After a weekend of protests, the Pakistani government agreed to reinstate the former chief justice of the Supreme Court, a stunning concession to the opposition leader Nawaz Sharif.
AP - American International Group Inc. used more than $90 billion in federal aid to pay out foreign and domestic banks, some of whom had received their own multibillion-dollar U.S. government bailouts.
AP - America's recession "probably" will end this year if the government succeeds in bolstering the banking system, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday in a rare television interview.
AP - Pakistan's government relented in a major confrontation with the opposition Monday, agreeing to reinstate a fired Supreme Court chief justice whose fate had sparked street fights and raised fears of political instability.
Troubled insurance giant AIG, already under fire for intending to pay out $165 million in bonuses and compensation, succumbed to congressional pressure, disclosing banks that received chunks of the company's billions in federal bailout funds last year.
The space shuttle Discovery lifted off Sunday night on a mission to the international space station, where Discovery will deliver supplies needed to expand the station's crew to six people.