of the financial bailout up to this point, November marked a major turning point in the economic recovery as the unemployment rate fell...

It’s been one year since the government began doling out money from the US Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program—last fall’s investment into the beleaguered financial sector. After a year, the TARP is back in the public spotlight once again; it turns out that the TARP may finally be reapi...