LONDON, England - April 20, 2009 - American International Group on Monday said it's reached agreement with the U.S. Treasury to swap classes of preferred shares, a deal that could give it access to nearly $30 billion in funds in return for limitations on lobbying and compensation.

WASHINGTON - April 19, 2009 - The Hal Turner Radio Network has obtained "stress test" results for the top 19 Banks in the United States. The stress tests were conducted to determine how well, if at all, the top 19 banks in the U.S. could withstand further or future economic hardship.

WASHINGTON - April 18, 2009 - Observing that the current economic crisis has hit every nook and corner of the world, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday said 2009 is going to be an awful year for economies across the globe.

WASHINGTON - April 17, 2009 - Regulators closed banks on Friday in Missouri and Nevada, bringing the total of U.S. bank failures this year to 25 and matching the number that failed throughout all of 2008, as the struggling economy and falling home prices take their toll on financial institutions.

NEW YORK - April 16, 2009 - U.S. foreclosure activity leaped 46 percent in March from a year earlier, hitting a record high as programs stunting the torrid pace of failing mortgages expired, RealtyTrac reported on Thursday.

LONDON, England - April 16, 2009 - Fears that Depression will tip the U.S. economy into a destructive bout of Japanese-style deflation grew sharply today after Amerika's headline inflation sank into negative territory for the first time in half a century.

NEW YORK - April 16, 2009 - General Growth Properties Inc. filed the biggest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history after amassing $27 billion in debt during an acquisition spree that turned it into the second-largest shopping mall owner.