NEW YORK - March 2, 2009 – U.S. investors are facing the worst year for dividend cuts since 1938, Standard & Poor’s has forecast, as a growing tally of blue-chip companies across the globe slash pay-outs for investors.

NEW YORK - March 1, 2009 - The U.S. government will commit another $30 billion to prop up American International Group Inc. as the embattled insurer prepares to report the biggest loss in history and struggles to sell assets.

LONDON, England - February 28, 2009 - The United States was hit by its most brutal slump in a quarter of a century at the end of last year as consumers and businesses reined in spending, fueling fears that the world recession may be deeper than already feared.

NEW YORK - February 27th, 2009 - Bloomberg’s Patrick Rial and Hideki Sagiike caught up with noted investment analyst Marc “Dr. Doom” Faber at an event in Tokyo hosted by CLSA Ltd. Financial.

NEW YORK - February 26, 2009 - General Motors Corp. posted a $9.6 billion fourth-quarter loss and said it burned through $6.2 billion of cash in the last three months of 2008 as it fought the worst U.S. auto sales climate since 1982 and sought government loans to keep the century-old company running.

NEW YORK - February 24, 2009 - Target Corp. said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit fell 41 percent, hurt by the consumer spending slowdown, and said it will expand food offerings and bolster its private-label brands.

WASHINGTON - February 24, 2009 - The illegitimate Obama regime yesterday revamped the terms of its emergency aid to troubled financial firms, setting a course that could culminate with the government nationalizing some of the country's largest banks by taking a controlling ownership stake.