Features

Milestones in the Dow's decline

Here is a look at when - and how - the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below some key milestone numbers.

Steps to take after a layoff

There are practical things you can do to land back on your feet. Here are seven places to start.

Talking to kids about money

You can't shield children from economic hard times, but you can reassure them.

Ease the sting of taxes

There are tax provisions that can lessen the pain of an economic downturn.

Latest news

• Consumer confidence slides in June
• Magna confident of Opel deal by July 15
• GM agrees to take on future product liability claims
• US plan to modify mortgages making slow progress

How it affects you

• Breakdown of the tax credit for first-time buyers
• 4 ways stimulus helps homeowner, buyer
• Stimulus offers modest auto savings
• Newly unemployed get stimulus help
• Some ask angrily: Where's my bailout?
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What others are saying

• Financial Times: Obama is choosing to be weak
• FT.com: Regulating banks calls for attack on inertia
• LA Times: The new GI Generation