The Treasury Department agreed to take a stake of $5 billion in GMAC and agreed to lend $1 billion to G.M. to help GMAC reorganize itself as a bank holding company.

General Motors and Chrysler were expected to get $4 billion each in federal loans as soon as Tuesday, days before they had warned they would run out of cash.

A nonprofit Congress set up to help veterans with small businesses was criticized in a Senate report for spending federal dollars on luxuries and high salaries.

One day before G.M. and Ford are expected to report bleak quarterly results, auto executives pleaded in Washington for more federal aid.

Executives of the Big Three automakers traveled to Washington Thursday to press their case for more financial aid from the federal government, citing bleak prospects for their industry.

In an effort to preserve jobs and retrain displaced workers, New York State officials are asking for more than $60 million in federal aid.

Statistics show that most people who have refinanced are homeowners who make their payments on time, not borrowers in crisis.

A program in Alaska trains dental therapists to provide basic services, such as drilling and filling cavities, often at a lower cost and in communities chronically underserved.

Millions of Americans are behind on electric and gas bills, and record numbers could soon face energy shut-offs.