Reuters - General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Thursday that September U.S. auto sales were running about flat from August, but held out hope a federal auto loan package, tax breaks and a banking bailout, all pending in Congress, would support demand.

Reuters - Stocks soared on Thursday as Congress neared a deal on a $700 billion financial sector bailout that investors hope will thaw credit markets and revive lending.

Reuters - Lawmakers reached basic agreement on a massive financial bailout plan, lifting world stock markets, sending the dollar up and breathing life into troubled money markets.

AP - President Bush said Wednesday that lawmakers risk a cascade of wiped-out retirement savings, rising home foreclosures, lost jobs and closed businesses if they fail to act on a massive financial rescue plan. "Our entire economy is in danger," he said.

Reuters - Nike Inc quarterly earnings beat Wall Street estimates as the world's largest athletic footwear and apparel company reported robust U.S. sales and orders growth, sending its shares up 5 percent.

Reuters - An unusual surge in Goldman Sachs' share price in the last 10 minutes of trading on Tuesday raised eyebrows on Wall Street, as it came two hours before news of Warren Buffett's big investment in the bank.

Reuters - The Dow and S&P 500 edged lower on Wednesday as uncertainty about when Congress might approve a proposed $700 billion financial sector bailout offset Warren Buffett's $5 billion bet on Goldman Sachs.

Reuters - Congress looked close to reaching a deal to approve a $700 billion plan to bail out the U.S. financial system and President George W. Bush called an emergency meeting for Thursday to hammer out details.

Reuters - Washington Mutual Inc , the large U.S. savings and loan company crippled by mortgage losses, has approached private equity firms about a potential takeover after listed firms showed reluctance, the Wall Street Journal.

AFP - Britain's biggest retailer Tesco said Wednesday it had taken certain Chinese sweets off its shelves due to fears over the contaminated milk product scandal.

Reuters - Stocks fell on Tuesday on fear that congressional wrangling could delay a proposed $700 billion plan to rescue the financial sector, increasing worries about the struggling U.S. economy.

Reuters - Oil dipped on Wednesday as concerns over the U.S. economy and sliding fuel demand outweighed hurricane-related supply disruptions that have pushed U.S. gasoline stockpiles to their lowest since 1967.

Reuters - Former General Electric Co Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jack Welch said the U.S. economy faces a deep downturn in coming quarters, and he supports a proposed $700 billion government rescue package for the financial sector.

Reuters - The FBI is investigating Fannie Mae , Freddie Mac , Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and insurer American International Group Inc , expanding its probe of potential corporate fraud, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.