Reuters - Even if the fate of Lehman Brothers is resolved this weekend, Wall Street is likely to remain on edge next week because of fears over the health of other big financial companies.

Reuters - Financial regulators have decided how multi-million dollar severance packages for the departing chief executives of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could be limited.

Reuters - Government officials resumed meetings with the heads of some of Wall Street's biggest banks on Saturday and were expected to further press the banks to craft a rescue for beleaguered Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

Reuters - Detroit automakers are not seeking a government rescue, but need quick congressional action to free $25 billion in federally backed loans to help them retool plants and meet new fuel efficiency targets, the chief executive of General Motors Corp said on Friday.

Reuters - Sales at U.S. retail stores fell for a second straight month in August as consumers facing a tough job market cut spending, but declining gasoline prices seemed to lift their spirits in September.

Reuters - The crisis of confidence in Lehman Brothers has led to fallout throughout the financial sector -- especially for larger rival Merrill Lynch & Co Inc .

Reuters - Shares of Washington Mutual Inc whipsawed on Friday amid conflicting reports that JPMorgan Chase & Co was in talks to acquire the battered savings and loan institution.

Reuters - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York held emergency talks with officials of major Wall Street firms on Friday night as concerns grew that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc may fail to find a willing buyer to save the ailing institution.

AFP - US retail sales fell 0.3 percent in August as a government fiscal stimulus faded, with strong automobile sales helping offset a steeper decline, the Commerce Department said Friday.

Reuters - The U.S. government should not back $25 billion or more in loans to help General Motors Corp and the other domestic auto companies, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said on Friday.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Friday as fears about the survival of investment bank Lehman Brothers and the possibility of more mortgage-related losses at American International Group weighed on financial shares.

Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc's revelation that it plans another big write-down for soured loans but has enough capital to survive soothed some analysts and investors who were fearful that the housing crisis might cripple the largest U.S. savings and loan.

Reuters - Sales at U.S. retail stores fell for a second straight month in August as consumers facing a tough job market cut spending, but declining gasoline prices seemed to lift their spirits in September.